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Godflesh

United Kingdom · formed 1988 · last active 2024

Godflesh are an English industrial metal band from Birmingham, formed in 1988 by Justin Broadrick and G.C. Green, evolving out of the earlier group Fall of Because. Through their fusion of hip hop-derived drum-machine programming, downtuned metal riffs, and industrial dissonance - heard on their acclaimed debut album Streetcleaner (1989) - they developed a sound widely regarded as foundational to industrial metal and post-metal. Broadrick had earlier drummed in Napalm Death, and the band signed to Earache Records before disbanding in 2002 and reuniting in 2010.

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JazzyBalkanHardcoreSurfBarbershopDeathBlackTechnicalGlitchTheatricalFolkDoomDroneShoegazeAmbient8-bit
Jazzy0
Balkan0
Hardcore6
Surf0
Barbershop0
Death2
Black0
Technical3
Glitch6
Theatrical1
Folk0
Doom5
Drone2
Shoegaze1
Ambient1
8-bit0

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MEMBERS

CONNECTIONS

member · 8
collaboration · 3
  • Blind Idiot Godpath →

    Guitarist Andy Hawkins collaborated with Justin Broadrick (Godflesh) on the side project Skinner's Black Laboratories (1995). source ↗

  • Painkillerpath →

    Godflesh's Justin Broadrick (guitar/drum machine/vocals) and G.C. Green (bass) guested on Painkiller's Buried Secrets (1992), on the tracks 'Buried Secrets' and 'The Toll'. source ↗

  • Scornpath →

    Justin Broadrick provided guitar on Scorn's debut album Vae Solis (1992). source ↗

producer
tour · 2
  • Isispath →

    Godflesh toured North America with High on Fire and Isis in 2002, following the short-lived line-up's final shows and preceding Justin Broadrick's hiatus from the band. source ↗

  • Napalm Deathsatellitepath →

    Godflesh embarked on their first North American tour in April 1991 (a leg of Earache's Grindcrusher tour) with labelmates Nocturnus and Napalm Death, per Godflesh's own Wikipedia account. Tour tie per ruling 8 (2026-08-07); an existing member/shared-label tie between this pair already documents other facts. (A separate 2001-2002 planned tour pairing Godflesh with Isis, High on Fire, Strapping Young Lad and Fear Factory was cancelled outright — Godflesh disbanded before any of those shows happened — and is deliberately NOT recorded as a tie.) source ↗

artwork · 8
  • Arcturuspath →

    Both bands' cover art/design/photography work was done by freelance artist Kim Sølve (Discogs artist id 340792, distinct from the 'Trine + Kim Design Studio' duo entity): Arcturus's "The Sham Mirrors" (2002, Design, Photography By [Photos]) and Godflesh's "Long Live The New Flesh" (2021, Photography By [Band Photo]), same Discogs artist id confirmed on both releases. Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Kim Sølve is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. source ↗

  • Ephel Duathpath →

    Both bands' cover art/design/photography work was done by freelance artist Kim Sølve (Discogs artist id 340792, distinct from the 'Trine + Kim Design Studio' duo entity): Ephel Duath's "Pain Necessary To Know" (2005, Artwork) and Godflesh's "Long Live The New Flesh" (2021, Photography By [Band Photo]), same Discogs artist id confirmed on both releases. Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Kim Sølve is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. source ↗

  • Ihsahnpath →

    Both bands' cover art/design/photography work was done by freelance artist Kim Sølve (Discogs artist id 340792, distinct from the 'Trine + Kim Design Studio' duo entity): Ihsahn's "The Adversary" (2006, Design) and Godflesh's "Long Live The New Flesh" (2021, Photography By [Band Photo]), same Discogs artist id confirmed on both releases. Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Kim Sølve is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. source ↗

  • Shining (Sweden)path →

    Both bands' cover art/design work was done by freelance artist Kim Sølve (Discogs artist id 340792, distinct from the 'Trine + Kim Design Studio' duo entity): Shining (Sweden)'s "Redefining Darkness" (2012, credited to both Kim Sølve [Art Direction] and Trine + Kim Design Studio [Artwork] on the same release) and Godflesh's "Long Live The New Flesh" (2021, Photography By [Band Photo]), same Discogs artist id confirmed on both releases. Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Kim Sølve is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. source ↗

  • Solefaldpath →

    Both bands' cover art/design/photography work was done by freelance artist Kim Sølve (Discogs artist id 340792, distinct from the 'Trine + Kim Design Studio' duo entity): Solefald's "Black For Death - An Icelandic Odyssey Part II" (2006, Design, Photography By) and Godflesh's "Long Live The New Flesh" (2021, Photography By [Band Photo]), same Discogs artist id confirmed on both releases. Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Kim Sølve is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. source ↗

  • The Kovenantpath →

    Both bands' cover art/design/photography work was done by freelance artist Kim Sølve (Discogs artist id 340792, distinct from the 'Trine + Kim Design Studio' duo entity): The Kovenant's "In Times Before The Light 1995" (2005, Design, Illustration) and Godflesh's "Long Live The New Flesh" (2021, Photography By [Band Photo]), same Discogs artist id confirmed on both releases. Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Kim Sølve is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. source ↗

  • Ved Buens Ende.....path →

    Both bands' cover art/design/photography work was done by freelance artist Kim Sølve (Discogs artist id 340792, distinct from the 'Trine + Kim Design Studio' duo entity): Ved Buens Ende's "Written In Waters" (2003, Photography By, Artwork, Design) and Godflesh's "Long Live The New Flesh" (2021, Photography By [Band Photo]), same Discogs artist id confirmed on both releases. Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Kim Sølve is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. source ↗

  • Viruspath →

    Both bands' cover art/design/photography work was done by freelance artist Kim Sølve (Discogs artist id 340792, distinct from the 'Trine + Kim Design Studio' duo entity): Virus's "Carheart" (2003, Design, Illustration) and Godflesh's "Long Live The New Flesh" (2021, Photography By [Band Photo]), same Discogs artist id confirmed on both releases. Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Kim Sølve is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. source ↗

label · 26
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