Sharper and extra pointedly serrated, the 2014 originals will stay the definitive texts, however surpassing one of many best industrial albums of the twenty first century was clearly by no means the target right here. As a substitute, the steroidal bulk, softer focus and extra summary leanings of Life Given Life Taken and the wiry, electrified atmospherics of Our Fathers In Heaven really feel like poignant interpretations of how listeners’ relationships with even profoundly oppressive music modifications with time and repetition, or how ‘definitive’ works in the end develop legs and arms past their creators’ management. They’re bangers too, thoughts. By no means extra so than on closing observe Towers, which rebirths 2014’s nightmarishly metallic Towers Of Vacancy as a euphoric, house-tinged post-rock epic prepared for goth membership dancefloors.
By no means an outfit involved in informal listeners, it hardly must be mentioned that Godflesh’s A World Lit Solely By Dub will likely be of curiosity solely to open-minded devotees of all issues darkish, digital and experimental. But when that’s you, there’ll be no higher sounds this December with which to embrace the winter blues.
Verdict: 4/5
For followers of: Ministry, Leftfield, Killing Joke
A World Lit Solely By Dub is out now by way of Avalanche