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this sounds how Mountain Dew tastes. I do not like Mountain Dew
5 seconds into song 1 - immediate no
Skinny puppy did it first, Trent Reznor perfected it and Rob Zombie learned how to commercialize the sound. That leaves these guys sitting as the caboose of the train. Fair enough? I mean, I’m just sitting here listening to decent music but waiting for a hook or something to make me bob my head or move just a little bit. I’m still waiting and the album is done.
3.5?
I totally forgot about this! I was 10 years old when I got slapped in the face with this masterpiece
This was new to me. The description didn't fill me with hope but this was a great find.
Sounds like bad metal played on 45RPM and then dubbed by a singer with a sore throat. I could have happily gone my whole life without listening to this album.
Another shocking album. ΚΕAH (Psalm 69) by Ministry is absolutely dreadful. American industrial metal is clearly not for me. It’s too shouty, too aggressive and, frankly, too shit. I struggled to find anything to enjoy here. The music is relentless without being interesting, and lyrically it’s awful. Every song felt like a chore, and even the album cover is horrible. I genuinely can’t find many positives. If I had to pick one track, “Scarecrow” was probably the best of a very bad bunch. There’s something in the music that gives me a slight hint of The Smiths’ “How Soon Is Now?”, which at least made it a little more interesting. Favourite track: “Scarecrow” if I have to choose one. Least favourite track: Pretty much everything else. Album artwork: Awful. One of the worst albums I’ve had in the challenge for a while.
not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
This was wicked! Definitely had some slayer/Marilyn Manson blends of sound. Made payroll today a lot more entertaining.
Gee willickers, this was somethin! I feel like this album was forged in the depths of hell, like I feel like I gotta go pray or somethin to repent for listening to this front to back. Noisy, Abrasive, but also pretty dope at times. Highlight was definitely Jesus Built My HotRod, which to my surprise had added to my rock playlist a few weeks prior. Totally forgot about it, but I guess it came on after I finished with a different metal album. Now that I think of it, maybe it was Gojira, or Tool that I was listening to before and then was auto recommended this after... That sounds right... Not something I'd listen to often.. I feel I have other bands of this intensity that I enjoy more, like Korn, Tool, Sepultra scratch the same itch for me but better. They have totally different styles, but bring the same heat. Jesus built my Hotrod fuckin slaps though, so well worth it to listen to this to get that out of it. Some other good songs sprinkled in too, just don't remember em as much as Jesus. 7/10
I just can't.
7.8/10 idk what to say about it lowkey good
I hated this album when it came out. Now, its really hitting with me. This album was a view into where other bands like NIN, Mason, and others were going to go.
It’s unbearable to listen to. One star…
This is, at best, the 3rd best Ministry album, so to have it be the only one that made the list is absolutely WILD! Still a really good Industrial album.
I have never heard of this or even suspected its existence, a total mystery. Initial impressions: Strongly reminded of KMFDM, industrial and electronic, heavy metal, samples. Thrash metal and speed metal too. N.W.O. is almost indistinguishable from most of KMFDM's ouput. I recognised the lyrics of Jesus Built My Hotrod immediately from the Butthole Surfers' Some Dispute Over T-Shirt Sales, which is apparently basically the same song. Overall, I enjoyed this a lot. It's a cross between other bands I enjoy, so that makes sense.
not my thing
This album is giving me anxiety. I can see "Hero" being used in a racing game for background music. Overall, really well done. I like that I can understand the lyrics. But still... anxious!
Alright man. What. I guess I have been meaning to listen to some metal. I wouldn't describe myself as someone really into metal or a recreational listener but I do like it when I'm in the mood and I think it's a very impressive genre. Also, I think its derived subcultures are soooo cool. I love calling things metal when they're cool. Such a good adjective. Very metal. Love how it just gets you pounding. Like if I was a white guy I would love to be into metal. I wouldnt listen to this casually out of fear for my blood pressure but I would nonetheless listen to it when the situation demands. Psalm 69 dude. Type shit. I am actually heavily rocking with this. I think the composition is so mega. It's always impressive because they play with such fervour that incoordination between instruments or disjointed unity would be so jarring in a way that it otherwise isn't which is crazy because it is so jarring but in such a precise way. I don't think any of that made sense but this is very cool and impressive. Going to a metal concert to feel connected to Jesus. Why is so much metal based on Christianity?? Is it derived from gothic themes? Is that why they're called goths?? Interesting. Corrosion?? Like of dental materials in the oral cavity?? Prolly not. Favourite: Psalm 69 Least favourite: Grace
Melkoista ryskytystä ja apokalyptinen tunnelma kantaa loppuun asti. Biiseissä on paljon junnausta, mutta silti tylsää ei tule missään vaiheessa. Psalm 69 on sen verran häijyä mekastusta, että pitäisi varmaan tutustua muihinkin Ministryn levyihin.
Never got into any of the late 80s early 90s pop industrial stuff besides NIN - but as an adult I love this era of major labels signing insane bands! This record is certified platinum like cmon!! As a youth, saw what Al jourgensen looked like and was put off of listening to ministry lmao but this rips! Makes me wonder if there’s going to be any Coil or Throbbing Gristle later
Groovy, heavy and driving music with a focus on anti-authoritarian politics.
it was good i would give it 4 but that horrid voice in the first one makes it a 3
When I saw this was my album for today, I decided to deviate from my normal routine of listening right away and would circle back later in the day. When I finally did get to it, it immediately sounded oddly familiar and I realized that I had a burned copy of this back in highschool. I was never a Ministry fan, per se, but I had a few friends who were big industrial music fans and I dabbled semi-heavily in the genre for a bit because of them. This album sounds remarkably different when not pumping through the Sony Explod speakers in my '87 Accord, and it's harder to relate when I'm sitting in an air conditioned room and not sweating through my black t-shirt because it's 100deg with 90% humidity and I gotta drive that Accord over to pick up my paltry paycheck and get it over to the bank before they close so I have money to do something with my friends and girlfriend tonight. BUT, if the last twenty-something years were actually an strange fever dream and I wake up back in highschool and need to run the errand above, I can't imagine choosing anything but industrial metal to do it. And bonus points cuz "Jesus Built My Hotrod" almost sounds like a Primus song; I'm sure I'll find a reason to put in one of those CDs later. Objectively, it probably doesn't justify more than 3 stars but ratings are subjective, so....
there's some thrash metal influence that i absolutely despise. apart from that, what's not to love about Ministry. nothing i would listen to on a regular basis, but it's hard, heavy and brings something new to the table. and most importantly: it's fun to listen to.
un horror
la verdad que para ser mtal bastante bien
This list needed more industrial. Classic of the genre. Easy 5/5 I always preferred A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste, but I’m just glad to see a Ministry album on this list.
Wing ding dang duh ding duh dang dang winga binga dang dang duh dong
Ikke for meg.
Better than I thought but still ehh 2.5
Nice.
This goes hard.
Lame edgy shit. Metal music would be so much better if the vocals were more conventional and the lyrics felt less like something written by a rebellious teenager
Pretty good
Surprisingly, I enjoyed this metal a little. Industrial metal is not my favorite but with this one the sound production was top notch and unique. Even the Christian themed lyrics that I didn't really notice until the end didn't annoy me, albeit they were funny.
This is just a bit on the heavy side for my tastes
I dunno, I think I'm starting to see the appeal of this kinda music.
