Justin K Broadrick initiated the Jesu project in 2003 which has gone on to be as critically acclaimed and beloved as his previous project Godflesh. Jesu is credited as being at the forefront if not the very beginning of the post-metal movement and the hybrid of metal and shoegaze. Jesu essentially explores melancholy through heaviosity, electronica and shoe gaze. Heart Ache (Deluxe Remaster) presents the original LP remastered and coupled with a bonus LP containing a rare performance of "Ruined" live with guest appearances from Aaron Turner (ISIS, Sumac) on guitar, Roderic Mounir (Knut) on drums, featuring Diarmuid Dalton on bass, and a Closure remix of "Ruined." The Closure remix was initiated as an afterthought some time in 2010, but never completed, but appears now finished in 2020, and intended as an addendum and an ending to the Heart Ache period, as the Jesu that was left behind.