KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Very intense, felt like being hit directly the face, but somehow in a good way.

F*CK YES! Ah the patchy memories of youth... young, dumb and full of internalised anger😆 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Couple fun songs but mostly not my jam.

These are the kind of albums I come to the generator for. Don't know how I would've made my way to Ministry otherwise. Really enjoyed this type of metal as a non metal listener. Some bangers forsure

It's exciting to mix things up with a metal album, but sometimes they get a bit dull, don't they?

Inget vidare

Unsure how to rate this. There were parts I liked a lot, and some that made me think I was listening to music that would show up a half-decade later. I was driving while listening to most of it and I kept wondering ... is there actually a psalm 69 ... and I'm glad they answered that for me.

This is not my favorite Ministry, but it's very formative for me and a lot of music I like. It's also enjoyable to read through the album and artist wikipedia pages because they're such a classic case of "the band was a mess, the label wanted something they could actually sell, the band stayed up on a bender and taped something nearly unlistenable, some of the band members left, all of them were angry, anyway somehow here's the album and then a song on it got nominated for a Grammy".

I didn't -love- it, but despite the je ne sais quoi it was still fun and enjoyable.

This was way harsher for my taste, as although I appreciate a nice Metal jam, I like the melodic ones better than just the complete mash of everything in one place. I would say that the album was decent at times, but overall very meh.

Eh

po bicho que bela bosta

bem mais trash metal do que eu esperava de resto, é besta demais. metal noventista nao me desce nao pqp

For what it's worth, this kind of industrial metal is exactly what I needed for my day. Hardcore metal that didn't let up. The vocals could be too abrasive for my tastes, but sometimes I didn't mind, like with the brilliant lyrics of "Jesus Built My Hotrod". A masterpiece if there ever was one. But I think what sets Ministry apart is how very balanced they are with their instruments. Guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, they all drive the music and nothing is lacking. A good album that enriched my personal music tastes.

Ministry was a staple in 90s industrial metal, and this album is a great inclusion. In my opinion, they do a really good job straddling the line between industrial and metal, representing both sides of the coin quite well. While there is definitely some overlap, not all industrial music is goth-inspired. These guys also managed to play well in that space, too, including with their visuals and general iconography. In general, you can see where this band was an inspiration for many later 90s industrial-adjacent and nu-metal bands. The production here really exemplifies the guitar and drums, which is no doubt important in an industrial sounding album. Insanely catchy rhythms can be found here. So many bangers here. This album just really slays. Probably a 3.5 for me, but I'm really digging this today, so rounding up. Ministry has ministered to me.

The Good: well, I guess that we’ve got a puzzle. The Bad: I am too tired to try and solve it. The Ugly: my brain, being sneaky, still trying to solve the riddle of the title… Industrial Metal! Yesterday I had Thrash Metal… What kind of Metal will I get tomorrow? More importantly, why are there so many Metal subgenres? I have to say that I appreciate this more than Thrash… I don’t know why. But I’d rather listen to NIN instead… So, this album will not get additional play time for me, and I will keep my fingers crossed and hope that tomorrow brings me something I can stick my teeth in! 2*

Gnarly. I gotta give it another listen when its not a Monday morning

Ding dang a dong bong bing bong Ticky ticky thought of a gun Every time I try to do it all now, baby Am I on the run? Why, why, why, why, why, baby? If it's so evil then? Give me my time, with all my power bat shit crazy brilliance

Interesting sound but, as is often the case with extreme metal, they don't utilize enough of the variety that exist in the sound world they're exploring

‘Just One Fox’ clearly launched a thousand Industrial band ships. Every genre song since has basically tried to sound like this.

A well crafted album of metal from its era. Younger me enjoyed this a lot more than older me.

I enjoyed this early example of industrial rock

I usually like metal, but this just didn't do it for me. I'm not sure what it was, but this ain't it.

01) N.W.O. - 6,5 02) Just One Fix - 5,5 03) TV II - 4,0 04) Hero - 5,0 05) Jesus Built My Hotrod - 5,0 06) Scare Crow - 5,5 07) Psalm 69 - 5,0 08) Corrosion - 4,5 09) Grace - 4,0 TOTAL: 5,00 (50/100) Current ranking: 429/457

Couldn’t get through this one with much FF’ing to if there was something I could stick with. Guess this one wasn’t for me.

