First Listen: Godflesh, 'A World Lit Only By Fire' — npr.org

Godflesh's new album, A World Lit Only By Fire, comes out Oct. 7. Kevin Laska/Courtesy of the artist hide caption Godflesh's new album, A World Lit Only By Fire, comes out Oct. 7. More than 25 years ago, Godflesh was born from disillusionment and a distaste for humanity. In Decibel's August 2014 cover story, guitarist and vocalist Justin Broadrick calls '80s Birmingham, England "almost medieval," a savage wasteland that inspired the primal jackhammer assault of the Godflesh EP and Streetcleaner. This was guitar-pounding, drum-machine-and-bass industrial metal capable of melting Terminators. Sidesteps into dub, electronica (when that was still a word), traditional rock formats, a 2002 break-up, Broadrick's many new and continuing projects (Jesu, Pale Sketcher and Final among them), and a 2010 live reunion later, A World Lit By Fire is Godflesh reanimated from steel.

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