Examples include such lines as "Christbait rising. The main driving force of Godfleshs debut is the instrumentation. Coming off the heels of their menacing self-titled EP, Godflesh answered the call with their exceptional debut album Streetcleaner. The thrash and hair-metal bands at the start of the decade were beginning to overstay their welcome and a new strand for the genre was due to surface.
However, they would later experiment with electro-dance/trip-hop sounds, similar to the new Pain of Salvation album. 1989 was a year that saw heavy metal on the down and out. They are more like short poems emoted out over the music. Streetcleaner has cleared the gap between industrial and metal to form a hybrid genre that Godflesh would be known for throughout their career. The lyrics themselves are every bit as oppressive, stark, and minimalist as the imagery and music. He even uses gold-plated guitar picks to give his harmonic squeals even more of a cutting metallic bite. GC's bass and the machine lay down a solid groove while Justin's rhythm guitar acts to heighten the tension… with Justin focusing on playing the guitar more like a percussive instrument than it's traditional role. 25 Albums That Made 1986 One Of The Greatest Years In Thrash Metal. I vividly remember when I was first introduced to the visceral sonic aggression that is being emitted once the needle hits Godflesh’s Streetcleaner debut album. Featuring GC Green on Bass, Justin Broadrick - formerly of Napalm Death - on guitars and vocals, as well as a drum machine, the duo/trio assault the listener with a soulcrushing 10(14*) track performance. The music within is every bit as bleak as that image. The album cover itself foreshadows the content within - about a dozen bodies strewn up on crosses against a napalm-colored haze background. Streetcleaner by Godflesh Streetcleaner, to cut right down to it, is a thoroughly crushing, punishing, unforgiving, and unrelenting album.
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