Final (band)
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Final is a project of Justin Broadrick
Justin Broadrick
Justin Karl Michael Broadrick is a British singer, songwriter, guitarist and drummer. He is best known as a founding member of the band Godflesh, one of the first bands to combine elements of extreme metal and industrial music.-Biography:Broadrick was born in the council estates of inner...

, creator of the band Godflesh
Godflesh
Godflesh are an English industrial metal band from Birmingham, England. Originally known as Fall of Because, they formed in 1988 by Justin K. Broadrick and G.C. Green and disbanded in 2002. Godflesh's innovative music is widely regarded as a foundational influence on industrial metal and post-metal...

, which he started when he was just 13 years old. Unlike Godflesh, Final is primarily electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 in nature, taking on a space-like, dark ambient
Dark ambient
Dark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music that features foreboding, ominous, or discordant overtones. Although it had its roots in the 1970s, Dark ambient emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of newer, smaller, and more affordable Effects units, synthesizer and sampling technology...

 sound.

In 2006 Final performed across Europe, including a slot on the Supersonic Festival
Supersonic Festival
Supersonic Festival is a yearly music festival in Birmingham featuring a combination of music, art, film and and other crafts. It continues to join boundaries between music and art, by inviting people to engage with both through a programme of avant garde sound and performance as well as hands-on...

 at the Custard Factory
Custard Factory
The Custard Factory is an arts and media production centre in Birmingham, England .Located on the redeveloped site of the Bird's Custard factory in the industrial district of Digbeth, it is home to a community of businesses, primarily with an artistic and media slant, but also including...

, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

 on the 23rd July, and as special guests supporting Isis
Isis (band)
Isis was a Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, with a career spanning from 1997 to 2010...

 on the 24th July.

Discography

  • One (1993)
  • Flow/Openings EP (1995) - limited release of 1,000 copies
  • Solaris EP (1996) (Reissued in 1998 with a bonus track)
  • 2 (1996)
  • Urge/Fail EP (1996) - limited release of 250 copies
  • The First Millionth of a Second (1997)
  • 3 (2006)
  • Infinite Guitar Vol. 1 & 2 - - limited release of 150 copies
  • Guitar & Bass improvisations Vol. 1 & 2 (2008) - limited release of 150 copies
  • Afar (2008) - Limited Picture Disc of 500 copies.
  • Fade Away (2008)
  • Dead Air (2008)
  • Reading All The Right Signs Wrong 12" Vinyl (2009) No Quarter Records
  • Infinite Guitar 3 / Guitar & Bass Improvisations 3 (2009)
  • The Apple Never Falls Far From The Tree (2010)
  • My Body Is A Dying Machine (2010)

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ategory:Music from Birmingham, West Category:Ambient music groups
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