Cold World

by Godflesh

Cold World cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: October 1991
  • Label: Earache
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 22:39
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Justin Broadrick, G.C. Green, Robert Hampson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Bridging their early, feedback-drenched aggression with the colder, more structured pulse of 'Pure', this EP leans heavily into mechanical drum programming and rhythmic repetition. Justin Broadrick's guitar work here is heavily compressed and chopped into militaristic loops, prioritizing atmospheric dread over standard metal riffing. It remains a crucial evolutionary piece in the foundation of modern industrial metal.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, rhythmic, repetitive, industrial, distorted

Tracklist

  1. Cold World (5:28)
  2. Nihil (5:55)
  3. Nihil (Total Belief Mix) (5:37)
  4. Nihil (No Belief Mix) (5:37)

Credits

  • Godflesh - primary artist, artwork [visuals]
  • Machine - drum machine [rhythm], sampler [samples]
  • Robert Hampson - guitar

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