Just when you thought God, the ultimate being inhabited some kind of Heavenly headquarters, you'll be at once disturbed my this menacing soundtrack, once described to me as an industrial Mr Bungle. God, the project consisting of Godlesh main man Justin Broadrick, saxophone nutcase John Zorn (on three tracks) and various other unhinged musicians, play a dark, foreboding brand of avant-garde music neither here nor there to be perfectly honest, the eleven-minute 'Fucked' is pretty brain numbing as a wave of industrial hate washes you in sin, 'Black Jesus' rattles eerily and another eleven-minute colossus, 'Lord, I'm On My Way' is similar to a Godflesh work-out, often depressive but laced with Zorn's screaming sax.
Of the eight tracks, most weigh in at a hefty time, usually between six and ten minutes, so this is pretty much an alienating and brooding experience that won't cure any hangover. Personally, it' nothing like Mr Bungle's crazed carnival but more of a cankered murmur from beneath some manhole waiting to ooze out like some fatal disease.
6.5/10
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