This album didn't hit for me at all. I listen to a lot of metal from different sub genres but this album didn't feel coherent. The songs often had parts that took me out of the flow or I felt wasn't adding anything good but instead made it worse. There are parts I did enjoy like the heavy riffs but the good part were way to far apart for me to want to come back and listen more.
Saturday, 8 August, 2026 Al Jorgensen does it again! Classic Ministry album. Reset the bar for a generation.
Fuckin good album
Not my cup of tea. Especially the vocals. I can appreciate the heavy hitting music but it just was blasting in my ear holes for 45 minutes straight while I'm trying to work...
# Album Name: KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) # Artist: Ministry # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: Just OK. Nothing special. wasnt the worst ive heard. Few decent tracks. # Top Tunes: NWO / Just one fix / Jesus built my hotrod # Would I listen to it again? Only tunes above
3/5
Worst ever. What could possibly be the point? Just an absolutely terrible experience.
Nothing about this resonated with me. It was loud rock, but didn't feel unique or interesting.
This isn't really my thing, so I can't really judge it properly
Heavy metal isn't exactly my genre, but I suppose these guys are better than some I have heard previously.
Listened before?: nope N.W.O - 4/5 Just One Fix - 5/5 TV II - 3/5 Hero - 4/5 Jesus Built My Hotrod - 4/5 Scarecrow - 4/5 Psalm 69 - 3/5 Corrosion - 3/5 Grace - 1/5 Average score: 3.4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I thought i wasn’t gonna like this cause vocals like this aren’t usually my thing, but i’ll be damned, its hype. Good gym album. Standouts are N.W.O, Just One Fix and Hero.
Awful lyrics and general vibe, but the music was ok.
It was alright, got a bit boring towards the end 2/5
A classic 'not my cup of tea' album. I really struggle to get on with metal, however this is clearly far ahead of a lot of the metal on this list, but i can't score it higher than a 2
I hate everything about this.
9/10
I've never really listened to Ministry so I thought I would probably like this, but it's just ok. I thought most of the riffs were really repetitive, which isn't a bad thing on its own as I like plenty of other repetitive stuff, but these riffs are pretty uninventive and boring. The industrial elements aren't really prevalent enough for me to make up for that, either I like the aesthetic though, so maybe there's a Ministry album I could get more into, and Hero was a nice bit of classic thrash worship too 2.5 Highlights: Hero
Not my wheelhouse but I actually liked big parts of this album. It sort of sounds like the music that would be playing in a 90’s movie where a scene takes place in an ‘underground’ club. Pretty decent for a non metal fan. 3.1
It's fine. But there are far better industrial metal albums that need to be listened to.
Metal, softer thrash not inoffensive but it’ll never be listened to again.
A sound like this in 1992 sounds revolutionary. I can hear about 15 metal genres being born from this album. The only problem here is the vocalist: they could have hired one. 3 stars.
Probably my favourite thrash metal album!
This list has reaffirmed what I already knew. I don’t like metal. This was slightly less cringe than some of the other stuff on the list I guess.
I actually really dig this. 4/5
Big metal fan but this was just fine. A lot of generic songs, wasn’t that into the vocals. Although Scare Crow was a banger.
couldn't listen anymore. Not sure I listened long enough to understand the actual theme.
What a wildly interesting album.
Really good.
Think it has some awesome riffs, sounds and production. They're very clever when using voices and industrial sounds. It is however put down by its silliness. That may be a weird thing to say when it is such an integral part of the album, but i often wonder about the marriage between heavy metal and goofy lyrics and concepts. To me it doesn't always blend well. Same with Panthera at times.
This was a bit difficult to get through, and much of it reminded me of thrashier versions of other bands I don’t care for, like Alice In Chains and Primus. But damn, I would love to see “TV II” performed live.
Sign o’ the times… Every time I thought I was beginning to like this album it got worse.
The start was kinda messy, but at the end it's pretty good album
I'm not sure I like industrial all that much. There are a couple of really good tracks and a bunch that are ok but nothing I'd want to listen to a lot. I suspect I need to be in the right mood to listen to this.
3/10 Pretty horrible. And they sold out! There is a definite chord change in the Jesus song - I think it may have even been the major to the minor 6th too! What a bunch of pop chasing losers. They need to stay true to the chugga chugga-chug roots.
Great music but wtf vocal
Not for me at all
Really dreadful, droning, poorly mixed, boring, and cliche. Don’t know why this is here.
Ugh. This wasn’t a pleasant way to spend my ferry trip from Circular Quay to Kissing Point. Not my thing. Never again.
I like the un-relating drum-machine drums but I prefer it used more in something like Big Black. Hell of a lot of power in this album, liked the more soundscape-y parts and less when it turned into a weird metal pirate shanty.
Actually alright
Good riffage
Riffs
17/07/2026 I am happy to rate this 4 stars, it felt different to a lot of other albums here. Spotify listeners: 627.7k
Baderna, não tenho mais idade pra isso.
I didn't hate it? Except for like half of the songs in which I did hate it. Fun kinda punk-adjacent abstractly political metal which isn't fully aiming for the most basic version of the metal aesthetic. "So there was only one thing that I could do Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long". Words to live by.
I really enjoyed this album back in the day. It'll be interesting to see how it stacks up now... ...and I still enjoyed this rousing slab in industrial metal. In fact, of the four Ministry albums I have, this is the best. The high point for me has to be Jesus Built My Hotrod.
Thought this was pretty cool, would listen to again.
Eh. Musically competent, but repetitive. By the third track I’m already hoping it’s nearly over, and I hate the vocals. This is probably the result of having worked with too many metal bands - including these guys - I’m just so bored of it all.
Early 90s Chicago industrial with this being Ministry's best. Fantastic album for its genre. I was just a few years removed from being able to work with Al, Paul, and crew at the now defunct Chicago Trax. All the studio gear and 2" multitracks were still there. Was fun to sneakily put Jesus Built My Hotrod onto the Studer. For me this brings up nostalgia for the thrash industrial metal of the day with this as one of its peaks. 🤘
656/1001 2026.07.13
foundation of glitchy metal
Could not tell if it was a bit
Is there something I'm missing here? This sounds like generic 90s thrash metal. Lots of groups did it a lot better before ministry, and lots of groups have done it a lot better after ministry. Did not need to listen to this one before I died
Yeah not for me.
some songs kinda funny good beat but why are the vocals deep fried and grainy and incomprehensible
Just not for me unfortunately. Can see why some people would love it
Not a big fan of 6 inch nails 1.3/5 "thank God that's over"
Again...
I actually don’t hate this as much as I thought I would. I wouldn’t listen to it on my own but it’s much more palatable than I thought
I assume if you like industrial metal music then this album is good? I'm not really sure, I can't tell. To me, it's screechy nonsense with little to grab onto or like at all.
I went into this expecting to hate it, mainly because the vocals on the first track were that sort of growling style that I usually despise. As the album went on, though, that vocal style lightened up, and I found that the instrumentation was far more melodic than what I expected. As well as that, the production was excellent throughout. That said, I don't take this sort of thrash metal too seriously. I see it as something that's more fun than something to build an identity around, as some people seem to. The religious themes didn't do much for me either, I prefer my thrash to be a bit cheesier rather than dealing with heavier subject matters. Overall, though, I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected. It's definitely the kind of album I'd have to be in a very specific mood for, but when that mood hits, it really works for me.
Ok so I'm a Ministry fan now?
