Jesu (band)
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Jesu is a post-metal
band formed in 2003 by Justin Broadrick
following the breakup of Godflesh
. Jesu was the name of the last song on the final Godflesh release, Hymns, and Broadrick decided to adopt it as the name of this project.
Jesu's sound is heavily layered and textured, drawing from and incorporating an eclectic mix of influences, ranging from ambient music
, drone doom, to shoegazing
, downtempo
and industrial music
. Broadrick himself has made it known that he does not consider Jesu to fall into any of these categories and that he has been intentionally writing what he considers to be coherent and structured pop songs.
, was released in 2004 and featured Broadrick performing all of the instruments and vocals alone. It was followed in 2005 by the full-length self-titled LP
, which featured the addition of bassist Diarmuid Dalton and drummer Ted Parsons
, although not every song features both members. A spring 2005 tour of Europe, in support of the album, featured Roderic Mounir of Knut
filling in for Ted Parsons on drums.
With their third release, 2006's four song Silver
EP
, Jesu took a more melodic and layered approach, gaining comparison to shoegazing
band My Bloody Valentine. The majority of this release features Broadrick and Dalton, with Parsons joining them for the title track.
The full lineup recorded the second full-length album, Conqueror, which was released on February 20, 2007 in the United States
, February 19 in the United Kingdom
and Europe, and on February 2 in Japan. Broadrick and Dalton recorded the Sun Down / Sun Rise
EP without Parsons for an April 23 release. This EP had already seen release in Japan where it had been packaged as a bonus CD for the Conqueror album. Jesu returned as a solo act with the release of a split 12" album
with Eluvium, released on July 5, 2007.
October 2007 saw the release of Pale Sketches
, a collection of previously unreleased Jesu songs, performed entirely by Broadrick and recorded between 2000 and 2007. The album was released on Broadrick's own label, Avalanche. That same month, a four song EP entitled Lifeline
, once again featuring Broadrick as the sole member, was released by Hydra Head in the United States and Daymare in Japan.
The band made their United States live debut in March 2007 as an opening act for Isis
, although work permit
problems caused them to miss the first three weeks of the tour. Neither Parsons nor Dalton were able to participate in the tour and were temporarily replaced by Danny Walker (of Intronaut
) and long-time Broadrick collaborator Dave Cochrane (Head of David
, God, Ice), respectively. During this tour, Jesu also made their South by Southwest
debut as part of a Hydra Head Records
showcase.
In late 2007, the band embarked on headlining tours of the United Kingdom, Japan, Europe and the United States. During this tour, Phil Petrocelli of Seattle band, Black Noise Cannon, took over as the band's touring drummer.
Jesu released their second split release, this time with Japanese post-rock band, Envy
, exclusively in Japan through Daymare Records on July 11, 2008. On August 12, 2008, a third split 12", this time with Battle of Mice
, was engineered by Joel Hamilton
and released by Robotic Empire
. The album had originally been announced in 2006 but was delayed while awaiting cover art.
On September 9, 2008, Hydra Head released Why Are We Not Perfect, a CDEP featuring the three Jesu songs previously only available on the Eluvium split vinyl album, as well as two new remixes. Daymare released the album, in Japan, with an additional third remix not available on the American release.
On September 23, 2008, Dwell Records released Like Black Holes in The Sky: The Tribute to Syd Barrett
which features Jesu covering Pink Floyd
's Chapter 24
. Jesu also contributed a cover version of The Cure
's The Funeral Party to Manimal Vinyl
's Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to The Cure
. The album was released digitally through iTunes
on October 28, 2008. The CD edition of the album was released in stores on November 25, 2008, in a limited edition of 2,000 copies.
In March 2009, Broadrick announced a new one-song LP, titled Infinity
, was scheduled for release through his own Avalanche Recordings label in June 2009, although, through his Twitter
account, he later announced it was certain to be released in July. Infinity was made available to purchase through Broadrick's Avalanche Recording webstore on July 23. On July 29, Broadrick made the album available via digital download. The album consists of one track, lasting approximately 50 minutes, performed entirely by Broadrick. On August 19, 2009, Daymare released the Infinity album as a two-disc set featuring an extra track as well as a re-release of Pale Sketches, containing a second disc featuring three new remixes.
