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| − | '''''A World Lit Only by Fire''''' is the seventh studio album by English [[industrial metal]] band [[Godflesh]]. It was released on 7 October 2014 through band leader Justin Broadrick's own record label, [[Avalanche Recordings]]. It is the first studio album of new material Godflesh released in 13 years since ''[[Hymns]]'' (2001).
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| − | The track "New Dark Ages" was released for streaming on 5 August 2014.<ref name="p4k"/>
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| − | ==Background==
| + | '''''A World Lit Only by Fire''''' is the seventh studio album by English [[industrial metal]] band [[Godflesh]] |
| − | After disbanding in 2002, band leader [[Justin Broadrick]] formed bands [[Jesu]] and [[Greymachine]], and released music under various monikers, including Final. Godflesh reunited in 2010. The band released their first new recording in over 12 years through Decibel magazine's Flexi Series: a cover version of [[Slaughter]]'s "[[F.O.D. (Fuck of Death)#Godflesh cover|F.O.D. (Fuck of Death)]]". The band started working on the album in 2012.
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| − | The album features an eight-string guitar. In an interview with the French radio station Le 106, Broadrick stated: {{quote|"It will be [musically] similar to the first two or three [Godflesh albums]. I just think, like we're playing these shows, we feel very pure about we're doing and honoring the initial intentions with what we originally set out to do. Which, I think, like most bands and musicians and all the rest of it, by the time you get on to your fourth album, it's somewhat of a dilution going on to what you initially tried to achieve. It will definitely sound aggressive and it probably won't sound like any of the other records we've made, but it will have the minimalism of the first few records."
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| − | Conversely, in the same interview, bass guitarist G.C. Green said, "It won't sound like the first two record{{sic}}; it will be more the spirit".
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| − | | MC = 85/100<ref name="mc1"/>
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| − | | rev1 = Allmusic]]
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| − | | rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-world-lit-only-by-fire-mw0002713607 | title=Godflesh - A World Lit Only by Fire | publisher=Allmusic | author=Heaney, Gregory}}</ref>
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| − | | rev2 = ''Clash''
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| − | | rev2score = {{rating|8|10}}<ref name="clash">{{cite web | url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/godflesh-a-world-lit-only-by-fire | title=Godflesh - A World Lit Only By Fire | publisher=Clash | date=6 October 2014 | author=Barry, James}}</ref>
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| − | | rev3 = ''Exclaim!''
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| − | | rev3score = {{rating|10|10}}<ref name="exclaim1">{{cite web | url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Metal/godflesh-world_lit_only_by_fire | title=Godflesh A World Lit Only By Fire | publisher=Exclaim! | date=3 October 2014 | | author=Falzon, Denise}}</ref>
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| − | | rev4 = ''The Guardian''
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| − | | rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="guardian-review">{{cite web | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/02/godflesh-a-world-lit-only-by-fire-review | title=Godflesh: A World Lit Only By Fire review – pioneers of heavy experimental music return | publisher=The Guardian | date=2 October 2014 | author=Lawson, Dom}}</ref>
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| − | | rev5score = (8.0/10)<ref name="p4k-review">{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19896-godflesh-a-world-lit-only-by-fire/ | title=Godflesh - A World Lit Only by Fire | publisher=Pitchfork | date=6 October 2014 | author=Heller, Jason}}</ref>
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| − | | rev6score = {{rating|7|10}}<ref name="popmatters">
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| − | ''A World Lit Only by Fire'' received rave reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 85, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 8 reviews.<ref name="mc1">{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/a-world-lit-only-by-fire/godflesh | title=A World Lit Only by Fire - Godflesh | publisher=Metacritic}}</ref> Gregory Heaney of Allmusic wrote that "''A World Lit Only by Fire'' makes it crystal clear that Godflesh have a long, unfailing memory, and that their punishing work has only just begun."<ref name="allmusic1"/> ''Clash'' critic James Barry described the album as "a brave record" and stated: "There’s nothing nostalgic here – it’s the sound of a band reborn, rather than one reformed."<ref name="clash"/>
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| − | Denise Falzon of ''Exclaim!'' wrote: "Complete with bleak, nihilistic themes, ''A World Lit Only by Fire'' is every bit the record fans have been waiting over a dozen years for."<ref name="exclaim1"/> Writing for ''The Guardian'', Dom Lawson described the album as "a sustained and hypnotic march through minimalist, post-[[Black Sabbath|Sabbath]] landscapes, and crucifyingly heavy on every level."<ref name="guardian-review"/> Pitchfork critic Jason Heller commented: "As a whole, ''A World Lit Only by Fire'' represents music converted into motion—kinetic and mechanical, inexorable and inhuman." Heller also further stated: "Godflesh, never a forgiving band, has never sounded so relentless."<ref name="p4k-review"/> Zachary Houle wrote: "''A World Lit Only By Fire'' is revisionist industrial and the soundscapes of this brittle disc leaves you wondering what on earth just hit you." Houle also further stated that the album "basically rewrites the rule book for industrial."<ref name="popmatters"/>
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| | #New Dark Ages 4:51 | | #New Dark Ages 4:51 |
