Godflesh 'Decline & Fall'

Originally released in 2014, Decline & Fall marked Godflesh’s first new original material in more than a decade, reuniting Justin K. Broadrick and G.C. Green for a crushing return to the mechanical weight and industrial abrasion that defined the band.

Across four tracks, “Ringer,” “Dogbite,” “Playing With Fire,” and “Decline & Fall,” Godflesh strip heavy music back to its most physical elements: distorted guitar, monolithic bass, programmed rhythms, repetition, and Broadrick’s scorched vocals. The result feels unmistakably connected to the band’s classic work while sounding heavier and more direct than a nostalgia exercise.

Recorded at Avalanche during 2013 and 2014 and produced and mixed by Broadrick, Decline & Fall served as the opening statement of Godflesh’s second era, arriving shortly before the full-length A World Lit Only by Fire later that year. 

An essential piece of the Godflesh catalog and a brutal bridge between the band’s original run and their modern resurgence.