Godflesh are bidding the stage farewell.
UK industrial duo Godflesh will no long be performing live. Lead singer and founding member Justin Broadrick made the announcement following surgery for a hernia that was pressing against his abdominal wall. On the advice of his medical team, Broadrick has pulled the plug on future live performances as Godflesh – but not future releases or other musical projects.
Posting on Instagram, with a photo of himself in a hospital bed, Broadrick wrote:
“If I continue to perform and shout/scream as I do with Godflesh, then I am at high risk for more hernias, and blowing out my abdominal wall entirely.
“Godflesh live ended the day of my surgery, and upon the surgeon making this statement.
“I am now just about walking freely, but with little pace, albeit extremely carefully.
“The full healing process is approximately 6 months.”
Broadrick went on to say that his other musical projects that “do not require screaming/shouting nor a physically demanding performance” will be unaffected, so fans of jesu and JK FLESH can relax.
He also gave a heads up on future Godflesh releases, writing, “I have been mixing, what will be the penultimate GODFLESH album – ‘DECAY’, for release on Relapse in hopefully July/Aug, mixes are being completed imminently.
“The album is basically done.
“I’ve had the final GODFLESH studio album written, for almost a year and half now, that will be recorded and completed late 2026.
“After that there will continue to be GODFLESH dub albums, live albums, and so on, but no new studio releases nor performances.”
Which sucks, of course. But it’s also perfectly understandable. Flesh gets old, godly or otherwise, and we’re all staring down the barrel of the same gun one way or another. All we can do is wish Broadrick a speedy recovery.
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