Soundcheck in Birmingham, England and Square Dance in Derby, England
Genre
Industrial metal
Length
52:21(vinyl and cassette releases)
66:22(CD releases)
Label
Earache, Combat
Producer
J. K. Broadrick
G. C. Green
Godflesh chronology
Godflesh (1988)
Streetcleaner (1989)
Slavestate (1991)
Streetcleaner is the debut studio album by English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was released on 13 November 1989 through Earache Records and was reissued with a second disc of previously unreleased material on 21 June 2010. The album is widely acclaimed by critics and is often cited as a landmark release in industrial metal; though not the genre's first release, Streetcleaner helped define what industrial metal would become.
Recorded in three distinct sessions and partially refined from pre-Godflesh demos, Streetcleaner is a weighty, bleak album that blends heavy metal with industrial music by means of production-emphasised bass, distorted guitar and, most importantly, machine percussion. Unlike many metal albums, guitar is employed to create screeching noise rather than discrete riffs, and the drums and bass are louder than is typical. Streetcleaner was supported by a series of concerts where Godflesh played alongside Napalm Death, and it was on the North American leg of the tour that the band began to gain significant international traction.
Since its release, Streetcleaner has received a number of accolades and has been performed in its entirety by Godflesh twice (once at Roadburn Festival, a recording of which was released as a live album in 2013). Many other metal bands have cited the album as particularly influential, including Neurosis, Fear Factory and Isis, and Godflesh frontman Justin Broadrick considers it one of his landmark releases. In 2017, Rolling Stone named Streetcleaner the 64th greatest metal album of all time.
Streetcleaner is the debut studio album by English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was released on 13 November 1989 through Earache Records and was...
to Earache Records in the late 1980s and released their debut album Streetcleaner (1989) to contemporary and lasting acclaim. After the release of their...
album by American hardcore punk band Nails, released in March 2010 by Streetcleaner Records/Six Feet Under Records. It was rereleased by Southern Lord Records...
Earache Records, 1989's Streetcleaner, garnered even more recognition for its musical importance. After the success of Streetcleaner, Godflesh recorded Pure...
Blake Publishing. ISBN 1-8578-2065-7. Jouve, Nicole Ward (1986). The Streetcleaner: The Yorkshire Ripper case on trial. Marion Boyars. ISBN 978-0-7145-2847-2...
Records. After being picked up by Earache, Godflesh released the albums Streetcleaner (1989) and Pure (1992) and were then acquired by Columbia Records. Following...
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the LP Symphonies of Sickness) Godflesh – "Streetcleaner" (minus the intro that appears on the LP Streetcleaner) Terrorizer – "Dead Shall Rise" Hellbastard...
Swordfish Records and in 1989 Earache Records put out their first album Streetcleaner. Broadrick met Kevin Martin of the band GOD. Martin had a club in Brixton...
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work has been described as the "sonic equivalent to Thorns injecting Streetcleaner-era Godflesh with an evil unpredictability". Vindsval, the vocalist...
finds the band charging full-on into an industrial-dance realm, giving Streetcleaner's lurch-and-crunch the twist of a rhythmic basis." The EP's title track...
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