Slavestate

With Slavestate, Godflesh sought to diversify their metal-dominated sound by introducing elements of dance music and electronic body music.{{cite journal |last=Collepiccolo |first=Luca |title=Godflesh – Into the Void |language=Italian|journal=Blast!|date=April 1992 |pages=12–15}} Still, the music retained the harsh guitar and vocals of frontman Justin Broadrick, as well as the extreme aspects of Godflesh. Ira A. Robbins of Trouser Press wrote, "The four-song Slavestate EP finds the band charging full-on into an industrial-dance realm, giving Streetcleaner's lurch-and-crunch the twist of a rhythmic basis."{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/trouserpressreco002269mbp | quote=Slateman godflesh. | title=The Trouser Press record guide | publisher=Collier Books | last=Robbins|first=Ira A. | year=1991 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/trouserpressreco002269mbp/page/n302 283] | isbn=0020363613}} The EP's title track contains a sample of the song "Stakker Humanoid" by Brian Dougans.{{cite interview |last=Broadrick |first=Justin |subject-link=Justin Broadrick |interviewer=Holly Dicker |title=EX.406 Justin Broadrick – Kicking against the pricks with the Birmingham prodigy |url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?exchange=406 |work=Resident Advisor |date=21 April 2018 |access-date=17 May 2018}}

{{Listen|filename=Meltdown_(1991).ogg|title="Meltdown"|description="Meltdown", a critical highlight of the EP, shows Godflesh's industrial metal roots.}}

In 1992, after the releases of Godflesh (1988), Streetcleaner (1989), Slavestate (1991), and Pure (1992), Broadrick elaborated on Slavestate's shift in style when compared to the band's other records:

{{quote|I wanted to use dance elements within the realm of Godflesh. We got some shit from people, but we also accessed a whole new audience [...] All four of our records are different. Now there's the techno audience that likes Slavestate.{{cite journal|last=Pettigrew|first=Jason|title=Godflesh – Louder Than Life|journal=Alternative Press|date=June 1992|url=http://godflesh.com/articles/article2.html|accessdate=March 17, 2018}}}}

Slavestate was initially released as a four-song EP. A three-song remix EP titled Slavestate Remixes saw a limited vinyl release in September that same year.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Slavestate Remixes |type=vinyl liner notes |others=Godflesh |year=1991 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Godflesh-Slavestate-Remixes/master/38063 |access-date=April 4, 2018 |publisher=Earache Records |id=MOSH 30T(R)}} The remixes were later appended to all further issues of Slavestate. The CD release also included the tracks from the follow-up "Slateman" single, which expanded Slavestate into a mini-album. In August 2009, Slavestate was reissued as part of a triple-CD package which also included the EP Cold World (1991) and the band's second full-length studio album Pure (1992).{{cite web|title=Slavestate|url=http://godflesh.com/discographies/godflesh/#slavestate|website=godflesh.com|publisher=Crumbling Flesh|accessdate=9 August 2015}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Raggett|first=Ned|title=Slavestate – Godflesh|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/slavestate-mw0000095296|website=AllMusic|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}

| noprose = yes

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Slavestate received lukewarm reviews, with the exception of the song "Meltdown", which was singled out as a highlight.{{cite web|last=Gardner|first=Noel|title=Godflesh – Slavestate, Pure, Cold World Reissues|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/02546-godflesh-slavestate-pure-cold-world-reissue-album-reviews|work=The Quietus|accessdate=January 21, 2018}} Ned Raggett of AllMusic appreciated the change in pace from Godflesh's heavy, metal-focused music, but was ultimately unimpressed. Writing for The Quietus, Noel Gardner thought the introduction of electronic and dance elements was clunky but somewhat admirable. Broadrick was disappointed by the EP's contemporary reception, saying it "should have received far more acclaim than it did."{{cite web|title=Godflesh|url=http://godflesh.com/articles/fleshart4.html|work=Convulsion Online|accessdate=March 17, 2018}} In 1997, Metal Hammer retrospectively described the EP as "cutting edge".{{cite journal |title=Godflesh Sing in Dub |journal=Metal Hammer |date=July 1997 |url=http://godflesh.com/articles/article9.html |accessdate=30 December 2018}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Original EP

| title1 = Slavestate

| length1 = 3:58

| title2 = Perfect Skin

| length2 = 7:37

| title3 = Someone Somewhere Scorned

| length3 = 4:47

| title4 = Meltdown

| length4 = 5:48

| total_length = 22:10

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Slavestate Remixes

| extra_column =

| title5 = Slavestate

| note5 = Radio Slave

| length5 = 5:00

| title6 = Slavestate

| note6 = Total State Mix

| length6 = 8:29

| title7 = Perfect Skin

| note7 = Dub

| length7 = 12:15

| total_length = 47:54

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = "Slateman" single

| extra_column =

| title8 = Slateman

| length8 = 5:56

| title9 = Wound '91

| length9 = 4:24

| total_length = 58:14

}}

Credits adapted from liner notes.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Slavestate |type=CD liner notes |others=Godflesh |year=1991 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Godflesh-Slavestate/master/13213 |access-date=April 4, 2018 |publisher=Earache Records |id= MOSH 30}}

• Justin Broadrick – guitar, vocals, production
• G. Christian Green – bass
• Paul Neville – guitar
• Machine – rhythm
• Johnny Barry – layout

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