Of course similarities to various period's of the almighty Godflesh's illustrious back catalog exist herein, so much so that I could easily have stomached this being labeled a Godflesh release, but there's definitely a new angle represented here that gives this project its own identity. The vocals are done in Broadrick's token monotone singing delivery, which works perfectly to create a highly emotional composition with dense layers of instrumentation � including slowly arpeggiated chords, ringing chorused notes in the background, massive walls of distorted chords, and so on. This is absolutely intense and emotional, and I simply can't say enough about how amazing the title track is� fucking awesome.

More melodic than Godflesh but still retains the bleakness, anger, and plodding heaviness we know and love. Glad to see Justin Broadrick is back.

Upon hearing Jesu, the first thing in mind is, that the whole career of Broadrick since the beginning of Godflesh, has consciously or not, been an attempt to express all the undefinable, wordless emotions that he has, that we all have. Broadrick has always been good in creating unique emotions, sounds that reach deep into a listener's subconscious. With Jesu, he has grown even more powerful in this art, and yet more subtle. Whether it has been a drug-induced paranoia, love or anger, that has driven him in his work, emotions created by his music are collective, shared and primal and yet divine, insane and noble, all at the same time.

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