Overview
- The band announced Wednesday that Decay, a six-track penultimate album, will be released Sept. 25 on Relapse Records and was previewed by the new single "Living/Ending".
- Justin Broadrick said most recording and vocals for Decay were finished before his recent major hernia surgery, though a few song endings were recorded while he was injured.
- Broadrick confirmed the surgery makes Godflesh touring impossible because the band's shouted vocal style risks further injury, and he has retired from live shows for the project.
- Decay draws from the same sessions as 2023's Purge and includes the tracks "Master and Slave," "Living/Ending," "Feral Colony," "Fear of Man," "Fodder," and "Consume Me."
- Broadrick plans to shift focus to less physically demanding projects such as Jesu and JK Flesh and aims to complete a final Godflesh album without shouted vocals by the end of 2026, marking a deliberate winding down of the band.