---
title: "Godflesh"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/godflesh"
genre: "Industrial"
country: "United Kingdom"
formed: 1988
---

# Godflesh

**Godflesh** is a industrial band, from United Kingdom, active 1988 to present.

Godflesh are an English industrial metal band from Birmingham, formed in 1988 by Justin Broadrick and B. C. Green. Before forming Godflesh, the pair worked together in Fall of Because, a band that began in 1982 as O.P.D. and helped lay the groundwork for Godflesh’s formation. Through their fusion of hip hop–derived drum programming, metal riffs, and industrial dissonance, later exploring electronic and dub elements, Godflesh developed a sound widely recognized as foundational to industrial metal and post-metal, and influential across experimental and extreme metal.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godflesh

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Godflesh |
| Genre | Industrial |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Formed | 1988 |
| Releases in catalog | 22 |

## Genres

[Industrial](https://themetalnet.com/genre/industrial-metal) · [Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Justin Broadrick](https://themetalnet.com/musician/justin-broadrick) | Lead vocals, Electric guitar | 1988 to present | Current |
| [G.C. Green](https://themetalnet.com/musician/g-c-green) | Electric bass guitar | 1988 to present | Current |
| [Bryan “Brain” Mantia](https://themetalnet.com/musician/bryan-brain-mantia) | Drums (drum set) | 1996 to 1996 | Former |
| [Paul Raven](https://themetalnet.com/musician/paul-raven) | Electric bass guitar | 2002 to 2002 | Former |
| [Dermot Dalton](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dermot-dalton) |  | 1999 to 1999 | Former |
| [Ted Parsons](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ted-parsons) | Drums (drum set) | 1996 to 2002 | Former |
| [Paul Neville](https://themetalnet.com/musician/paul-neville) | Electric guitar | 1989 to 1991 | Former |
| [Robert Hampson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/robert-hampson) | Electric guitar | 1991 to 1992 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988 | [Godflesh](https://themetalnet.com/album/b746cfe7-c0a3-3683-8a97-2843bcacfef9) | EP |
| 1989 | [My Own Light](https://themetalnet.com/album/086c0e95-6aeb-3bb8-b5fc-fd1421b8cef2) | EP |
| 1989 | [Pulp / Christbait Rising](https://themetalnet.com/album/fb774d91-537a-3d3d-a165-28dc26f71e51) | EP |
| 1989 | [Streetcleaner](https://themetalnet.com/album/2c784b05-145c-43f2-aca2-7ce3f4e6daf5) | Album |
| 1991 | [Cold World](https://themetalnet.com/album/bdd6f65b-e8a6-3fc2-bd9f-df36ac0cea9e) | EP |
| 1991 | [Slavestate](https://themetalnet.com/album/62c09481-e0e3-31fe-ab03-b4be59129821) | EP |
| 1992 | [Pure](https://themetalnet.com/album/a72fa682-8948-3efb-b8e9-59756306fac4) | Album |
| 1994 | [Crush My Soul](https://themetalnet.com/album/cf0f18aa-891d-3263-bb22-3db69861f529) | EP |
| 1994 | [Merciless](https://themetalnet.com/album/e1d67291-efaa-3848-9f8d-2e92e05e15e6) | EP |
| 1994 | [Mothra](https://themetalnet.com/album/476afb6e-7285-3f82-83f3-7c207a9b1406) | EP |
| 1994 | [Selfless](https://themetalnet.com/album/d8f8fb23-7ec6-3f92-b9ef-4e057419457c) | Album |
| 1995 | [Xnoybis](https://themetalnet.com/album/f12bded3-2391-395c-b2aa-cf7c3c5250ce) | EP |
| 1996 | [Songs of Love and Hate](https://themetalnet.com/album/dc296167-e1dc-3cfe-b0a4-831aec4eae4f) | Album |
| 1999 | [Us and Them](https://themetalnet.com/album/c4696df6-8004-3545-a8e9-57bdfb6abf39) | Album |
| 2000 | [Messiah](https://themetalnet.com/album/8f102926-9f60-3607-bcc2-b31185201f76) | EP |
| 2001 | [Hymns](https://themetalnet.com/album/14f2e729-ad8a-3bc7-af21-d8b008a3aad1) | Album |
| 2014 | [A World Lit Only by Fire](https://themetalnet.com/album/daad3712-1884-40f5-b75e-f88efdc79880) | Album |
| 2014 | [Decline & Fall](https://themetalnet.com/album/5fb93a4f-a43b-4f70-8caa-10d14cc666f5) | EP |
| 2014 | [The Earache Peel Sessions](https://themetalnet.com/album/af57482c-3a68-447c-8505-828548f9bca5) | EP |
| 2017 | [Post Self](https://themetalnet.com/album/fcd5e460-f3bf-4bd9-8a78-a7f1fd858310) | Album |
| 2023 | [Nero](https://themetalnet.com/album/8fe5f7e9-1b63-433c-bcc6-003392c33b60) | EP |
| 2023 | [Purge](https://themetalnet.com/album/8fb3cef0-923e-4ac9-940a-124764a5eafd) | Album |

## Related bands

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- [Jesu](https://themetalnet.com/band/jesu) (listened together)
- [Isis](https://themetalnet.com/band/isis) (listened together)
- [Napalm Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/napalm-death) (listened together)
- [Melvins](https://themetalnet.com/band/melvins) (listened together)
- [Rammstein](https://themetalnet.com/band/rammstein) (listened together)
- [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together)
- [Killing Joke](https://themetalnet.com/band/killing-joke) (listened together)
- [Fear Factory](https://themetalnet.com/band/fear-factory) (listened together)
- [Pitchshifter](https://themetalnet.com/band/pitchshifter) (listened together)
- [Carcass](https://themetalnet.com/band/carcass) (listened together)
- [Mastodon](https://themetalnet.com/band/mastodon) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Godflesh/11374368195
- bandcamp: https://godflesh1.bandcamp.com/
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5A4ebXQf38xWIq0xSWLhsS
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/16614
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/3196211
- youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCp0Y3xX7HCgspe1YRhL_W7Q
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godfleshofficial/
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Godflesh/788

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/godflesh](https://themetalnet.com/band/godflesh). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt