Godflesh - Christbait Rising (Official Audio)

[@888rats]

I purchased this album when I was sixteen in a Christian owned record store in Utah when I was fifteen. At the time, there was (obviously) no internet. Any music that you would be familiar with was what was on television or the radio - patronizing mellow music that your parents would like. Albums like this were almost otherworldly. Imagine discovering something like this if the most extreme thing you’d ever heard was Alan Parsons Project. Context lost in the current age.

[@UglySquirrel97]

Thanks for the context!

[@nicemarmot.5353]

That’s awesome. This stuff was mind blowing to me too at the time and I had already grown up listening to hard rock and metal. It still sounds amazing right now.

[@patrickniehus3132]

I understand exactly what you mean. I first got this at 15. Already liked metal, but this was a whole other level. My first thought on listening to it was astonishment. How the HOLY FUCK did two guys and a drum machine come up with this? I was entranced, hooked from the first bar. And my love for these guys has not lessened one iota in 32 or so years.

[@patrickniehus3132]

Just the idea of a lily-livered Christian buying this to put in his shop makes me smile. You sir have made my day!

[@earlmilne2831]

Going out on a limb, you probably like Skinny Puppy as well.

[@ceenote969]

The bassline is subtle. Like the way a glacier cuts a mountain in half over 65 million years.

[@markgolde4274]

This sounds apocalyptic...Possibility their finest moment in my opinion. It never gets old to my ears...

[@richardcossin3339]

Carcrash Rick here always love this song since 1992

[@danielwilson9724]

Dont hold me back, this is my own hell!!

[@patrickniehus3132]

People who listened to this when it came out (I was one) had their jaws drop when they heard this song and indeed this whole album. It is so epically, crushingly heavy. Coming from a Metallica kind of background, I wasn't really prepared for music of this power and density. It just floored me. Over thirty years later I am still in awe of how two guys and a drum machine (with a little help on a few tracks) could make sounds like this come out of musical instruments like a guitar and bass. This band changed the way I listened to music, and how I looked at the world. There's no bigger compliment I can give than that.

[@markgolde4274]

@@patrickniehus3132 I heard this in like 91 and it also floored me. It re-wired my brain and how it listened to music. It sent me down a path of heavier sounds...there are other bands that were life changing for me... example- Black Sabbath as a six year old- etc.... Yes I wholeheartedly agree!

[@danielwilson9724]

@@patrickniehus3132 As another one of the people in their young teens when this came out, and I was building my musical tastes&writing styles as a musician myself, this record and Neurosis " through silver in blood" and "enemy of the sun" were life changing albums for me as well. Changed my whole perspective of what's" heavy" in underground music. So I couldn't agree with u more!!

[@dillon1058]

Fun fact: The main beat to this song was heavily influenced by the rhythmic break in Eric B. and Rakim's "Microphone Fiend". This is just one of many tracks in their catalog that showcased Justin's love for hip-hop.

[@jms7385]

Huh what

[@tofu-warrior7948]

​@@jms7385he said that the members of Godflesh like hip hop music.

[@jms7385]

@@tofu-warrior7948 I'm mostly wondering how this person knows that.

[@0oidiedinatimemachineo024]

Justin Broadrick (main guy in Godflesh) had a industrial hip hop side project in the 90s called Techno Animal. Check them out pretty cool shit. Hes worked with like El P and people in the underground rap scene in late 90s.

[@aurora9687]

Always felt like hip hop and punk were a Best together. Ice cube is 5he coldest

[@dominon929]

Don't hold me back This is my own hell Christbait, Slugbait, rise and bring you down Christbait Rising In your own mind Christbait Rising Bleed dry mankind

[@yoe91]

That SUPER SIMPLE kick kick snare kick snare snare... pattern. So damn contagious. Godflesh really are minimalist music. Make so little sound so damn great.

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

It's not just kick and snare. That relentless hi-hat and the crash fills play a huge part into giving it it's groove.

[@jessestrobel2]

Love Broadrick's programming style. Simple but hard to imitate

[@1funeral2many9]

and to think all this brutality is thanks to rap music! next time you see a corn ball talk shit about hip hop remind them this song exist because of Rakim & Eric!

[@SuckItDown]

@@1funeral2many9 Public Enemy too.

[@davetorres3906]

Good music doesn't have to be complex to be good, every beat just has to be in the right spot every time

[@yoe91]

Don't hold HOLD Me ME Back back

[@ratave6472]

This Is, MY OWN HELL.

[@matthewlizmi1912]

CHRISTchrist BAIT SLUGslug, BAITbait

[@rustykuntz94]

Hard to pick a favorite on streetcleaner but this has to be right up there for me.

[@chadgrewal4829]

Head Dirt for me

[@nicemarmot.5353]

I bounce between this and Like Rats. Always have to revisit this once in awhile.

[@chadgrewal4829]

@@nicemarmot.5353 Were they threatening Castration Dude???

[@chadgrewal4829]

I am really torn between this Head Dirt and the title track.

[@orphia6479]

there's an energy about this track of "this is reality, brutal, sober reality". It feels like it's both expansive like a wide horizon in the vast distance, and excruciatingly close and flat.

[@MarkJohnGibbons]

One of the best songs ever made

[@chadgrewal4829]

This was way way ahead of it's time. Still is!

[@Pizzaeater555-m2t]

It’s called timeless, pal

[@patrickniehus3132]

You wanna talk about power chords? This is the shit. That opening. Masterful.

[@astralexplorer7674]

I'll play this during a fucking zombie apocalypse

[@sonnymacaluso6094]

Damn I remember the Street Cleaner show with Napalm Death at Guitar Alley in New Orleans waaaaay back

[@ilyas_elouchihi]

you lucky dog.

[@raegandalbo9731]

Sick!!!

[@morpheuslaughing]

absolutely filthy bass, so incredible

[@albonforbes]

Don't hold me back... This is my own Hell

[@omarthecat9]

my cat loves this song

[@taylor3014]

fishbait rising in your own dish

[@raymondt.1880]

THIS WAS THERE MOST POIPULAR SONG OFF THIS ALBUM. I LOVE IT . IF YOU LIKE THIS ALBUM THERE FIRST SELF GODFLESH ALBUM IS MY FAVORITE ALBUM BY THEM BUT SEEN THEM ON THIS TOUR.

[@FreakishPower]

Ray: You wrote this in the yr 2000. You should know about CAPS LOCK by now dude.

[@comicndn5169]

Six-hundred and sixty-six likes. That's too perfect.

[@Meta_Myself]

Why?

[@benjaminjuster4209]

One of the best outros ever

[@dahuka]

That's a beautiful chord he's smashing on.

[@charlescarpio8877]

That one riff hits you in the chest like a piledriver.

[@darthgarwin85]

Darth Garwin is a fictional character which I created for a pseudonym as a diversion from my own identity and my own personality as gene Miller. This Darth Garwin has a French and sometimes Spanish accent he speaks both, but he refuses to do so therefore he just has the accents which also disguise. Darth Garwin was created in 2015 his philosophy goes from abstract skepticism to full blown depressing. Darth Garwin creates and destroys as he pleases only to never fill the emptiness within. Darth Darwin is a plague Dr. Who tries effortlessly to deconstruct and reconstruct his own apathy.

[@chadgrewal4829]

farking way way ahead of their time!!

[@Nebontha]

Simultaneously ahead of their time and existing perfectly in its own time.

[@antipsychotic451]

DON'T HOLD. ME. BACK. THIS IS. MY. OWN. HELL.

[@hellinterface6721]

Behind it's time.

[@232-t8g]

your socks are crusty and smell of old crows

[@pet_hostage]

Love this song

[@thursfield3107]

"where's my tea?" (it's in hell) is actually being sung here

[@sweatygamerfingers]

its like flesh scraping, raw and cold fantastic

[@marcburger8458]

Live seen in Germany in 91, pure tour

[@isaacsauc]

Lyrics: Don't hold me back This is my own hell Don't hold me back This is my own hell Christbait Slugbait Rise and bring you down Christbait Slugbait Rise and bring you down Christbait rising In your own mind Christbait rising Bleed dry mankind Christbait rising In your own mind Christbait rising Bleed dry mankind Rise Rise Don't hold me back This is my own hell Don't hold me back This is my own hell Christbait Slugbait Rise and bring you down Christbait Slugbait Rise and bring you down Rise

[@rogerm1343]

Bliss...