Jerry Lee Lewis IS the devil go off
yeah not really what im looking for when i have a migraine
This is the exact kind of metal that I hate. Everytime they might have a good riff going, they ruin it by adding noise and the terrible vocals of the singer. I cannot stand scream singing and will never understand how people like it. Well now I know to stay clear of industrial metal. I finished it, but it was painful and left me with a headache. Favorite Track - Jesus Built My Hot Rod Least Favorite Track - Corrosion ⭐️
Title track's lyrics are really edgy but I think for music like this, it earns a little bit of edginess. Aside from that, this is some kickass industrial metal!
Kinda cheesy and silly but life’s too short to not enjoy a little cheesy and silly metal
Relentless album. I didn't fuuuully mesh with the music outside of a few songs, but it's very listenable nonetheless. As a side note, a brief dig into their early discog is a hell of a shock. These guys were doing straight synthpop on their debut album; not a trace of what they would end up doing here. Standouts: Hero • Scare Crow • Corrosion
Going to land around a 3.5 and thus rounding down to a 3. I never listen to this type of music so I greatly appreciate this album for hooking me. Scare Crow is a great song I will absolutely return to, but I don't see this album entering my regular rotation.
Total chaos. Screams of fallen angels or some shit.
This album tries so hard to be edgy but is not very good at it at all. Especially the day after listening to Metallica, the difference between earnest (maybe a bit overserious) metal and edgelord metal is extremely clear.
5 because Jeff Collins loves Ministry
Great freaking album…. Makes me want to run through a wall…
Christian horror enveloped in thrash metal. Brilliant, but hard to listen to. 4/5
Svona rokk finnst mér leiðinlegt. Afskaplega misheppnað og það virðist sem enginn kunni að spila á hljóðfæri. Bara vel slöpp plata.
Slop
This was...intense. It's been a while since I heard something like this. If you like industrial metal then this is definitely an album for you. I found myself digging quite a lot of the outrageousness shown here. Some tracks stood out more than others, such as Jesus Built My Hotrod.
This could be a 5 if you love screaming and growling over heavy guitar distortion and incessant angry drumming.
Good
"Never trust a junkie.." This record imparted one of the best pieces of advice I've ever heard. My views are slanted because as a teenager I adored this album. It was transgressive, aggressive, and I could play it loud in the car. A few of the bigger tracks from this have followed me through life, notably "NWO", "Just One Fix" (with the aforementioned advice), and "Jesus Built..", but I haven't sat down with the entire record in a good decade or so. If memory serves, the rest was OK, if repetitive. I now remember why teenage 'me' enjoyed it so much. I must have been obnoxious at times.. (4/5) because the hits are fun, but the rest of the album -- not so much. It is intentionally loud and obnoxious, as I can only assume I probably came off, blaring this in my car. I apologize to everyone I annoyed. I've grown up and this album only gets the '4' on the strength of my nostalgia for it. I have grown out of it, but I'll keep the big three in my pocket for my earbuds only.
Definitely not my first rodeo for this one, as it came out when I was in high school and prompted a bit of a Ministry phase. As has become typical of this list, this isn't the Ministry album I'd have chosen, because A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste is IMO their better album and was a bit more influential. This one has much higher shock value, though, so I can see why they did, and I may be splitting hairs given that both are albums I've revisited over the years. Great at what it does, but obviously not for everyone, it's still a solid 4/5 from me after all these (gulp) decades.
123. Psalm 69 - Ministry (1992) 6.25.26 Variety: 2 Adequacy: 4 Listenability: 4 Uniqueness: 4 Emotionality: 3 = 3.4 rounded down to a 3 INTRO I've never listened to a full album by these guys despite having heard a ton of tracks ( including several of these) over the years. I'm of the age that by the time I started seriously getting into discovering and developing my own musical tastes, NIN and Rob Zombie had already pilfered the sound and look and the original was in the rear view, if not even a bit dated sounding to me at the time. THE TRACKS "Bing bing bang a bang a bang bing bong bing a bing bang a bong/ Binga bing a bang a bong bong bing bong bing banga bong" "N.W.O." - I don't have hair long enough to swing around, and this track calls for it. Just as driving and full of energy as I remember. Industrial metal was never my thing, especially during this time period, but this is one I recall hearing and liking on probably Headbanger's Ball on MTV. I'll try not to keep harping on all the acts that ripped Jourgensen and company off as every track on here is going to be a reminder, but it's worth at least highlighting that the gutter punk aesthetic, the industrial beats, the audio samples, the crunchy chainsaw guitars, all of this stuff while maybe m=not originated by Jourgensen was certainly popularized and set in stone by Ministry during this period. Those that followed exaggerated it and added different flavors, but... "Just One Fix" - We're not going to veer very far into much different territory, but this at least has a recognizable feel that makes it stand out form the first track. The chanting vocals give off some definite "rally" vibes, and thankfully not the bad kind. Not sure what Jourgensen's relationship with drugs were around here, but despite the meticulously crafted banger of a track it's got some real emotion to it, highlighting the pain of the single minded junkie thought process. "TV II" - 1992 never sounded so prescient. The lyrics to this one ( as I understand them) could 100% apply to modern phone ("Live-in thief in my bedroom bathroom") addiction that plagues the world, and the media manipulation and government deception and paranoia fueled atmosphere we all swim around in. The swirling guitar assault barely gives you time to process all this and leaves an aftertaste of exhaustion and anger in its wake. "Hero" - This one gives off the other, not so great rally vibes, and is most certainly a purposeful way to drive home the anti-war message. We're unfortunately not at a loss for fascistic ultra-jingoistic, ultra nationalist war machine ideologues nowadays, so this is another one that hits home pretty hard to this very day. Musically it's fine enough and carries a bit of a Motorhead . speed metal feel to it, and less of the industrial notes. "Jesus Built My Hotrod" - This is most definitely the track I've heard most off of this, and I must have thought at one point it was a Butthole Surfer's song just from seeing part of the video with guest vocalist Gibby Haynes breathlessly assaulting the microphone while a bunch of random junk culture clips play around and over him. This is the real Hellbilly music. Alternately face melting, danceable, and very hummable. If Rat Fink was a song, it would be this one I think. Awesome shit. \m/ "Scare Crow" - This one starts out muted and echoey and with a strong, mid-tempo industrial beat that doesn't get me quite as excited as anything I've previously heard. Faith No More comes to mind a bit, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Until the vocals come in. Then we get the high pitched devil mode for Al. This one felt more plodding and slightly more generic. Cool cinematic atmosphere though. Could make for a good song on a Crow soundtrack ( edit: I had to have remembered this as it is indeed on the Crow: City of Angels soundtrack - a super obvious choice). "Psalm 69" - This one almost plays out like a mini industrial metal rock opera. We start off with some evil militaristic horde vibes, and then the thrash guitar kicks in and we're square into some good old fashioned metallic blasphemy. Hell yeah. All good clean fun, but a little too on the nose thematically, and a little too all over the place and dead set on its message to be any fun to listen to. "Corrosion" - Gutteral demon speak filtered through an old phone receiver opens this mostly instrumental number and we get well into the grinding gears and metal sparks of the factory floor, with jackhammer blast beats and industrial press rhythms. All the while indecipherable bits of garbled radio static is layered over top. As much a feast for the ears for some I imagine as it is the recipe for a headache for others. I didn't get so much lost in the atmosphere though as I wandered off onto the shoulder while it sped past me. "Grace" - Dark and slow with the sounds of an industrial blower or maybe a jet engine along with the