Jesus built you a hot rod and this is all you've done with it?

Metal adjacent? Oh buddy. I have never really listened to ministry as it seemed like NIN for goths and I like neither of those things. To hear some angry music though? Man. Grab my eyeliner and colour me excited. My parents are very worried about my new friends and have enlisted a social worker to talk about my new feelings. Ministry. Play me through this new development. The fix is in brother, when you’re NWO, you’re NWO 4 Life. Hook that opening to my veins. I listen to metal all the time, but listening to it in the context of this list feels exhilarating. Almost experiencing it anew. The repetition works in the songs favour. The vocals are a little bark-y and remind me of what Korn would later emulate. Take that as you will. Sample rules. This is the exact song I would despise if it came out in 2002, but 1992? This thing is a screamer. Rife with energy and blazing a trail directly through the dense underbrush of the musical realm. Order of arrival matters and this appears to have gotten to this spot before most mainstream metal. Good song. Even with the stolen Slayer riff part way through. Brings to mind early Macabre, which I never thought I’d say in these reviews. I’ve thought plenty of macabre things listening to these albums, but hearing some heavily compressed, metallic tremolo picking? Beautiful. Hmmm. I like the speed, but I have to stop grading this on a curve. This is not a song I would listen to. I’m excited that it’s metal, but this is pretty mid tier thrash with lame coliseum vocals. Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil. That intro was dumb as shit. Not funny, not even weird. Just dumb. Of course this was the hit. Honk honk binga bing bing bong awooga. A monumental failure and a further indictment of the general public’s intelligence level. Uh. Sorry. I meant wah wah dingy ding dong. A brain deadener followed by an absolute slog. Eight minutes with no good ideas. Perfect. How the decent have fallen. This influenced the nu-metal movement so much. Even the way the “69” repeats. I hear Fred Durst. This exact riff is done so much better by a 1000 death metal bands. It’s an excellent riff though. Can’t really get tired of it. Love a good takedown of religion. Fun song. I kind of like the noise element of “Corrosion.” Hits the ear right but doesn’t have enough “oomph” for me. Now this guy has me talking in onomatopoeia. I need to get out of here. Again, more noise. Interesting finish, but I don’t know if we needed this twice. The closer was far better in my opinion, but yeah that was one track stretched into 2. A complete conundrum in some ways and an open book in others. The energy was there and the rage was palpable. This album oozes a slimy, unctuous distaste for society and all of its ills and while the commentary lacks a certain incisiveness, the overall atmosphere cuts to the heart of the issue. A few clangers to be sure, but a few really good tracks and a misanthropic buzz leave me with an itch at least relatively scratched. 3 HIGHLIGHTS: N.W.O., Just One Fix, TV II, Psalm 69

Tracks 1 and 3 were a bit naff but the rest was great. 3.5 stars.

Oh, early 90’s industrial, what a wonderful thing you were. This is such a fun record, and ministry has always had a soft spot in my heart. Al Jourgensen’s shouty guttural vocals overtop of a vicious drum machine and various other synths, with fast aggressively palm muted guitar riffs is really something to behold. I’ll be the first to admit that their subject matter can veer a little sophomoric at times, but it’s more than made up for just in sheer intensity. Theres this overarching rockabilly vibe that weirdly fits in with the industrial aesthetic so well, it doesn’t make any sense, and I think that’s what makes it so good. The mixture of Americana and Crowley style occultism is something that feels so right as well. The influence that Ministry had on bands like Drowning Pool and White Zombie is clear and evident, and frankly it’s something worth appreciating. 4.5*

Naw. There are moments where this album is kinda groovy and I can almost imagine enjoying it, but it's ruined every time by this dude's awful voice. The thrashy parts are pretty boring and repetitive. I did kinda like "Scare Crow" and "Corrosion". 4/10

2 - I kinda wanted to like this, but man just like...nah

Well well well I liked this a lot more than I would’ve expected. Not my genre at all but I could certainly appreciate this. Fave Tracks: N.W.O., Just One Fix, Scare Crow 4.2/5

industrial headbanging. Pretty decent stuff.

