God – Possession (1992)

May 4, 2020

God is a fucking mad trip, mate. Kevin Martin (The Bug), JK Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu) team up with a whole host of other musicians (I’m sorry for not listing them all!) to create an absolute mindfuck of a record. Possession was my first brush with God (what a sentence), after meaning to check them out for donkey’s years. On first impressions it comes across like a blend of earlier, dubbed-out industrial Scorn records and something altogether more John Zorn (don’t you dare say “well isn’t that just Painkiller??”)

There is a lot to unpack here, and to be honest I’m not sure what I make of it all; it’s not bad at all, I’m just confused. Possession is the ultimate melting pot of bizarre 90s music, and despite being rather chaotic is actually a pretty chilled and relaxing listening experience.