''Lifeline'' is the fourth EP and eighth overall release by

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. It was released on CD on 4 October 2007 in Japan, and 23 October 2007 in America. In 2009, popular music publication

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cited "Lifeline" as "the best non-collaborative release in Broadrick's unwieldy discography."

Track listing

#"Lifeline" - 5:17 #"You Wear Their Masks" - 6:18 #"Storm Comin' On" - 5:58 #"End of the Road" - 5:34 #"Lifeline" (Alternate Version) - 5:23 † #"Decide" (Alternate Version of "Storm Comin' On") - 5:54 † † indicates a track exclusive to the Japanese edition of the album.

Personnel

Justin Broadrick Justin Karl Michael Broadrick (born 15 August 1969) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer and a founding member of the band Godflesh, one of the first bands to combine elements of extreme metal and ...

– guitars/vocals/programming *

Diarmuid Dalton Diarmuid Dalton is an Irish musician and songwriter. He is best known as the bass guitarist of post-metal bands, Jesu and Iroha. Dalton frequently collaborates with Justin Broadrick, who is the founder of Godflesh and Jesu. Biography Irish bo ...

– bowed bass guitar ("Storm Comin' On") *

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 Parsons' early career began in 1985 with Swans, when he contributed to their '' Holy Money'' album. ...

- drums ("Storm Comin' On") *

Jarboe Jarboe Devereaux, known mononymously as Jarboe (), is an American singer and musician who came to prominence as a member of the New York City experimental rock band Swans in 1985. Jarboe and Michael Gira, the founder of Swans, were the two cons ...

- vocals ("Storm Comin' On")

References

{{Authority control Jesu (band) albums 2007 EPs Post-metal EPs Albums with cover art by Aaron Turner Hydra Head Records EPs