blah

"ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ" (commonly known as "Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs") is the fifth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry. The music is industrial metal with elements of speed metal, rockabilly and psychobilly...Yes, it is. The lyrics deal with social, political and religious topics....in a very angry way. The album was produced by the core members Al Jourgensen (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Paul Barker (bass, vocals). Other musicians included Mike Scaccia (guitar), Louis Svitek (guitar), Michael Balch (keyboards) and William Rieflin (drums). The album titled was derived from Aleister Crowley's "The Book of Lies" and the sex position "69." There you have it. It was both a critical and commercial success, hitting #27 in the US and #33 in the UK. Thrash metal guitars and drums open "N.W.O." In comes samples of sirens and Dennis Hopper from "Apocalypse Now" screaming "It's Alright." Layered guitars, guitar slashes and Jourgensen's distorted vocals. There's more screaming, guitar distortion and vocal samples from George H.W. Bush. Al does not like Bush. This is a great start. The band takes it up a notch on "Just One Fix." A disturbing "Give me the Thorazine" vocal sample from Peter Fonda and Bruce Dern and more screams. This song is faster and the layered guitar is very melodic. Wobbly, distorted vocals. Someone repeating "Just One Fix." Lots of experience in the band with this subject matter. This is up there with the best of thrash metal songs...although my list is not very long. The band got the Butthole Surface's Gabby Haynes to contribute vocals to "Jesus Built My Hotrod." I have no idea (or probably Gabby himself) what he is saying other than scatting rhyming nonsense which is perfect in this fast psychobilly song. A fun song that also pokes fun at religion. Jourgensen was inspired by his stepfather who was a stockcar driver and mechanic. Al goes a step further with regards to religion in the creepy "Psalm 69." An opera-like church choir signing alternating with heavy thrash music. There's muffled vocals of a girl describing being touched by someone and a minister preaching "Raise Jesus." Al obviously does not hide his feelings on the church. This is album starts out flying: Heavy, hard and in your face. Fast drums, thrash metal guitars, distorted angry vocals and scary lyrics. It does have some of the best uses of voiced samples to make a point. It is busy. I have to be honest: I got this when it came out and really only listened to three or four of these songs. Today's listen didn't change my mind. The album does hold its intensity throughout and it felt the same today. This band was a force live. This is a very good album but my favorite is their previous album "The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste." Both are worthy of a listen. Buckle up!

Just One Fix and Jesus Built my Hot Rod are the standouts. The rest of the album is pretty good. 1001 album worthy: Yes - 42/73

Mostly diabolical, abrasive and fairly puerile. There's a hint of some decent rock in here though, that's just about enough to stop it being a one star horror show.

So there was only one thing that I could do Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long

"weird al" jourgenson

Metal. Dit genre kan alle kanten op. Dit album begint in ieder geval best leuk met zijn breakbeats, maar nummers als "Just One Fix" en "Jesus Built My Hotrod" klinken dan weer met veel energie. Helaas vind ik veel andere nummers erg slecht; Beetje jammer eigenlijk. ***

This was a great heavier album. Nothing like "special" special, but a fun break from the rest of the list

the universe must hate me bc why is the algorithm picking so many metal albums lately. i got nothing intelligent to say about this album except i'm glad to have it checked off the list

What an amazing album. I remember the first time I heard this, near the end of the last century. Jesus Built my Hotrod is incredible. But I don't think there's a bad track on the album. An easy five stars here.

Liked it more than a lot of other metal

Not into the singing style but it was really well played. Defo something to rock out too 3-3.5 as it is a very certain mood

Pour un album de métal industriel, ça passe surprenamment assez bien, même si à des spots j'ai pas mal baissé le volume de peur de perdre quelque décibel d'ouïe

I think this might have positively benefited from being a bit of cleansing fire after Mylo, but this was good. The only critique I have is that its not Nine Inch Nails, who are this but also so much more.

It’s like if you sucked all the Camp out of White Zombie. And someone in the studio said “instead of repeating the same bit for 4 bars how about 12?” for every song.

In a nutshell: songs for the apocalypse. I was hoping for this album to grab me by the tits. Instead, I was bored. The samples/audio grabs (especially in Psalm 69) were overused. But there were moments of impressive drumming and shredding. This isn’t my genre. But it’s in the book because it was a hit. Overall: 3/10

Pretty sweet mix of stuff here. Kind of speed metal, kind if industrial, kind of hardcore.