Broadrick also announced that a new EP, titled Opiate Sun, would be released in July, 2009. The EP had originally been mentioned in 2008 but a title and official release date had yet to be announced. Opiate Sun was later rescheduled for October 27, 2009, and was released on Mark Kozelek
's record label Caldo Verde
. The Daymare edition of the album was released on November 6, 2009 in Japan and includes a "demo" version of one of the four songs as a bonus track. Initially, the EP was intended to be the first studio recording to include the lineup of Justin Broadrick, Dave Cochrane and Phil Petrocelli. This lineup was to be featured on two of the four tracks, with the classic lineup of Broadrick, Parsons and Dalton performing the other two tracks. The released version of the album features Broadick performing solo on all four tracks.
In June, 2009, Hydra Head re-released the Jesu/Envy split 12" on CD. The label also released a double 10" vinyl edition in September, 2009. On November 16, 2010, Hydra Head re-released the CD edition of the Heart Ache EP, packaged with Dethroned, a previously unreleased Jesu EP from 2003.
In March, 2010, Broadrick announced that he felt Jesu had strayed further away from the guitar driven music that he intended it to be and more into electronica. As a resolution, although Jesu will still contain electronic elements, it will return to a guitar driven sound and a new project, titled Pale Sketcher, will allow Broadrick to explore the electronica oriented sound further without interfering with Jesu.
, Explosions in the Sky
, Isis
, Pelican
, Fog, Maninkari, Pyramids, Yakuza, and Genghis Tron
.
Compilations
EPs and splits
Remix albums (as Pale Sketcher)
Post-metal
Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal.Hydra Head Records owner and Isis frontman Aaron Turner originally termed the genre "thinking man's metal", demonstrating that his band was trying to move away from common metal conventions...
band formed in 2003 by 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...
following the breakup of 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...
. Jesu was the name of the last song on the final Godflesh release, Hymns, and Broadrick decided to adopt it as the name of this project.
Jesu's sound is heavily layered and textured, drawing from and incorporating an eclectic mix of influences, ranging from ambient music
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
, drone doom, to shoegazing
Shoegazing
Shoegazing is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted there until the mid 1990s, with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991...
, downtempo
Downtempo
Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...
and industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
. Broadrick himself has made it known that he does not consider Jesu to fall into any of these categories and that he has been intentionally writing what he considers to be coherent and structured pop songs.
Biography
Jesu's first release, the Heart Ache EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, was released in 2004 and featured Broadrick performing all of the instruments and vocals alone. It was followed in 2005 by the full-length self-titled LP
Jesu (album)
Jesu is the first full-length album from Jesu, released by Hydra Head Records on December 8, 2004. Unlike the Heart Ache EP, where Justin Broadrick executed all instrumentation himself, this release features Ted Parsons on drums, Diarmuid Dalton on bass, and a guest appearance by Paul Neville on...
, which featured the addition of bassist Diarmuid Dalton and drummer Ted Parsons
Ted Parsons
Ted Parsons is an American drummer most notable for his membership in bands such as Swans, Prong, Godflesh, Killing Joke and Jesu.-Biography:...
, although not every song features both members. A spring 2005 tour of Europe, in support of the album, featured Roderic Mounir of Knut
Knut (band)
Knut is a sludge metal/post-hardcore band from Geneva, Switzerland that formed in 1994. Early material was put out on Snuff Records, which was run by Séverin and Mounir. They are currently signed to Hydra Head Records, which is owned and operated by Aaron Turner of Isis...
filling in for Ted Parsons on drums.
With their third release, 2006's four song Silver
Silver (EP)
Silver is the third release and second EP by Jesu, released by Hydra Head Records on April 11, 2006. This album, their second EP, shows a more melodic and poppy side than the previously crushing Jesu releases, gaining comparisons to legendary shoegazing bands such as My Bloody Valentine and...
EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Jesu took a more melodic and layered approach, gaining comparison to shoegazing
Shoegazing
Shoegazing is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted there until the mid 1990s, with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991...
band My Bloody Valentine. The majority of this release features Broadrick and Dalton, with Parsons joining them for the title track.
The full lineup recorded the second full-length album, Conqueror, which was released on February 20, 2007 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, February 19 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Europe, and on February 2 in Japan. Broadrick and Dalton recorded the Sun Down / Sun Rise
Sun Down/Sun Rise
Sun Down / Sun Rise is the fifth release by Jesu.The EP was released on 12" colored vinyl in two limited formats through Aurora Borealis Records on April 23, 2007. The EP had seen a prior release as a bonus CD appended to the Japanese version of Conqueror issued via Daymare. It has subsequently...
