The self titled debut by Jesu is a welcome and necessary addition to to the sludge/drone scene. Justin Broadrick's new trio is an ensemble that takes his ideas further into the cosmos than ever before while retaining every bit of the fascination with pure sound and heavy sonic themes--such as the loss of spirit and self to the ever evolving machine of the state and progress--of his previous band. But Jesu is more a frozen phoenix risen from Godflesh's ashes, its fierce flames captured in a smooth mass of cosmic ice reflecting like a celestial mirror. This is massive, envelping stuff produced with an ear towards the most hypnotic slow motion trudge. If Godflesh was marked by an urgent hatred for all repression, Jesu is something that's slower, sadder and more profound that transcends the hate. The end results bring to mind Godflesh (of course), Parson Sound, Bardo Pond, Eno and more. Hydrahead did a very good deed in unleashing this tormented beauty to the masses. 8/10 -- Lee Jackson (8 June, 2005)