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| − | '''''Decline & Fall''''' is an EP by English [[industrial metal]] band [[Godflesh]]. It was released on 2 June 2014 through band leader [[Justin Broadrick]]'s own record label, [[Avalanche Recordings]].<ref name="p4k-special"/> The EP is the second release by Godflesh since ''[[Hymns]]'' (2001), following the 2013 single "[[F.O.D. (Fuck of Death)#Godflesh cover|F.O.D. (Fuck of Death)]]". It precedes the band's seventh studio album, ''[[A World Lit Only by Fire]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.factmag.com/2014/05/07/industrial-innovators-godflesh-announce-first-release-in-over-a-decade/ | title=Industrial innovators Godflesh announce first release in over a decade | publisher=Fact | date=7 May 2014}}</ref> | + | '''''Decline & Fall''''' is an EP by English [[industrial metal]] band [[Godflesh]]. |
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| − | The track "Ringer" was released for streaming on 21 May 2014 on the band's Soundcloud account.<ref name="p4k-special">{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/news/55284-godflesh-return-with-new-ep-decline-and-fall-share-ringer/ | title=Godflesh Return With New EP Decline and Fall, Share "Ringer" | publisher=Pitchfork | date=21 May 2014 | last=Gordon|first=Jeremy}}</ref>
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| − | ==Background==
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| − | The EP, as well as the upcoming album, features extensive use of eight-string guitar. The guitar was provided by Blakhart, which released a Justin Broadrick eight-string signature guitar.<ref name="sucks">{{cite web | url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2014/05/08/omg-new-godflesh-ep/ | title=OMG New Godflesh EP | publisher=[[MetalSucks]] | date=8 May 2014 | last=Rosenberg|first=Axl}}</ref> On its use on upcoming Godflesh releases, he stated:
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| − | {{quote|"I have been playing an 8 string guitar for a few years now, first release that was 8 string was the [[Jesu]]'s ''[[Christmas (EP)|Christmas]]'' EP in 2010. All new Godflesh, both the EP and the new LP, were written and recorded with an 8 string, mainly due to the ability to tune even lower coupled with the capability to achieve more complex dissonant chords and riffs. On the latest Jesu LP ''[[Everyday I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came]]'', "The Great Leveller" is with 8-string guitar."<ref name="sucks"/>}}
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| − | |rev1score = 7.9/10<ref name="p4k-review">{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19482-godflesh-decline-and-fall-ep/ | title=Godflesh - Decline and Fall EP | publisher=Pitchfork | date=2 July 2014 | last=Camp|first=Zoe}}</ref>
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| − | Zoe Camp of Pitchfork gave the album a positive review, writing, "Avant and yet strangely accessible, industrially-minded but all-embracing, ''Decline and Fall'' confirms that a decade-plus-long absence has dulled neither Godflesh’s industrial spirit, nor their devotion to experimentation."<ref name="p4k-review"/> Gregory Heany of Allmusic described the EP as "sludgy, grime-covered industrial metal that feels like a promising preview for their first post-breakup full-length, ''A World Lit Only by Fire''."<ref name="all1">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/decline-fall-mw0002673157 | title=Godflesh - Decline & Fall | publisher=Allmusic | last=Heaney|first=Gregory}}</ref>
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| | * [http://godflesh1.bandcamp.com/releases Godflesh - Decline & Fall] on Bandcamp | | * [http://godflesh1.bandcamp.com/releases Godflesh - Decline & Fall] on Bandcamp |
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