3.6 I actually enjoyed that. I don't mind industrial metal, think NIN perfected it in the early 90s with Broken & TDS. Haven't enjoyed a lot of anything else from the genre but this was pretty decent. My one grip with this album is it really tails off towards the end. Anyone of the last three songs could have been the closer, with a few other decent ones inserted between. To have what feels like three outtros in a row kills it a bit.

逆天

Hogwash, utter hogwash

Can I still get to heaven, Daddy Peter? I only listened to the album once and I swear I didn't enjoy it very much.

point1.

It was okay, better for background music probably not something I would return to

Some of my high school friends loved industrial music but I never gave it a chance. That was a mistake, this is great

Never really listened to Ministry before. This starts out pretty rad: almost a hip-hop production, the industrial grind has some of the same energy as a public enemy jam or a Rick Rubin track. Then it settles into a more speed-metal mode. The propulsive drive is good, if not my natural listening habitat. Jesus Built My Hot rod is a great, fun track, sort of turbo-rockabilly. TurboBilly™? ScareCrow is a bit like The Smiths, if they were into heroin. Some of this is hilariously overblown, though the band sound self aware enough that you're always laughing with rather than at them. I will check out more of these guys for sure.

Wild and crazy industrial metal....while pioneers, not for me.

Didn't enjoy as much as I expected too, but I do still enjoy. Will I listen to again: 50%

Favourite songs: N.W.O, scare crow, corrosion. I couldn’t really understand anything the singer was saying but the music sounded quite good on most songs. I’m just not the biggest metal fan which is why I can only rate this a 3

Torn here. I am not a maybe fan of industrial music, but when I think of it this is pretty much the archetypal sound. Jesus Built My Hotrod is still a banger after all these years.

Industrial psychobilly Metal with a smirk. Kind of a cousin of White Zombie.

Nice riffs but most of the songs I wasn’t really a fan of.

Worth bumping in for the last set of an lifting heavy weight

OK, I listened and am aware. I felt kind of beaten up after 36 minutes of this. Not my thing but I accept music is for expressing everything that is human, including anger and vitriol.

Started great, became NWOBHM-esque, then picked up a heavier industrial sound. I may not reach for the album again but do want to investigate the band further

Just hard to sit back and listen to metal for me if it’s not live.

A fine album that was highly influential to the "Djent" subgenre. "Land of Rape and Honey" was the better Ministry record, though.

I was terrified of the kids who wore Ministry t-shirts in high school.

Because I was a bit behind I had this playing immediately after the previous album (Electric Warrior by T.Rex). While the former was acceptable background music this started to irritate immediately. Mostly the "singing" but also the repetitive nature of the music. After the distorted shouting in TV II I had enough and did what I should have done within 10 seconds after the start ending the assault on my ears.

I do love the music. The lyrics are a bit… Church of Satan… for me, but they did understand the assignment.

EPIC!

Well I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this anywhere near as much as I did! Don’t get me wrong, there is plenty of metal out there that I enjoy, but it’s rare that I come across any of the older metal music that clicks with me. Admittedly, it’s usually the more gimicky of silly sides like power metal that I gravitate towards. However, for whatever reason, this just hit right for me. The guitar tones are filthy, and the vocals are great. It felt almost punk at times, but with heavier guitars and angrier vocals. Didn’t expect to like this, but happy to be proven wrong.

Didn't expect to like this as much as I did. Musically, it reminds me of Metallica, and all the blasphemy makes the whole thing stand out.

Heavy synth pop, heavy on the heavy. Muse-y, Smashing Pumpkins-y – and a whole lotta feedback at the end

It was okay, but I don't think it belonged on this list.

Speed metal just always makes me feel bad. Maybe this sounds great on meth.

Quite a new genre to me so cool to listen to, but not a huge fan.

:/

2 Stars (5/15)

Significant industrial metal album, defined the sound and genre

Metal industrial. Te despierta. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

Gritones, no sé cómo no os quedais roncos.

Nine Inch Nails was my gateway drug and Ministry drove in the spikes.