processed screams and machine gun fire ( ?) certainly brings to mind images of doomsday and Armageddon that the repetitive sample announces. More sound collage with an intermittent beat than any kind of real music. The only track on here that didn't do a thing for me, and actively annoyed me a bit. HIGHLIGHTS - "N.W.O." - "Just One Fix" - "TV II" - "Jesus Built My Hotrod" MIDLIGHTS - "Hero" - "Scare Crow" - "Psalm 69" - "Corrosion" LOWLIGHTS - "Grace" FINAL THOUGHTS This went pretty much as expected given all the stuff I've heard from these guys. I think they punched considerably above their weight even well after their heyday, which I think this was maybe the pinnacle of? Aside form all the influences, Jourgensen himself also had his hand in a lot of pies and has collaborated with a rogues gallery of giant names throughout the years. And if you go backwards he even has interesting earlier stuff that puts him smack in the goth post punk era doing synth pop, so dude had evolved quite a bit over the years and I think continues to put stuff out. Ministry will never be a favorite of mine as my metal tastes lean towards thrash and a not of the NWOBM acts, who are usually more melodic. But as far as hard hitting atmosphere that is still aimed at pleasing and not just assaulting the listener, you can do a lot worse than these guys. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Just the highlights thank you very much FURTHER LISTENING - Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T by Einstürzende Neubauten - Red Mecca by Cabaret Voltaire - Nihil by KMFDM - Too Dark Park by Skinny Puppy - Broken Spiral by Nine Inch Nails - Astro-Creep: 2000 by White Zombie - Gash by Foetus
Industrial metal is one of those genres that I’ve briefly touched a few times over the years. Usually, from a one off track by an industrial metal act that bubbled up from the sludge, a Fear Factory, a KMFDM, or more often Nine Inch Nails. A few times it was today’s band, Ministry. An act designed to shock and trigger your parent’s Satanic Panic. As an album experience this will be a new listen for me today. Being a doofus almost teen when this album dropped I had encounted “Jesus Built My Hotrod” before but only as a lark. not much else though, this wasn’t music that was easily accessible deep in the bible belt believe it or not. It is surprisingly more accessible (as a listening experience) than one might expect. The music propels itself forward with an aggressive pace, and never bores. The repetition of the heavy guitar riffs keeps the foot on the pedal. Keep up, theres no time for detours. My initial thought was “Give it a Five!” but that leveled out quickly. While never boring, it also failed to resolve into something more as it went. It remains an influential album but not exactly a timeless one. Better than much of what I’ve encountered on this 1001 album project though. I’ll give it that. 4/5
Never heard of this so should be a interesting listen, a good sounding metal album, I'll be definitely relistening to this a few times
ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ or Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs or just Psalm 69 is a landmark industrial metal record, and one of the greatest industrial *metal* albums ever. After this, the genre got a little too diluted for my tastes, with a lot of bands just throwing synths and drum machines on top of groove metal tracks. But *real* industrial flows through Ministry's blood: just listen to what they were putting out before this. So the result here captures what I love about the genre, even with a substantial metal slant. In particular there's a thrash-y, almost punk-ish intensity here that turns this album into an absolute barn burner when combined with some of the industrial noise and collage elements that this is kind of built on top of. It's blistering, it's caustic, and it's exciting. There are even a couple hits here. N.W.O., Just One Fix, and Jesus Built My Hotrod all managed to get some real popularity. The first two are groovy and driving, and intense, and awesome; but Jesus Built My Hotrod is really in a league of it's own. Whoever had the idea to slap Gibby Haynes' manic redneck babble on top of an industrial thrash track was a genius, and needs to be in the history books. And the deep cuts are enjoyable too. TV II is more sheer mania in particular. But Scarecrow brings something a little more plodding and eerie to the table. And the last 3 tracks here are particularly far from where we started. The industrial and collage elements really devour this album, and drag it back to purer "industrial" territory. Although I do think that piling this sort of thing onto the end adds some weirdness to the pacing here. I could see this one eventually becoming a 5. But I just need to spend a little more time with the mutations present on side B. All in all, this thing is still exhilarating though.
….??? I have nothing to say but I fucking love this. Unique and weird and ugly and smelly and gross. Had such a good time listening. This is music definitely for white people with dreads so I'm quite shocked at how much this punched me in the face. I never thought I’d be a Ministry fan - though, I have only really heard a couple songs in my life. Really and truly didn't think I'd like this as much as I did. This is really fucking fun. I feel like rolling down a enormous muddy hill up to hell to ask God some questions. People who hate this are hilariously boring.
Nothing better than industrial metal. Not a fan. 3.5/10 Top song NWO
As fair as heavy metal goes I enjoyed this much more than Slayer. Thought Jesus Built my Hotrod was great lol
Wat een wild album dit, heel tof gedaan qua samples, een paar harde nummers, ook een paar minder harde nummers. Uiteindelijk werd ik er wel een beetje moe van
Wat een rare act dit. Op papier zou ik het te gek moeten vinden, maar niets aan deze band voelt authentiek ofzo? Ik zie op veel plekken de vergelijking met NIN, maar afgezien van de industriële sound van deze plaat lijkt het in de verste verte niet op elkaar. Dit heeft geen atmosfeer, geen emotionele lading.
There's a couple of tracks that I turned to my phone to check the name to say to myself, that was ok. The rest was kinda just, really boring if I'm honest. If I was more into industrial I'd probably love it, but for me, it's something that is little more than a curiosity.
there are ways to make repetitive music interesting and this doesn't use many of them. some of the texture is pretty good at least.
You totally gotta be in the mood for this. Jesus Built My Hotrod gives this a whole extra point lol
Metal like this does nothing for me. It did not sound bad, per se, but not music I would seek out.
This one was a little too metal for me, didn’t like it much
Pretty awful.
I like me some harder music, but this is not so Intriguing
Ok, did not expect to get that album, and honestly, I think I’d feel better if I didn’t. Going in, I knew it was going to be some kind of metal album, but I didn’t think it was going to sound like that. I think a good heavy metal band makes good use of dynamics, being able to bring down the energy so that the louder parts stand out. However, this album does not do that, and simply chug-chug-chugs along with the exact same sound for the whole album. The drums feel like they’re boring into your skull at some points, and the singing does not sound very good. I don’t know if it’s the filter they put on his voice, but it’s hard to tell who seems more like they are being microwaved to death, him while singing or me listening to this album. I just didn’t feel like there was any change on the album, and the lyrics that could have been good were obscured by the singer’s barking voice. The lyrics that weren’t good were…really bad, having a song where you talk about being filled by the devil’s big red if anyone catches my drift, just makes the album sound like it’s simply going for shock value and not trying to say something meaningful. Overall, not a pleasant experience, really hoping the next one is better.
I managed to get through the album and didn't hate it, it but won't listen again.
When I was in middle school, my older brother had a Ministry CD. I don’t think It was this one, but even during the height of my interest in industrial metal (8th and 9th grade exclusively), I never really listened to it. Maybe I did once but I probably had the same reaction as I did this time: Maybe 30 seconds in - ok this is kinda cool Everything after that - ok that’s enough Ministry for me. It’s monotonous.
I think this is the first time I've heard Ministry. I liked this quite a bit more than I was expecting. It worked well as background music to keep me pumped and focused.
2.25 - Mostly not for me, but I kind of dig the machine gun percussions and electronic sound in some of the songs.