EP without Parsons for an April 23 release. This EP had already seen release in Japan where it had been packaged as a bonus CD for the Conqueror album. Jesu returned as a solo act with the release of a split 12" album
Jesu/Eluvium split
Jesu / Eluvium is a split LP between Justin Broadrick's Jesu and Matthew Cooper's Eluvium. It was released on July 5, 2007 and features Broadrick performing solo again, under the Jesu name, for the first time since the Heart Ache release....
with Eluvium, released on July 5, 2007.
October 2007 saw the release of Pale Sketches
Pale Sketches
Pale Sketches is a full length compilation of previously unreleased studio material recorded by Jesu between 2000 and 2007. It was released worldwide on October 9, 2007 through Justin Broadrick's own Avalanche Recordings label and limted to 2,000 copies on CD, and 1,200 on double gatefold vinyl.On...
, a collection of previously unreleased Jesu songs, performed entirely by Broadrick and recorded between 2000 and 2007. The album was released on Broadrick's own label, Avalanche. That same month, a four song EP entitled Lifeline
Lifeline (EP)
Lifeline is the fourth EP and eighth overall release by Jesu. It was released on CD on October 4, 2007 in Japan, and October 23, 2007 in America...
, once again featuring Broadrick as the sole member, was released by Hydra Head in the United States and Daymare in Japan.
The band made their United States live debut in March 2007 as an opening act for 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...
, although work permit
Work permit
Work permit is a generic term for a legal authorization which allows a person to take employment.It is most often used in reference to instances where a person is given permission to work in a country where one does not hold citizenship, but is also used in reference to minors, who in some...
problems caused them to miss the first three weeks of the tour. Neither Parsons nor Dalton were able to participate in the tour and were temporarily replaced by Danny Walker (of Intronaut
Intronaut
Intronaut is a progressive metal band from Los Angeles, California.Their style, while rooted in metal, is extremely forward-thinking and psychedelic, complete with complex polyrhythms, intense, haunting melodies, and vocal harmonies, combined with progressive and jazzy instrumental breaks.Their...
) and long-time Broadrick collaborator Dave Cochrane (Head of David
Head of David
Head of David was a noise rock/stoner band of the late 1980s that featured vocalist Stephen R. Burroughs and ex-Napalm Death member Justin Broadrick ....
, God, Ice), respectively. During this tour, Jesu also made their South by Southwest
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
debut as part of a Hydra Head Records
Hydra Head Records
Hydra Head Records is an independent record label which specializes in heavy metal music, founded in New Mexico by Aaron Turner in 1993...
showcase.
In late 2007, the band embarked on headlining tours of the United Kingdom, Japan, Europe and the United States. During this tour, Phil Petrocelli of Seattle band, Black Noise Cannon, took over as the band's touring drummer.
Jesu released their second split release, this time with Japanese post-rock band, Envy
Envy (band)
Envy is a rock band from Japan. They are signed to Rock Action Records in Europe and Temporary Residence Limited in North America, though originally they worked with Level Plane Records. More recently in their career, Envy's music has grown to include elements of post-rock.Vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa...
, exclusively in Japan through Daymare Records on July 11, 2008. On August 12, 2008, a third split 12", this time with Battle of Mice
Battle of Mice
Battle of Mice was a post-metal supergroup consisting of Julie Christmas , Josh Graham , Joel Hamilton , Tony Maimone , and Joe Tomino .The band was formed when vocalist Julie Christmas and guitarist/keyboardist Josh Graham met in Austin, Texas while...
, was engineered by Joel Hamilton
Joel Hamilton
Joel Hamilton is a producer, engineer, and musician originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Since the late 1990s he has been based out of Brooklyn, NY. He shares a studio with partner Tony Maimone named Studio G. He has worked with a number of well known artists, as well as writing for various...
and released by Robotic Empire
Robotic Empire
Robotic Empire is an American record label based out of Richmond, Virginia. They specialize in hardcore punk, metalcore, and alternative rock. Some of the most popular bands signed to the label over the years have been pg.99, City of Caterpillar, Crowpath, The Red Chord, Circle Takes the Square,...
. The album had originally been announced in 2006 but was delayed while awaiting cover art.
On September 9, 2008, Hydra Head released Why Are We Not Perfect, a CDEP featuring the three Jesu songs previously only available on the Eluvium split vinyl album, as well as two new remixes. Daymare released the album, in Japan, with an additional third remix not available on the American release.
On September 23, 2008, Dwell Records released Like Black Holes in The Sky: The Tribute to Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett , born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter, best remembered as a founding member of the band Pink Floyd. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter during the band's psychedelic years, providing major musical and stylistic...
which features Jesu covering Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
's Chapter 24
Chapter 24
"Chapter 24" is the title of a song from Pink Floyd's 1967 LP The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. It was written by Syd Barrett and its lyrics are inspired by text from chapter 24 of the ancient Chinese tome I Ching ....
