Artist: GODFLESH
Album: A WORLD LIT ONLY BY FIRE (DIGI US-IMPORT)

Year: 2014
Media type: CD

A World Lit Only by Fire is the seventh studio album by English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was released on 7 October 2014 through band leader Justin Broadrick's own record label, Avalanche Recordings. It is the first studio album of new material Godflesh released in 13 years since Hymns (2001).

The CD takes its title from the 1992 New York Times bestseller by William Manchester, a former professor of history at Wesleyan University in Connecticut.

Lyrically, Broadrick tells Decibel that he took some inspiration from Manchester's book and transposed it upon modern times. "We stole the title from a book that covers the brutality of medieval times throughout Europe, but for us it's indicative of many things. In many ways, it's a resignation to what we are, which is essentially flawed savages.

TRACKLIST CD/ LP:

1."New Dark Ages" – 4:51
2."Deadend" – 5:07
3."Shut Me Down" – 4:26
4."Life Giver Life Taker" – 5:27
5."Obeyed" – 5:35
6."Curse Us All" – 3:46
7."Carrion" – 6:05
8."Imperator" – 4:26
9."Towers of Emptiness" – 6:34
10."Forgive Our Fathers" – 7:40

LINE-UP:

Justin Broadrick – vocals, eight-string guitar, production
G.C. Green – bass guitar
Machines – drums, rhythm