Not my thing but can appreciate it
Geht ziemlich nach vorne, bisschen lofi sehr industrial bisschen rumschreien- ganz nett
Have to give ministry some credit. Feels like one of the innovators of industrial metal. I recall being at a party in high school and the video for Jesus built my horror came on and I was like who are these guys and the alt new wave girls were telling me about them. Some good on here and some bad. Rounding down three stars
Based on my preconceived idea of what kind of music Ministry played, I was not looking forward to this at all. However, I have been attentive and interested from the opening notes of the album. I don't think this is something I'll listen to often because it's definitely a bit outside of my taste profile, but I don't dislike this at all. Very coherent album without ever sounding samey to me. On the basis of artistry and originality, I think this probably deserves four stars. While good, I don't think it's something I'd be in the mood to listen to very often ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Not my jam. Not bad but not my jam. Musically orherwise ok, don’t dig this stule of vocals
I bought this when it came out and saw them on that tour and even had the t-shirt - it was great. The first side of the album is much better than the second side, in my opinion but it gets a 5 overall...
Pretty good but not great. I enjoyed it but not enough to throw on my metal playlist.
I like the music but I do wish the lyrics were not that type of screaming lyrics
I’ve heard this before and i used to own it on tape. I’ve heard a few of these songs more recently but I don’t think I’ve heard the whole album in maybe 30 years. It still holds up, even with Al Jourgenson’s goofball shit all over it. The goofball shit actually is what is needed for Jesus Built My Hotrod, which manages to be a perfect distillation of rock n roll when he drops all seriousness and pretense and dives in to a right proper ooma-mow-mow rama-lama-ding-dong, which is truly the essence of rock n roll. The rest of the album is great heavy industrial, with my only complaint being the mix is really muddy and the eq seems like they scooped the mids on the entire recording rather than just the guitar.
Fuck yeah ! I love this album. Very different from the messier, more experimental Land of Rape and Honey, but just as good. Perfect music to have a giant orgy in the sewers while techno-apocalyptic machines are hunting down the last remnants of humanity. A dark and claustrophobic record with basic but efficient riffs. It was so ahead of its time that it's still relevant today, and remains a seminal album for industrial metal. Also short and to the point, which is always appreciated. My only regret is that the vocals weren't more brutal. If this list was 1001 extreme music records, I'd probably rate it a 3. But considering how soporific or boringly reasonable many of the albums featured here are, I have no problem bumping it to a 4. 8/10
I had never listen to any Ministry. It seems boring at first but I could feel the appeal at the end. Yet my favourite is Jesus Built my Hotrod whic h sung by the Buthole Surfers singer and is much diffferent musically as well.
This was the last Ministry album I really spent time with back in the day. I loved The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, but Angst by KMFDM and then Nine Inch Nails arrived not long after, and gradually wore me out on the whole industrial thing. Psalm 69 is still a pretty solid record, and Rammstein clearly owes it a debt. That said, the style feels less coherent and convincing than NIN to me, borrowing from all over the place without quite defining itself. In 2026, it doesn’t hit nearly as hard. I immediately followed it with Demanufacture by Fear Factory, and that sounded like pure honey in comparison.
Fuck no.
Speed metal :(
Very much not my kinda music. Yeah it was awful but at least there was varation and it was almost enjoyable at some sections. 3.5/10
original industrial dudes getting afyer it 3/5
Some cool sounds and not totally unlistenable (looking at you, Slipknot), but not for me.
I found it to be very repetitive so it kind of got boring after a while. There was not a lot of complexity lyrically or musically.
3.0
nice sound liked it a lot
It's brash, it's simplistic, it's overwhelming, it's great! Probably the high for Ministry, and one they've been chasing for thirty years now - it's been a regular play for me for about a decade now, and that's not going to change any time soon
I really really really love industrial. I completely appreciate the counter-point that it's just noise, or very silly. But there's something about it that just feels.................... powerful to me. Like there's something inside them and they just have to let is loose via the medium of smashing scaffolding poles together or something.
Ok
5/10 No es un género que me guste mucho la verdad, ya en un punto se me hizo molesto pero no es malo. Esta bien logrado para su género
To my ears, this is just juvenile trash, horribly dated juvenile trash at that.
Rather enjoyable for a metal album
This review is a quick one, because I’m too old for this sort of rubbish. Squealing guitars, indistinct noise, tinny drums, vocals straight out of The Muppet Show. I suppose it’s meant to be very avant-garde, but others have produced radical noise much earlier and much more consistently. Boring, annoying and pointless.
Tedious
I can appreciate it in moments with the right mindset, surely. But do I ever want to listen to this again?
I preferred the parts where it leans into more experimental/industrial than thrash metal. The track Corrosion sounded like they’d found a new weird sound. The thrash riffs/religious parody tracks get a bit formulaic after a while. Scare Crow sounds like How Soon is Now by the Smiths (in good way?)
Yuck!
Why did this kinda ate down style-wise? I didn't love the actual album, but i could listen to Ministry, maybe?
With an album name like “ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ: AKA Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs”, you can probably guess that you’re going to likely be in for something different with this one. Different can either be very good, or very bad depending on the context. The difference in this case that makes the album really stand out is the amount of screaming the lead singer does. Sure, I’ve listened to several Metal albums before during the course of this project, but this is the heaviest one of them so far. This is probably going to be the closest the project comes to something like Death Metal. Is that a bad thing or a good thing then, that I was able to tolerate it? I don't know. Generally, I don't really touch stuff like this all that often, I find a lot of screamo-adjacent albums pretty off-putting, but found this album to be surprisingly enjoyable, so I'm not complaining. It didn't blow me away, but it was still good enough to listen to on repeat today. To all of that I say, yeah, this album was alright. The singer is bearable, but the fast pace of the drummer and killer guitar riffs are the main appeal. They’ve got a religious theme too, obviously, that makes some songs hilarious, and I think the comedic element was the intent, but I’m not entirely sure whether or not it’s supposed to be funny. No, scratch that, listening to the lyrics of “Jesus Build My Hotrod” or “Psalm 69” will very quickly let you know that these guys are just taking the piss. For the comedy aspect alone, as well as having a great guitar section, “Jesus Build My Hotrod” is my favorite song on the album. This was a weird one, and I can see why it’s got such a low rating on the site, but I’m just glad to have listened to something this different today. This was a refreshing album, a nice break from the hundreds of generic English Rock/Pop albums the author is so fond of.
i was ready to like this one out of spite of several reviews (especially that annoying christian in the top) but it really did end up boring </3 like not terrible, i can see situations where it would fit as background music, but man i could just be tired but this was a slog. the 'repetitive' complaints are correct
Rate: 9.5/10.
Ministry at it's finest. One of the three definitive Ministry albums, the other two being The Land of Rape and Honey as well as The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste. The result of Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker, Bill Reiflink, and Chris Connelly. Once Paul left Ministry was never able to achieve the same sound again. Bonus if you watch In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up. This really showcases the feeling of Ministry at that time. Perfection
It's fine - it's a weird in between metal and industrial that I never really realized until relistening to this the other day. I don't know why but it just doesn't land for me. Jesus Built My Hotrod is pretty damn catchy...
I have really like this album for a very long time.
This just comes off as... cringe? The whole "rock and roll is my religion" the 69 joke. You can tell this was the 90's. I need the right band and the right mood to get into most Metal and this was neither of those things. 2/10
My only previous encounters with Ministry-related music was via LARD, and this album is not that different, just featuring a less-whiny vocal than Jello's. For me, it's definitely a Mood Album...there are some days I'm in the mood for some industrial rock pulverising music (and ...Hotrod.. wll scratch that itch, but most of the time, ... Nah.
Noise.
Boooooo
There are worse industrial metal albums out there. This one didn't pass the headache test, though.