. Jesu also contributed a cover version of The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
's The Funeral Party to Manimal Vinyl
Manimal Vinyl
Manimal Vinyl is a Los Angeles based record label founded in 2006 by fashion stylist, Paul Beahan. They are known for releasing underground and experimental pop music. They were originally known as a folk label that makes annual tribute records for worldwide charities, having eventually switched to...
's Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
. The album was released digitally through iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
on October 28, 2008. The CD edition of the album was released in stores on November 25, 2008, in a limited edition of 2,000 copies.
In March 2009, Broadrick announced a new one-song LP, titled Infinity
Infinity (Jesu album)
Infinity is a full length studio album, and the ninth overall release by British experimental band Jesu. While it is a full length studio release, Broadrick has made it clear that he does not consider Infinity to be Jesu's third official LP...
, was scheduled for release through his own Avalanche Recordings label in June 2009, although, through his Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
account, he later announced it was certain to be released in July. Infinity was made available to purchase through Broadrick's Avalanche Recording webstore on July 23. On July 29, Broadrick made the album available via digital download. The album consists of one track, lasting approximately 50 minutes, performed entirely by Broadrick. On August 19, 2009, Daymare released the Infinity album as a two-disc set featuring an extra track as well as a re-release of Pale Sketches, containing a second disc featuring three new remixes.
Broadrick also announced that a new EP, titled Opiate Sun, would be released in July, 2009. The EP had originally been mentioned in 2008 but a title and official release date had yet to be announced. Opiate Sun was later rescheduled for October 27, 2009, and was released on Mark Kozelek
Mark Kozelek
Mark Kozelek is an American singer/songwriter Producer and frontman of Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters.-History:...
's record label Caldo Verde
Caldo Verde Records
Caldo Verde Records is a San Francisco-based indie rock and folk record label founded by Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon frontman Mark Kozelek in 2005. The label primarily features releases by Kozelek and Sun Kil Moon, but has also released albums by Jesu, Corrina Repp, Retribution Gospel...
. The Daymare edition of the album was released on November 6, 2009 in Japan and includes a "demo" version of one of the four songs as a bonus track. Initially, the EP was intended to be the first studio recording to include the lineup of Justin Broadrick, Dave Cochrane and Phil Petrocelli. This lineup was to be featured on two of the four tracks, with the classic lineup of Broadrick, Parsons and Dalton performing the other two tracks. The released version of the album features Broadick performing solo on all four tracks.
In June, 2009, Hydra Head re-released the Jesu/Envy split 12" on CD. The label also released a double 10" vinyl edition in September, 2009. On November 16, 2010, Hydra Head re-released the CD edition of the Heart Ache EP, packaged with Dethroned, a previously unreleased Jesu EP from 2003.
In March, 2010, Broadrick announced that he felt Jesu had strayed further away from the guitar driven music that he intended it to be and more into electronica. As a resolution, although Jesu will still contain electronic elements, it will return to a guitar driven sound and a new project, titled Pale Sketcher, will allow Broadrick to explore the electronica oriented sound further without interfering with Jesu.
Remixes
Using the Jesu name, Broadrick has also contributed remixed versions of songs by such bands as N.I.C., Agoraphobic NosebleedAgoraphobic Nosebleed
Agoraphobic Nosebleed is a grindcore band formed in 1994 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Its line-up has changed often during the years, leaving the only permanent member Scott Hull , also a guitarist in Pig Destroyer...
, Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky is an American post-rock band from Texas. The band has garnered popularity beyond the post-rock scene for their elaborately developed guitar work, narratively styled instrumentals, what they refer to as "cathartic mini-symphonies," and their enthusiastic and emotional live shows...
, 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...
, Pelican
Pelican (band)
Pelican is a post-metal quartet from Chicago, Illinois.-Biography and description:The band is known for its dense combinations of different melodies and extended track lengths. Its distinctive sound draws from stoner rock, doom metal, post-rock, and other influences...
, Fog, Maninkari, Pyramids, Yakuza, and Genghis Tron
Genghis Tron
Genghis Tron is a three-piece experimental metal band formed in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York and San Francisco, California. Genghis Tron signed to Relapse Records after releasing two recordings on Crucial Blast. The band is noted for its creative...
.
Current members
- Justin BroadrickJustin BroadrickJustin 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...
– guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocals, programmingProgramming (music)Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...
, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, seven-string guitarSeven-string guitarA seven-string guitar is a guitar with seven strings instead of the usual six. Some types of seven-string guitars are specific to certain cultures . The standard 7-string guitar tuning is BEADGbe... - Diarmuid Dalton – bass guitar
- Ted ParsonsTed ParsonsTed Parsons is an American drummer most notable for his membership in bands such as Swans, Prong, Godflesh, Killing Joke and Jesu.-Biography:...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
Touring members
- Danny Walker – drums
- Dave Cochrane – bass guitar
- Phil Petrocelli – drums
- Roderic Mounir - drums
Session musicians
- Paul NevillePaul Neville (musician)Paul Neville is an underground experimental industrial metal guitarist and musician from Birmingham, England.He is best known as the second guitarist in the seminal industrial metal band Godflesh on the second half of their Streetcleaner album and on the Slavestate EP as well as a tour member of...
– extra guitar ("Man/Woman", JesuJesu (album)Jesu is the first full-length album from Jesu, released by Hydra Head Records on December 8, 2004. Unlike the Heart Ache EP, where Justin Broadrick executed all instrumentation himself, this release features Ted Parsons on drums, Diarmuid Dalton on bass, and a guest appearance by Paul Neville on...
) - JarboeJarboeJarboe is an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist.Jarboe is a solo artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with the New York City based group Swans. With founder Michael Gira, the duo was the core of Swans until the group broke up in 1998...
– vocals ("Storm Comin' On", LifelineLifeline (EP)Lifeline is the fourth EP and eighth overall release by Jesu. It was released on CD on October 4, 2007 in Japan, and October 23, 2007 in America...
EP)
Discography
Studio albums- JesuJesu (album)Jesu is the first full-length album from Jesu, released by Hydra Head Records on December 8, 2004. Unlike the Heart Ache EP, where Justin Broadrick executed all instrumentation himself, this release features Ted Parsons on drums, Diarmuid Dalton on bass, and a guest appearance by Paul Neville on...
(2004) - Conqueror (2007)
- InfinityInfinity (Jesu album)Infinity is a full length studio album, and the ninth overall release by British experimental band Jesu. While it is a full length studio release, Broadrick has made it clear that he does not consider Infinity to be Jesu's third official LP...
(2009) - Ascension (2011)
Compilations
- Pale SketchesPale SketchesPale Sketches is a full length compilation of previously unreleased studio material recorded by Jesu between 2000 and 2007. It was released worldwide on October 9, 2007 through Justin Broadrick's own Avalanche Recordings label and limted to 2,000 copies on CD, and 1,200 on double gatefold vinyl.On...
(2007)
EPs and splits
- Heart Ache (2004)
- SilverSilver (EP)Silver is the third release and second EP by Jesu, released by Hydra Head Records on April 11, 2006. This album, their second EP, shows a more melodic and poppy side than the previously crushing Jesu releases, gaining comparisons to legendary shoegazing bands such as My Bloody Valentine and...
(2006) - Sun Down / Sun RiseSun Down/Sun RiseSun Down / Sun Rise is the fifth release by Jesu.The EP was released on 12" colored vinyl in two limited formats through Aurora Borealis Records on April 23, 2007. The EP had seen a prior release as a bonus CD appended to the Japanese version of Conqueror issued via Daymare. It has subsequently...
(2007) - Jesu / Eluvium (2007)
- LifelineLifeline (EP)Lifeline is the fourth EP and eighth overall release by Jesu. It was released on CD on October 4, 2007 in Japan, and October 23, 2007 in America...
(2007) - Envy / JesuEnvy / JesuEnvy / Jesu is a split album between Japanese hardcore band Envy and Justin Broadrick's Jesu. It was originally released in Japan by Daymare in 2008. Conspiracy Records released a 12" vinyl version, limited to 2,000 copies in white, transparent blue, gold and silver.Hydra Head Records re-released...
(2008) - Jesu / Battle of Mice (2008)
- Why Are We Not Perfect? (2008)
- Opiate Sun (2009)
- Heart Ache (Re-release) / Dethroned (Demo) (2010)
- Christmas (2010, Digital only release)
Remix albums (as Pale Sketcher)
- Can I Go Now (Gone Version) (2010, Remix single)
- Jesu: Pale Sketches Demixed (2010)
External links
- Official website
- Official Myspace profile
- In The Flesh (no updates since 2007)
- Fan Site / Detailed Discography
- Jesu at Encyclopaedia MetallumEncyclopaedia MetallumEncyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives is a website which lists bands from various forms of heavy metal music...
- Jesu at lambgoat.com