Godflesh

Birmingham, England's Godflesh are regarded as pioneers of industrial metal and post-metal, and have influenced heavy musicians of all stripes, though they consider their work a continuation of post-punk rather than metal. Debuting with a self-titled 1988 EP and releasing the classic full-length Streetcleaner near the end of 1989, the Justin Broadrick-fronted group backed noisy, relentless guitar riffs and guttural growls with thudding drum machine rhythms. Subsequent albums like Pure (1992) and Songs of Love and Hate (1996) incorporated breakbeats and hip-hop influences, sett...