Justin Broadrick, frontman with extreme metal pioneers Godflesh, has announced that the band will no longer perform live. Broadrick shared the news on Instagram, alongside a photo taken in hospital, after undergoing what he describes as a "significant open abdominal surgery".
"I’ve dreaded sharing this news, partly due to the threat of insensitive and/or negative comments, combined simply with the general anxiety of it all," says Broadrick. "So, three weeks ago, I had significant open abdominal surgery for an inguinal hernia that was close to an emergency."
"I am still in shock from the process, and as someone with diagnosed Autism and C-PTSD [Broadrick was diagnosed in 2022], open surgery is absolutely debilitating, not that it is easier for anyone, of course.
"I had a huge hernia, and for it to be repaired, I had to endure a six-inch incision in my groin. This, unfortunately, was not keyhole surgery. I have a very weak abdominal wall, which, at being 57 years old this year, is not going to improve.
"If I continue to perform and shout/scream as I do with Godflesh, then I am at high risk for more hernias and blowing out my abdominal wall entirely. Godflesh live ended the day of my surgery, and upon the surgeon making this statement."