I can’t make heads or tails of this. I should like this but I couldn’t tell what any of the lyrics were and the repetitive sound samples from movies or tv shows were annoying af.
Of all the various Metal sub genres, Industrial is one of those that I really enjoy but I have to be in the mood for. Fortunately enough today was one of those days and I was absolutely loving life listening to this one.
Slaps
Pretty good, classic example of its genre etc, but not super my thing. A bit loud and repetitive and edgy for the sake of being edgy for my tastes.
Я несколько раз пытался полюбить Ministry, но так и не получилось. Музыка местами ничего, но вокал из хрипящего динамика всё портит.
Dnf Hated it. Dated and boring.
This shit is hilarious and ridiculous. Trashy lyrics, overly repetitive riffs and no attempt at originality.
I love this album, man. It was so weird, and experimental, and just unlike anything else I had listened to. I'm not surprised it has a low rating, but that doesn't mean it's not excellent. you have to remember that apparently the vast majority of people in this project are boomers that want to be force fed yet *another* goddamn 70s album.
Such an influemtial album. White Zombie and others copied this and made it more for the radio, but Al created this genre.This is not my favorite genre or sub genre but its still a great album.
First track set off in the wrong direction for me, then I got some Rammstein vibes from 'Just One Fix' which got my hopes up. Just to be completely crushed by the "TV II" garbage. And unfortunately it never really got on the right track from there. Had some hopes with 'Jesus Built My Hotrod', since it had quite a lot of plays. But that turned out to be bad as well. And then it cemented it's 1 star rating by finishing with 'Grace'. While I don't enjoy them, I can at least understand that there is an appeal and audience for death metal music. But this album just felt incoherent and juvenile. It didn't do industrial metal well, and neither death metal. Just bad on both ends. Felt quite poser:y, a bit like Kid Rock but for death metal.
90s metal, sorry to lump you in with 90s rock, but that’s where you’re going. Worst decade for rock music. This just feels juvenile — like a “I’m 14 and this is deep” type of deal. Maybe this felt edgier when it came out, but now it just falls flat. Sometimes it had some good heavy thrash riffs, like in “Scare Crow,” but other times it was quite bad, like “Jesus Built My Hotrod,” which sounds surprisingly similar to the South Park theme. Teetering on a one star, but the riffs push it up to a two. Although now that I’m remembering the lyrics and the stupid album title, it might be back to a one-star again.
I have never heard this group! Very good angry music. 😀
No
Starts off great with heavy riffs and sinister vocals, but then doesn't stick the landing with just blaring noise at the end.
Interesting introduction to industrial metal. I can really dig the focus on the drums and base riffs without putting a flashy guitar solo in every song. It leaves ample room in the song for the audience to chant hail satan. Would appreciate clearer vocals but you can't have everything I guess.
I'm not usually a big fan of these loud thrash metal bands but this was nice! I had already listened to some Static-X and Rob Zombie albums beforehand so this was not a shock to my system. The album art itself is eye-catching too. Did not like how screechy it was at some points and the intros to some tracks could've been shorter but overall, neat album. 4/5
Short enough that I didn't find it completely irritating, but I've never been able to get into this kind of industrial metal sound.
Not into this.
3.5/5
I’d never heard of Ministry before, even though I’m a (somewhat) fan of metal. If I’ve heard of them, I’ve lumped them in the group with every other supposed worthy-to-hear metal groups with an ironic religious name that I’ll probably never get to. Thank you 1001 generator, for tipping me over the edge into this one. This is like the music those delinquent kids joining the foot clan in the original live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie would’ve rocked out to in their secret warehouse skatepark/arcade/club dojo. I totally dig, and will return to again. My only qualm is that while most of this sounds proto-Rammstein, really hip and with it for the time, the primary single, the one about the Hotrod, sounds like some kid rock hillbilly shit. Embarrassing to blare in the dojo.
Wie befürchtet: Reinhören, Lärm hören, … . Das hat so gar nichts mit dem zu tun, was ich hören möchte.👎👎👎👎👎
This was an interesting listen of a group I have heard of but never seemed to listen to. Some solid songs on here but also a lot of gimmicks going on.
Groupe connu, mais pas apprécié. J'avais essayé d'écouter un de leur album dans les années 90 (il se peut que ce soit celui-là), mais il ne m'avait pas plu et je n'ai jamais cherché à en écouter d'autres. J'avais en fait découvert le Metal industriel avec Godflesh ces années là (Streetcleaner, un de mes albums préféré - pas dans la liste évidemment) et j'avais cherché d'autres groupes dans le même style. Alors, 30 ans après ? Les 2 premiers morceaux sont terriblement décevants (un seul riff répété tout le long). Le 3eme m'a interpellé un peu ('TV II'), puis 'Hero' (les 2 sont un peu plus variés) et 'Scare Crow' (ambiance). Les morceaux suivants se défendent aussi. Finalement je pourrais probablement l'écouter de nouveau, même si le début gâche l'expérience. =>3/5
This album is a combination of industrial rock and metal but is lacking in both aspects. The industrial rock sounds like mediocre Nine Inch Nails, and the metal sections sound like Metallica but with worse (and European sounding?) vocals.
I hate metal so much. When everything is loud the music has no impact, and it just sounds generic.
Spannend!
I didn’t like this but it reminded me of the Shadow The Hedgehog video game soundtrack and that gave me some enjoyment
Not bad but doesn’t make a list of “Must play again”
I was excited for a heavier album, but this didn’t really scratch that itch for me. It started off strong, but by the time it ended I found it rather dull. I liked the industrial aspects, but I believe the album lacks the depth needed to fully pull that style off. The tracks also sound a bit too similar to one another. The standout aspect for me was the drumming, which was excellent. The rest was just kind of there. I liked "Just One Fix" and the experimental nature of the closing track, "Grace".
I think one song was like “this is good”. But yeah, not my cup of tea.
It's an interesting sound that I liked but it's maybe missing a bit for me to really think it's great, maybe it's a bit too slow and doesn't quite have the energy I like. There's quite a bit of cool stuff in there, but I don't think I'll return to the album in the future and I'm worried that I'll end up forgetting it a bit in general Standouts Psalm 69 Corrosion 3/5
This is not for me
Pretty mean
Oh no more nu metal
Industrial metal good but idk about the vibes it was makin me anxious
A lil repetitive for my liking on some songs but overall pretty solid
Heavy
How to describe the Genre? Energy, Purpose and Motivation. 100% Industrial
I do love a good rock album. This is a rock album, but it’s no good.
I guess I'm a bit tired of this kind of music. Still more listenable than most
I'd be fine never listening to this again :)
This a massive guilty pleasure of mine. It is quite clearly trash but it has a manic energy that I like and some excellent, if very repetitive, riffs.
Was expecting to hate this and although it wasn’t quite as bad as I feared, still isn’t my bag. There were some moments of more interest, like some of the religious imagary used. Some of the synths in the background or more interesting drumming patterns echoed a little of nine inch nails, but nowhere near as strong. The guitar was too muddy and chugged, and the vocals were pretty poor. Rather forgettable in the end.
Not really my bag, there's a good number of songs here that simply overstay their welcome, which spoils the occasionally interesting crunchy industrial stomping metal over punchy beats. There's elements of the Prodigy but without their discipline, White Zombie but without the loose flamboyance, and early-nineties metal fuzz but without the coherent songwriting of the bands who best represented such tones. Perhaps at it's best when it sounds like the demons are escaping out through the factory floor, but even then it all feels kinda directionless and chaotic.
