 Despite often being overshadowed by the critical success of Godflesh's first full-length studio album, 1989's "Streetcleaner", the EP was one of the first industrial metal releases and helped define the genre's sound with programmed drum beats, heavy metal guitar and unusual emphasis on bass.Its and the band's title strive to reconcile the potentially deep and meaningful impact music has on people with its harsher, more physical side.Fall of Because, the band that would eventually become Godflesh, temporarily dissolved in 1987 when Justin Broadrick left to drum for the English experimental group Head of David.