‘I want to go further’: Justin Broadrick on retiring Godflesh, playing with Phoebe Bridgers - and his new band
Justin Broadrick, the frontman of industrial metal band Godflesh, is retiring the project following a severe hernia caused by decades of performing. He plans to release two final albums before concluding the band's four-decade career.
Why it matters
Broadrick is a highly influential figure in industrial metal, and his retirement marks the end of a significant era for the genre.
‘We were being exposed to a metal audience that had never experienced anything like us’ … (from left) Ben Green and Justin Broadrick of Godflesh. Photograph: Kim Sølve ‘We were being exposed to a metal audience that had never experienced anything like us’ … (from left) Ben Green and Justin Broadrick of Godflesh. Photograph: Kim Sølve Music Interview ‘I want to go further’: Justin Broadrick on retiring Godflesh, playing with Phoebe Bridgers – and his new band Matt Mills 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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