khost is an industrial doom metal duo from Birmingham, UK, but it has been named after a city and a region in Afghanistan. An EP titled Needles Into The Ground will be released soon on Cold Spring Records with three songs from their latest album which have been de/re-constructed by Justin K. Broadrick of Godflesh, and one unreleased song.

Yes, this is metal, but literally.

Godflesh is one of the most influential industrial/drone metal bands. It was founded by Justin K. Broadrick (who was the guitarist of Napalm Death in 1985-86) and G.C. Green in 1988. The band dissolved in 2002, and reformed in 2009.

Justin Broadrick (1985-86: guitar) grew up in a hippie commune. He was about 8 when he heard Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music at first. After Napalm Death he was influenced by 80s hip-hop sound and acid house. His other bands: Final (power electronics, dark ambient, founded in 1982),  Techno Animal (industrial hip-hop with Kevin Martin from GOD, 1991), Jesu (post-metal, 2003), Pale Sketcher (“shoegazy dream-pop that’s almost techno”, 2010) and more

Funny, playfool, jazzy. Roz & The Rice Cakes bring the Deerhoof to my mind. On other sites this is called Art Rock

Need To Feed album on Team Love Records (US)

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A song from the next Godflesh EP. The first public track for 13 years. Like a classic

Decline And Fall EP on Avalanche Records (UK) in June.

Godflesh is one of the most influential industrial/drone metal bands. It was founded by Justin K. Broadrick (who was the guitarist of Napalm Death in 1985-86. His other projects: Techno Animal, Jesu, Final, Pale Sketcher) and G.C. Green in 1988. The band dissolved in 2002, and reformed in 2009.

La Fin Absolute Du Monde is a husband-and-wife dark ambient duo from California. Black Sheep remix by Justin K. Broadrick (ex-Napalm Death, Godflesh, Jesu)

from their remix album ‘Black Sheep’ by Neo Noir Records

It’s certain already that the RNR666 supports the Canadian independent music. Yesterday were the Ketamines and there was mentioned of Mr Paul Lawton, who criticizes the Canadian music industry. Now completely accidentally another Canadian band from same city where Mr Lawton is living: Lethbridge: Fist City. By reason of their first video in fundamentalist Christians view they are “Satan worshiping reptilian hermaphrodites” who play very good noisy garage punk with a little surf and indie (but just as much as the Sonic Youth) moods. Their second song is a cover.

On the other side of the 7” is the Piss Test from Portland (US). They play classic 80s American hc-punk. I think they have some kind of Hungarian connection, because there is their second track, the Necrophilia’s subtitle: It’s Halal (halál = death in Hungarian). Oops! „halal adj 1. (of an animal or its meat) slaughtered or prepared in the manner prescribed by Islamic law.” Thanks to the punk I have become cleverer today.

 The split will be released by Drunken Sailor

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Pale Sketcher, „the dream pop electronica project of Justin K Broadrick” (Napalm Death, Godflesh, Techno Animal, Jesu, Final, etc):

Digital single. Pay as you like.

Coming soon Godflesh Live at Roadburn Fest 2011

Jesu – Everday I Get Closer To The Light From Which I Came LP release Sept 23/24 by Avalanche Recordings