Purge (Godflesh album) explained

Purge
Type:studio
Artist:Godflesh
Cover:Purge (Godflesh album) cover.jpg
Released:9 June 2023
Genre:Industrial metal, alternative metal[1]
Length:43:43
Label:Avalanche
Producer:Justin Broadrick
Prev Title:Post Self
Prev Year:2017

Purge is the ninth studio album by English industrial metal band Godflesh, released on 9 June 2023. The album, originally announced on 1 March 2023, "revisits and updates the concepts explored on Pure", the group's 1992 album.[2] [3] The title "Purge" refers to how frontman Justin Broadrick "utilises Godflesh's music as a temporary relief from his diagnosed autism and PTSD."[4]

Broadrick teased the first single, "Nero," on social media accounts in early March 2023.[5] The song, along with three in-house remixes, was released on 3 April 2023.[6] [7]

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryclass=unsortableAccoladeclass=unsortableRankclass=unsortable
align=center rowspan="3"2023Metal HammerUnited Kingdom"50 Best Albums of 2023"16[8]
The Quietus"Albums of the Year 2023"87[9]
Rolling StoneUnited States"The 100 Best Albums of 2023"97[10]

Track listing

All songs written by Justin Broadrick and Ben Green.

Personnel

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rich. Hobson. December 20, 2023. The 10 best alt metal albums of 2023. May 18, 2024. Louder Sound.
  2. Web site: Godflesh – Purge . Plastic Head . 1 March 2023.
  3. Web site: Keenan . Hesher . Godflesh Return with a New Album "Purge" This June . . 3 March 2023 . 4 March 2023.
  4. Web site: Kennelty . Greg . Godflesh Announces First New Album in Six Years "Purge" . Metal Injection . 3 March 2023 . 4 March 2023.
  5. Web site: Kaufman . Spencer . Industrial-Metal Pioneers Godflesh Announce New Album Purge . . 3 March 2023 . 4 March 2023.
  6. Web site: Hussey . Allison . Godflesh Announce New Album "Purge" . . 4 March 2023 . 4 March 2023.
  7. Web site: Sacher . Andrew . Godflesh announce new album 'Purge' . . 3 March 2023 . 4 March 2023.
  8. Web site: Hobson . Rich . Metal Hammer's 50 Best Albums of 2023 (and the Stories Behind Them) . . 20 January 2024.
  9. Web site: Whelan . Kez . Quietus Albums of the Year 2023 (in Association with Norman Records) . . 20 January 2024.
  10. Web site: Grow . Kory . The 100 Best Albums of 2023 . . 20 January 2024.

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