Godflesh – A World Lit Only By Fire (2014)
As an metalhead since almost twenty years I am often asked by
people what is the heaviest band in the world. If I had a dollar each time
people have asked me the same question I could only do things I like and not
work anymore. Seriously, the common answer to that is to say Black Sabbath
since they were one of the earliest bands carriers of heavy music. With
nowadays’ resurgence of sludge, doom, noise, and the followers it is more a
question of taste in genres. However, one of the heaviest bands of all time and
of any genres is Godflesh. With a thirteen years of absence, A World Lit Only By Fire takes the torch
at the same point they left the musical scene. This might be one of the best
albums of 2014 along with Swans’ To Be Kind (review coming soon by the
way).
Sounding as heavy, loud, and angered as ever Godflesh beats
the crap out of every songs on this record. A lesson in metal and pure
understanding of underground music. Labeled as industrial metal and post-metal,
Godflesh makes what I would call their own genre and I find those labels too
restrictive for the wide span of Godflesh.
Godflesh is part of the evolution of underground heavy music
and must be taken as leaders of the cultural movement that is Metal. A World Lit Only By Fire is another
proof that when artists like Justin Broadrick and G.C. Green are creating they
always will be ahead of the mass offering of musicians. Whenever the time or
trends.
8.6
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