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‘I want to go further’: Justin Broadrick on retiring Godflesh, playing with Phoebe Bridgers – and his new band

A hernia may mean his screaming days are over, but the Napalm Death alum’s influence on metal echoes on in unexpected places – and with ‘heavy, ugly’ experiments in the pipeline, his passion for ‘outsider music’ remains strong

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“Playing with her taught me how it feels to situate oneself within great songs”: Phoebe Bridgers’ new album features one of the most eclectic guitar lineups we’ve seen in years – including an industrial-metal icon and the son of a rock legend

Guitarists from across the musical map joined forces on Lost Weekend

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The unlikeliest collab of the year? Hear Godflesh frontman Justin Broadrick play guitar on new song by pop superstar Phoebe Bridgers

Bridgers’ long-awaited album, Lost Weekend, drops today – and features a cameo from one of extreme metal’s underground heroes

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"I've dreaded sharing this news." Godflesh will no longer perform live after Justin Broadrick undergoes significant abdominal surgery

Godflesh frontman Justin Broadrick has undergone surgery for a "huge" inguinal hernia

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“We were being told that we were going to be the new Nine Inch Nails, the new Nirvana, even though we don’t sound remotely like them”: The story of Godflesh – the cult metal duo worshipped by Metallica, Korn and Type O Negative

Godflesh are far from metal’s most famous band, but they’ve influenced Metallica, been asked to tour with Danzig and almost had one of their members hired by Faith No More

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From Black Sabbath to Napalm Death: these are the 10 greatest metal bands from Birmingham

10 brilliant metal bands that show Birmingham really is the home of metal

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Watch Godflesh prove they’re one of metal’s heaviest bands with this destructive festival headline set

Pro-shot video of the industrial/post-metal masters’ full show at a Finnish festival has been published online

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"I just carried all this anger and horror." From his grandmother's experiences in Nazi Germany scarring his childhood to Godflesh being labelled the 'new Nirvana', Justin Broadrick is an extreme music icon like no other

Justin Broadrick's work has influenced everyone from Faith No More to Metallica, yet a recent diagnosis has finally helped him find himself.

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‘My chest was vibrating. Plaster fell off the ceiling’: the Brummie pub that birthed grindcore

It eschewed working toilets to host crust punks, hunt saboteurs and some of the fastest, loudest music in the UK. The Mermaid in Sparkhill is finally having its history acknowledged

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