Godflesh - Streetcleaner
Recently I was listening to Godflesh’s Pure/Cold World/Slavestate 3-disc reissue that Earache put out, and I couldn’t help thinking that the music was fantastic but also quite dated. In referencing the techno and hip-hop of the day, Justin Broadrick was pushing boundaries. But contemporary sounds inevitably become obsolete. Streetcleaner, which turns 20 today according to...
Troops of Doom
Sepultura’s “Troops of Doom” is a sleeper classic. With a strong Celtic Frost influence, it’s short and sweet and does everything in all the right places. As Sepultura’s oldest “hit,” it remains in the band’s set lists to this day. Thus, live videos of it show the band’s evolution in all aspects — personnel, equipment,...