The guitar and drums are killer, the vocals are all filler. This album/band set the ground work for bands that in my opinion took this genre to the next level( rammstien, rob zombie etc.).
Nothing about Ministry should appeal to me but this wasn’t that bad. They have a song called “Stigmata” that I always thought was a bit of silly fun. They are better than the stupid metal band I reviewed yesterday and they are better than Nine Inch Nails. You don’t get nominated for Grammys and have your album go platinum if you don’t have some degree of pop sensibility, even if it has to wade through the giant wall of garbage that is this genre to shine through. So, some positives here, which was a nice surprise. Still and all, this was pretty terrible.
I never got into Industrial (Hardcore with more theatrics!), but I know that people who dig it do admire this album. 🤷
I have never heard of this band and so therefore have probably never heard any songs by them. I'll admit my first reaction upon reading the Wikipedia page was "ruh roh - another heavy metal album" as I have not liked any of the heavy metal (and in particular thrash metal) albums this website has given me. But hey, I'm willing to be surprised. Thoughts after listening ... Vocally the growling/shouting is about as annoying as something can be. It seems like that's what he is going for. Lyrically there is nothing interesting going on here. It has to be intentional to create lyrics as dumb as this. Musically some small parts of it are interesting - but I can only take it in small doses. Most of it is just really repetitive and not worth your time. I was hoping maybe the 2 instrumentals at the end would grab me but ... nope. I feel like this is the product of a person who thinks he is a rebel and is just trying to punish his mother by creating the most obnoxiously annoying stuff ever. But I imagine his mom probably just puts in ear plugs and says "as long as you're enjoying yourself dear". This is not good. Liked songs on Spotify: 0/9 Rating: 1/5 (should be zero)
Tried but just couldn’t get into it
This was a great surprise coming from this list. I know that Ministry is a very influential band, but this list can get kind of inconsistent when it comes at choosing influences. I really liked this record. I think is an incredible powerhouse of industrial metal consisting of super punchy, hard and frenetic riffs combined with industrial noises to create a very consistent and dense sounding experience. The guitars in here are truly the main attraction. They can be very slow and punishing or incredibly fast and energetic. I personally liked the ones with the highest tempos, but the other ones also work really well, specially considering this is an industrial album that is meant to sound challenging. On one hand, the slower riffs would come in songs like "N.W.O.", "Just One Fix", which sounds a lot like something Rammstein would compose; and "Scare Crow", the track that is the longest and most abrasive. On the other hand, the fastest riffs are very inspired in thrash metal, but their sound in this album has way more body than in other thrash projects. To put it in a way, instead of feeling like cutting with a chainsaw (as in a thrash metal record) it feels more like a wave of incredibly fast and meaty punches. Some of my favourite riffs are the ones in "TV II", which is the fastest and most cutting; "Hero" and specially "Jesus Built My Hotrod", probably being the hardest and more industrial sounding one. Another aspect to be considered are the very distorted vocals that change their sound for every other song. In "N.W.O", "Hero" and "Psalm 69" the voice growls in a lower registry than in the tracks "Just One Fix", "TV II", "Jesus Built My Hotrod" and "Scare Crow", where the vocals are screamed in a higher register. Looking up for the personnel, it seems that there are two vocalist credited, so that might explain the differences. I also want to mention the very epic intro and bridge in the song "Psalm 69". These parts sound super big thanks to the chord progression and use of choirs. Finally, the biggest problem I have with the album is that some songs feel a bit too repetitive for their lengths. If they were just a bit shorter, they would absolutely nailed it, but unfortunately, they end up testing a bit my patience. Either way, I still think this is a fantastic record and I really enjoy the pure energy of it.
An excellent guide to building a redeemed hotrod
Interesting
American wankers. Tossers.
Worked at a record store when this came out and it was a monster seller. Headbangers and ravers and punks and even a few normies all came out for this one. It's not my bag but I respect it.
I know this album is an acquired taste at best for most people, but I'm really glad it got included. My first taste of this album, and Ministry, was hearing "Jesus built my hotrod" many times on the local college/indie radio station at the bike shop I worked at, and every time not really being able to hear the lyrics in the noisy shoproom unless I got right up to the speaker, but loving it nonetheless. I can't remember when I bought this album, but despite being convinced that I must have bought it before I saw them at Lollapalooza, that apparently wasn't possible: the album was released July 14, 1992 and I saw them a week later in Bremerton, WA. I *do* know I was really excited to get to see/hear them, especially because they'd already made a reputation of playing at ear-splitting volume (and getting fined every time for exceeding the designated limit), but sadly I ended up getting a horrible migraine as the day wore on, and I have this indelible memory of sitting with my head between my knees (along with my brother, who was badly hungover) near the porta-potties about as far away as we could get form the stage, and all I could really hear/remember was the unbelievably piercing and regularly spaced wail in "N.W.O", each time making me feel worse. (I also felt too bad to be able to go watch Mr. Lifto and the whole Jim Rose Circus Sideshow on the side stage, which also bummed me out. Thankfully, I started feeling better at some point and caught a little of Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and the incredibly late arrival of Ice Cube and Red Hot Chili Peppers.) As for the album, I'm sure it sounds turgid to most, but I really like all of the tracks, especially the George-(H.W.)-Bush-eviscerating "N.W.O", "TV II", "Jesus built my hotrod" (of course), and "Psalm 69". (I'm also struck at how much "Scare crow" sounds like a blueprint for a lot of Rob Zombie's music.) It's kind of a bummer to read that the band was blowing their budget on drugs and pretty much hated each other when the album was getting recorded and produced, but I guess you can sort of see the decay and dissolution in the music....
Not bad, considering I'm not really a fan of their industrial-ish heavy metal-ish sound.
Nah, dawg.
3/5. Fine enough industrial metal album. Though there’s many from this era that I much prefer. It’s at its best on the harder hitting tracks like “Jesus Built my Hotrod.” Lyrically there seems to be themes about religion and politics but it never really goes into enough depth to where it feels particularly interesting or insightful. But there’s still some good riffs and individual songs on here so it wasn’t a bad time all around.
I don't get it. Truly not my vibe at all.
"....and the way to suck eggs". That sums it up pretty well. Choose any three chords, wash, rinse, repeat.
A really tough listen not for me
I've actually found this album pretty funny, with some very interesting things. Surely, it's not much innovative, but those subtle changes in rhythm, silences and some very stripped instrumental parts in contrast with the very saturated overall give this album both, dynamism and a lot of identity. And it's been a very enjoyable album. I don't know if it's something I would listen to voluntarily or just a project that has surprised me. But, either way, it's been pretty nice. And I'm glad to have listened to this one.
I think I’m pretty familiar with the truly significant albums from 1992—I’d seen Ministry’s “Psalm 69,” but back then I’d only listened to it superficially. The reason is the same one I have for finding it okay but not great today: the sound is nice, the songs have good moments, but overall, this album is terribly monotonous. Of course, this risk is always present with electronically dominated music, but it’s clearly possible to do better than what Ministry achieves here. So so.
Why listen to White Zombie when this exists? Also, why listen to this?
I'd never listened to any Ministry songs before - this was cool.
Pretty good
Screaming yelling metal. Hard pass. Jesus Built My Hotrod was kinda funny though. Best song: Jesus Built My Hotrod
Once again adding the disclaimer that I am not a metalhead but this album lacks a lot of imagination. The lyrics feel like they were written by the problem student in your 7th grade class who you try to make friends with just on the off chance that he snaps. Band behind the lead singer is just so repetitive it's hard to get into. There is better metal than this.
