Review by Daniel for Godflesh - Love and Hate in Dub (1997)

I'm not too sure why I didn't pursue this release for so many years as I'm a long-time Godflesh fan as well as a big fan of dub in general however I've finally gotten around to checking this out. Godflesh's previous remix efforts have had mixed results so I wasn't sure what to expect here. What I got was fairly inevitable in the end. Mixed results. "Love & Hate In Dub" doesn't have the depth or intensity of proper Godflesh material. Opener "Circle Of Shit (To The Point Dub)" gets off to a solid start (if you excuse the ridiculously out of time percussion in one of the vocal samples) & "Gift From Heaven (Breakbeat)" is also impressive but apart from that I spent the rest of my listening experience waiting for some excitement. There's nothing obviously wrong but there's also not much to get excited about. Closing track "Gift From Heaven (Heavenly)" is the only track that really hits the spot. It is a brilliantly dark brooding piece of dark ambient nastiness that shows just what Justin Broadrick is capable of. The lack of guitars in most of these tracks here leaves them feeling a bit lifeless & the dub element is not really deep enough in most cases. I was a little bit disappointed with the "Songs Of Love & Hate" album but I prefer it comfortably over this release.