Birmingham’s seminal post-punk/industrial behemoths Godflesh will perform their seminal debut full-length album, 1989’s \'Streetcleaner\', in its entirety at the 2011 Roadburn Festival, Thursday, April 14th at the 013 venue in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
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Founding members Justin Broadrick (drums, programming, guitar, and vocals) and Benny Green (bass) play \'Streetcleaner\' in full and in track order.
Plus they will be playing the ‘Tiny Tears’ ep , which was conceived as part of the overall ‘Street Cleaner’ vision, in full as well.
Roadburn festival regards Godflesh as one of the biggest influences on the burgeoning doom, sludge and drone scenes, alongside their Birmingham forebears Black Sabbath and New York’s unyielding instigators of aural punishment, Swans.
The artistic resonance of Godflesh\' ‘Streetcleaner’ can be heard and felt throughout the entire festival and in many of the bands invited to perform. Its ability to create an all-encompassing yet devastatingly claustrophobic vision from minimalist means, it treated guitar textures that would later be siphoned off into Justin and Benny’s respective drone projects, Final and Vitriol, and its willingness to meet the abyss head-on are all elements whose fumes have pervaded Roadburn over many years.
In other news, tickets for Roadburn Festival 2011 will go on sale Saturday, November 27th.
Plus the Kilimanjaro Deathjazz Ensemble, Zoroaster, The Atomic Bitchwax, Naam and Quest For Fire have also been confirmed for Roadburn 2011.
The festival will run for three days from Thursday April 14 to Saturday April 16 at the 013 venue and Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Netherlands. There will be an additional Afterburner event on Sunday April 17, 2011.