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A World Lit Only By Fire

Godflesh

A World Lit Only By Fire

Seventh studio album from the industrial metal band formed in 1988 by Justin Broadrick and G.C. Green who released on their own label

ADM rating[?]

7.9

Label
Avalanche
UK Release date
06/10/2014
US Release date
14/10/2014
  1. 10.0 |   Exclaim

    Complete with bleak, nihilistic themes, A World Lit Only by Fire is every bit the record fans have been waiting over a dozen years for
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  2. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    Represents music converted into motion—kinetic and mechanical, inexorable and inhuman. Godflesh, never a forgiving band, has never sounded so relentless
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  3. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    It’s a sustained and hypnotic march through minimalist, post-Sabbath landscapes, and crucifyingly heavy on every level
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  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    Although the sound has been updated, with Broadrick making liberal use of the guttural drone created by the eight-string guitar he used on the Jesu record, the tone feels like classic Godflesh
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  5. 8.0 |   Clash

    There’s nothing nostalgic here – it’s the sound of a band reborn, rather than one reformed
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  6. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    A World Lit Only By Fire is revisionist industrial and the soundscapes of this brittle disc leaves you wondering what on earth just hit you
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