Isis Clean Godflesh’s Streets

The now-defunct Isis have released a cover of Godflesh’s “Streetcleaner,” which will appear Temporal, an upcoming CD/DVD collection of rarities, remixes, and videos. And it’s the best kind of cover, too — one which maintains enough elements of the original to be recognizable, but isn’t just a rote copy. Most noticeable is that Isis’ guitar are even filthier and more massive than Godflesh’s were, and Justin Broadrick’s electronic-demon voice has been traded for Aaron Turner’s battery-acid-gargle screams. In other words, Isis’ “Streetcleaner” is to Godflesh’s “Streetcleaner” as Ivan Drago is to Rocky… ultimately, nothing beats the original, but the new model sure is fucking intimidating!

Stream the track here. Temporal is out now Ipecac.

And here’s the original version by Godflesh if, for some reason, you don’t know it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naj0hmlDM6s