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Justin K Broadrick interviewed by BrooklynVegan

Posted on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Justin K Broadrick

Klaus Kinski of BrooklynVegan recently conducted an in-depth interview with Justin K Broadrick of Jesu-fame. An excerpt from the chat follows below.

BrooklynVegan: What’s next for Jesu? Final?

Justin K Broadrick: “The Jesu Opiate Sun EP on Caldo Verde for October 27th. I’ll begin writing the new Jesu album come October, which will lead to the recording of this new full length in January 2010. The next full length Final album is The Apple Never Falls Far From the Tree for the Tone Float label and will be a double vinyl… most of this is recorded and will be completed around the same time I write the Jesu album.”

Brooklyn Vegan: While in Godflesh, did you feel that your fans had certain expectations as to what Godflesh was supposed to sound like, and therefore feel pressured to create records that catered to those expectations?

Justin K Broadrick: “Maybe. This filtered through eventually I think. The Hymns album may have somewhat subconsciously catered to these expectations, a handful of songs only, but I think this was there. I always felt Godflesh was essentially a post punk band. Post punk bands for me, when I was young, were the epitome of fresh and exciting and breaking down all barriers. I mean, Killing Joke not only sounded abstract and punky in 1980, they were also highly informed by dub/reggae and the space within this music… delay / echo on the vocals in Killing Joke was almost unheard of in regular punk rock during these periods, for example.

For me Godflesh came from post punk and then infused a bastardized form of metal, even usurped industrial music in its, for me, truest form -Throbbing Gristle, SPK, Test Department, Whitehouse and so on. I think anything that absorbs so much eclectic music is destined to be marginalized to some extent both by critics and fans alike. It’s asking too much of people on a large scale to comprehend something that absorbs a vast breadth of sound.”

Continue reading: An interview with Justin K. Broadrick – BrooklynVegan

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Fu Manchu: new song available for streaming

Posted on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

A new Fu Manchu track, ‘Bionic Astronautics’, is available for streaming on AOL Music’s Noisecreep. The song comes off the Southern California heavy fuzz rock band’s eleventh full-length album, Signs of Infinite Power, which is scheduled for release on October 20, 2009 via Century Media Records. In celebration of its ...read more

Goatsnake to reunite for Roadburn Festival 2010

Posted on Monday, September 21st, 2009

The Wait Is Over! Roadburn is very pleased to report that seminal doom-legends Goatsnake will reunite for Roadburn Festival 2010. Featuring the original line up of Greg Anderson (Sunn 0))) / Guitars), Guy Pinhas (The Obsessed / Bass), Greg Rogers (The Obsessed / Drums) and Pete Stahl (Scream / Wool ...read more

Doom metal giants YOB confirmed for Roadburn 2010; making their European debut appearance

Posted on Monday, September 21st, 2009

Reunited doom metal giants YOB will be making their European live debut with two different shows at next year’s Roadburn Festival. Even during their hiatus, YOB have maintained their position in the vanguard of contemporary doom because of the quality and originality of their mind bending doom-metal. Now they have ...read more

Sons of Otis return to Europe: two shows at Roadburn Festival 2010

Posted on Monday, September 21st, 2009

If time is a toxin, then Sons of Otis must be positively venomous. After a decade since their last European tour, the Canadian heavyweights will return in a very big way, playing two different sets at Roadburn Festival 2010. Formed in Toronto as Otis in 1992, Sons of Otis has ...read more

Album of the day: Throttlerod – Pig Charmer

Posted on Friday, September 18th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from CraveOnline.com: When a band has been kicking around as long as Richmond Virginia band Throttlerod they usually have two choices. They either call it a day or sink into the abyss of re-writing the same album over and over again in order not to upset the fan ...read more

Album of the day: Sons of Otis – Templeball

Posted on Thursday, September 17th, 2009

These might be the most overused phrases in stonerrock – “the heaviest band” and “the biggest sound.” With that in mind, I’m telling you now that Sons of Otis’ Templeball is one of the largest, heaviest sounding records I have ever heard. Really. The first thing to hit me was ...read more

Church of Misery: live album from Roadburn 2009 performance due in November / December

Posted on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Roadburn Records will release Church of Misery’s stunning performance at Roadburn 2009 on CD and LP, due in November / December. Aptly titled Live at Roadburn 2009, Marcel van de Vondervoort of Astrosoniq-fame will handle the mix at his Torture Garden Studio in Oss,  Holland. After releases by Wolves in ...read more

Album of the day: Black Cobra – Chronomega

Posted on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Blistering.com: San Francisco outfit Black Cobra has spent the better part of this decade awing crowds with its patented brand of sludgy punk. After releasing a couple albums via At A Loss Recordings, Black Cobra makes its Southern Lord debut with Chronomega. Consisting of guitarist / vocalist ...read more

Playlist: September (Walter)

Posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Obviously, we need good music on the stereo while we are busy putting together the 2010 edition of the festival. Be on the lookout for updates from time to time on what’s spinning on the Roadburn turntable, CD player and Winamp player (And if you are on Last.fm, come join ...read more