Haven't listened to this in a few decades. The gold standard of industrial IMO
Semmonen death metal räminä
This album has been in my rotation for 30 yrs
2.5 Enjoy stuff like this far more when the vocalists aren't trying to sound 'scary'
Well, isn't this a nice little sonic assault. Jesus built my hotrod is one of the all time great songs. the rest of the album is loud and aggressive and lots of fun.
Sacrilege aside, this is about as good as industrial gets. Great riffs and energy.
I can see the appeal…
Really not my bag and nothing here changed that. Some occasional flashes of melody shone through and i can see where it fits in the venn diagram between classic metal, 80's industrial and looking forward.
It's an old trope, but I think I lost 20 IQ points listening to this. I usually like heavy music, but this is boring and torturous. Stupid themes that have been done a million times much more thoughtfully, you know, war, religion, etc.
Like this a lot. A bit thrash at times, a bit choking victim/leftover crack, MM, Rob Zombie. All served up with a frantic non stop energy. I guess they were pretty influenceial. Not something I'll listen to a lot, but a great addition from the book.
Too much for my ears
I don't listen to a lot of industrial metal, but if I do it's going to be this or their previous album. Playing guitar along with NWO and Just One Fix is a lot of fun. Tight rhythmic patterns that help with timing and picking stamina. Glad to have heard this today. Dig it and the trip down memory lane. Never trust a junkie.
I'm not even gonna try
Monumental commercial industrial metal album. I enjoyed it more than I thought actually on an unbiased listen. 4.
ass
90’s Industrial
What a kick in the nuts compared to most of the albums here that feel like a morphine drip.
Surprisingly okn3
I still have my copy I bought in 1992, and Lollapalooza '92 was my first concert.
One of the greats
GOAT album.
Loud!
Tough one, but I made it through without wanting to abort, despite the fact I had to stop half way through. Kind of a fun record.
2/10
Nope
You have no idea how ready I was for this to be an awful gospel album. LOL It turned out instead to be a pretty awesome industrial rock album! Is it super incredible by any means? Not really, but in any case it's certainly good. "N.W.O." Is a great opener, "Just One Fix" follows it up very nicely, and even though "TV II" kinda sucks, it sure doesn't kill the momentum. "Hero" isn't as good as it wants to be, but it has some nice moments and gimmicks here and there that make it maintain as a very cool song. And then to close off the A-side we get the satirical, heavy, rockabilly-type "Jesus Built My Hot Rod," which is awesome and absolutely hilarious. Opening up the B-side we have the 8-minute epic "Scarecrow," which just hammers down on you for 8 straight minutes in a really good way. And then the title track's actually super lame. But it's fine because it's also really groovy and jammy. And then "Corrosion" comes in and it's easily the best song on the album! And then we get the outro which is kinda whatever. This album's good, but it's really really fucking lame sometimes, which is a huge problem because it makes it a lot harder to take seriously, which is a hugely bad thing, because this album REALLY takes itself seriously. In the immortal words of The Roots, "Y'all ain't sayin' nothin' new!!" And they really really think they are. Thankfully though the vocals are mixed low enough to the point where you can't really tell what they're saying and the grooves are fucking awesome. So whatever man. 8.0/10
I like metal. But this is some mid metal.
Ministry is an industrial metal band from Chicago, and this is their fifth album. As with other heavy metal bands, sometimes the lyrics are difficult to hear. The last track on the record, “Grace”, is random spoken clips over background noise, and adds nothing in my opinion. The remainder of the album is ok with a few good tracks, and overall I give it 2.5 stars.
Haha oh boy. I (apparently) hate metal, but I like industrial, so where will this fall? Astute readers may have a guess. I didn't like it very much. Needs less growliness, and honestly, less drums. Not for me. Slur count = 1? (kinda hard to tell, I might have missed some). A little bit lol edgy, which isn't helping matters.
Not much of a fan of this album it felt all over the place and I didn’t ever get into it not terrible but just not for me
Really solid album, a little bit too repetitive for me, but I think that’s how a lot of industrial metal is. Enjoyable, I’d love to go back and read the lyrics again though period four stars
bateria irada e jesus built my hotrod bem interessante, mas o resto é bem barulho.
As a fan of Ministry since their 'Revenge' song played on MTV in the early 80s, I heard what I thought was a Ministry song a couple of years later in summer 1987, so bought their next album (Land of Rape and Honey) when it came out and really liked the industrial hard sound they now had....as well as some of their lyrics. The song I thought was Ministry wasn't actually them, but it took almost 30 years to find out who it actually was. When MTV started playing NWO, I bought the Psalm 69 CD. Everything else seemed to be grunge or hip hop rap back then. Anyway, 5 stars for nostalgia, but I still enjoyed listening to the full album again - at least a 4.25.
This is a band with a name I can’t keep track of. I get them confused with the Cult, the Church, Sisters of Mercy, and probably others I’m not thinking of right now. So I was expecting an 80s goth sound. This was not that at all but it kicked my ass. The down the middle split of industrial and thrash metal was very much appreciated. Thanks!
Mental, frankly. Still, I sort of enjoyed it
Por qué Rust In Peace es un 5/5 y este un 2/5? Pues por afinidad nomás. No lo terminé de escuchar, convencida de mi 2/5.
Oh Man. I clicked on this and, by the name of the album and its cover art, thought: "Oh crap. They added Christian Rock to this list? F-that!" But then the first trick dropped ... and it was such hard core metal screaming and pounding... not sure which album would have been worse. Move on from this. You have better things to do today...
Is... Du Hast just a copy of Just One Fix..? That's the only thing I could focus in the song. Jesus Built My Hotrod was a good song, overall I did like the album as a fresh metal entry in this list since they are quite scarce.
I don't listen to much Industrial Metal these days, but I have been known to listen to Rammstein, so this one was quite interesting since the influence they had on Rammstein is so obvious. Rammstein's "Du Hast" in particular is _heavily_ influenced by "Just One Fix". Parts of this album were too repetitive for me, but it also had some really fun bits. "Just One Fix" and "Jesus Built My Hotrod" are obvious highlights. There's a good amount of variety across the album (though it's all metal, so there's inevitably a certain amount of sameyness). The drums are probably the highlight, vocals are generally not that great, the guitars are a mixed bag... but it got my head moving. I was going to go for a 3, because I didn't hate the listen and I appreciate the influential aspect of the album, but all the pearl-clutching in other reviews entertained me so much I'm going to bump it to a 4.
The combination of industrial metal and the title had me excited but it just ended up being a very repetitive listen. The parts of "Psalm 69" where they had the choir is kinda what I was hoping this album was going to be. Blending industrial metal with stereotypical religious music is an interesting idea and I think they achieved it here. They clearly liked it so much they just started the song again half way through. Wasted Potential 2
i fuck with this ngl. learned a lot about industrial music/rock
loud and intense
While this is not my usual thing, I did enjoy it for driving today, especially "Jesus Built My Hotrod" and "Scare Crow."
Nice to finally check out Ministry for the first time
It has no right to still be this heavy.
Haven't listened to much metal before this but I liked this quite a bit. Some of the songs were a bit repetitive and probably could've been shortened by a minute or two. Vocals in particular were great, I love when metal bands use voices and tones that aren't just the same guttural shit you see everywhere else
Very industrial, very metal, I enjoyed listening to this one a lot. Will definitely be coming back to it!