JESU
PITY / PIETY (WHITE VINYL W/ SPLATTER) (AVALANCHE RECORDINGS)
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AVALANCHE RECORDINGS
Limited to 1000 copies worldwide. White vinyl, comes either with silver or gold splatter. Randomly picked! "Frail hymns at the altar of self defeat_." when all is full when all is full when all us fall when all us fall There are few artists operative at the fringes of popular music today whose sound has not been in some way or another informed or shaped by the works of Justin K Broadrick.
As a founding member or sole proprietor of seminal outfits such as Godflesh, Napalm Death, Techno Animal, and Final, Broadrick has managed to help change or even define the now widespread genres of industrial and death metal, abstracted hip hop and dub, grindcore, and ambient electronics.
So is also the case with his work in Jesu, who in the course of a very productive seven year existence have taken the churning pummel of his former project Godflesh, augmented it with the textural melody of 90s shoegaze rock and spawned a new sub-genre and the inevitable legions of imitators.
And while imitators may abound, as the originator of this relatively newfound musical territory Jesu is still the clearly visible leader.