[@mockbattles]

Ahead of its time!

[@Pizzaeater555-m2t]

It’s called timeless pal

[@putrescentvermin]

I know this is industrial metal but is anyone getting a Kyuss or Electric Wizard doomy vibe?

[@unsenorllamadoukko5795]

Godflesh always had this doom metal/post metal vibe blended into their relentless industrial sound

[@putrescentvermin]

@@unsenorllamadoukko5795 Thanks for acknowledging the presence of doom metal in industrial metal. Thought I was crazy for a sec. I personally don't listen to post metal or post anything so I might be confusing the post metal sound with doom.

[@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517]

The breakdown around 2 and a half minutes in gives me debut-album Korn vibes. And Korn have named Godflesh as an influence so there.

[@saintcaprinus5658]

Exactly the same way that I get a Led Zeppelin vibe from Robert Johnson!

[@johnr4836]

Sounds like 2021

[@PanterAmetal100]

More like 2022, lets see how 2023 will turn out

[@RaymondSanders-f8c]

Abysmal Sorrow pretty good too

[@simonmooijman5928]

In mijn top 10 ooit lp belachelijk mooi

[@powiwaui3740]

is this the first Death Grips song ever?

[@Courant_Alternatif]

Underrated comment

[@ilyas_elouchihi]

lmao

[@amayaivang]

first ripoff maybe

[@raegandalbo9731]

NIN but it goes to 11

[@kaos5633]

This is my own hell

[@kaos5633]

Make Mechanical Gothic H.R. Grieger Style Anime Girl Sizuhara Hiro

[@dairyqueenrestaurant8800]

This Reminds Me Of The Old School Dragon Ball Z Movies, For Some Reason Specifically ‘Return Of Cooler” & “Broly The Legendary Super Saiyan”

[@ilyas_elouchihi]

Godflesh and DBZ fan? You're my man

[@dairyqueenrestaurant8800]

@@ilyas_elouchihi Yes Indeed Brother!

[@rohitchaoji]

The year is 2006. Recently uploaded on youtube: Godflesh_ChristbaitRising_GokuvsVegetaAMV.mp4

[@keithbornzin8888]

LSDNA multiple trips 2 GODFLESH? Check. Now, for similar vibes? Check Out BILE's "Suck•Pump" EP!

[@wilsterwonkels7384]

Someone should do a cover of this song but change the lyrics and title to "clickbait rising"

[@skepsii6371]

😂

[@maxmordon7295]

🎵🎶 Clickbait, SLUTBAIT... 🎶🎵

[@thursfield3107]

no must be "where's my tea?"

[@mockbattles]

Fear Factory influence.

[@TERMINATOR-0002]

Godflesh came before fear factory to my knowledge but i can see the resemblance for sure.

[@TERMINATOR-0002]

@Obviousthrowawayaccount might be right

[@PhilipWebber-xr2nc]

Fear factory fucking stinks! Sorry man but I cannot stand that band. GODFLESH on the other hand...on a whole other level if you ask me. This album is a BEAUTIFUL piece of work

[@TERMINATOR-0002]

@@PhilipWebber-xr2nc fair enough cant please everyone, street cleaner is an all time pick for industrial

[@PhilipWebber-xr2nc]

@TERMINATOR-0002 I hope you don't think what I said about FF was said to piss you off mate. Everyone is different. It's cool you like GODFLESH anyway & at least we can agree on that.

[@RicardoRivas-ee5yk]

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[@RicardoRivas-ee5yk]

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[@RicardoRivas-ee5yk]

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[@WheresPoochie]

The world's oldest trap beat

[@L0zza]

tf is wrong with you? Don't compare that garbage to this.