Well that's a lot of noise. Not much more I can say about it.

Even chicks in tight shorts couldn't save this album... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WADa5ItkV6o It's simply beyond the limits of good taste... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X9x9VqtciA

I know this is 1001 albums to listen to before you die. Well, I’d rather die listening to only 1000 of these albums, than to listen to this album in its entirety. A big NOPE for me.

The author of this list is an English guy who was raised in the 80’s and fucking loved the Blade soundtrack. I went back to Metallica after this to see if I was too harsh on them and I think I was. I still don’t care for them but now that my ire is directed at someone else I can see more merit in Metallica. There’s this thing called Poe’s Law that more or less describes satire that is so on the nose that it cannot be discerned from an actual endorsement of the thing it is trying to critique. Ik this metal band probably thinks they’re thrashing the shit out of Christianity by chanting praise Jesus again and again but post irony exists. I fucking hate Hitler and maybe I’d write a song about it but I wouldn’t say Heil him 10 times in a row ironically. At that point it just seems like you’re kind of on board. Even if everyone knew it was a diss track I still wouldn’t want to chant some shit I vehemently disagree with. Jesus and a hotrod in the same song? I don’t care what the deeper message is supposed to be, it’s a whack ass aesthetic to envelop your message in.

just, nah. i'm fine with metal, but this wasn't really in my wheelhouse. didn't really enjoy it, but its not awful. definitely wouldn't put on again.

Bleh. Maybe it’s ignorance of lack of context, but I don’t need to listen to that again.

First thought: this is the kind of music that made 90s evangelical Christians boycott the world. Second thought: I don’t know if I can do 45 minutes of this. Third thought: it’s true, sometimes you do have to ding a ding dang your dang a long ling long.

My thought process while listening to this album: Yep, I still don't like industrial metal. . . Maybe I can tolerate it for a song or two, but 45 minutes is way too much. . . You know what, I kinda like some of these songs. . . Hell yeah, turn the music up and let's fucking go! . . Ok, I'm starting to cool down on a few of these songs. Let's see if it picks back up. . . Yeah, 45 minutes is too long to listen to metal. Maybe I can tolerate another song or two. . . Yep, I still don't like industrial metal. High 2, low 3.

Not gonna lie… I’ve had zero exposure to this group. And I fucking like it! I’m diving in!

Typically not my style of music, and, although it felt a bit repetitive, I had a shit day and it was a well timed album for a good workout.

riffs are decent but otherwise awful

Awesome industrial album. Thrash, psychobilly, and all.

This brought back some things for me: A memory of my five-disc Sony CD changer with Nevermind, Badmotorfinger, ...And Justice for All, Ten, and Psalm 69 in it. A memory of being in high school gym class and talking with a friend about NWO. A memory of seeing Ministry a few years later during the Filth Pig tour (still the loudest concert I have ever been to). I did not end up liking the industrial/nu metal that spun off from this album, but this original blend of kick-ass guitar riffs, driving industrial rhythm, political/religious, and goofiness was most definitely my jam.

I think I might be the only Ministry fan that prefers the 80s synth pop era. But the industrial stuff is still pretty damn good.

Cor, wadda racket... I don't hate it! It's got some nice industrial grooves and a healthy dose of not-taking-itself-too-seriously. Rammstein and The Prodigy sound like they both took cues from this. I don't feel like I *needed* to hear it before I die, though. Plus the vocals and more overtly metal bits don't do it for me. 2.5

Music to make serial killer films in the 1990s to. Some of this is pretty cool, and was obviously quite innovative in its time. The thing with industrial music is that for me there is a thin line between atmospheric, rhythmic sense of dread and then just repetitive intentionally abrasive droning static. Just One Fix, Scare Crow falls into the first category and Hero the second.

Sounds like thrash metal out of the gate, but does a quick pivot and pulls in decidedly industrial tones. Wikipedia confirms "industrial metal" as the genre du jour. Kind of makes me think of a less commercially-viable Rob Zombie. Opener N.W.O. is built around a tight little bass thrum and repetitive distorted guitar riff. Some unintelligible vocals are layered in and out along with vocal samples and other electronic elements. The effect is something that would be fine to keep you going on a long drive, but otherwise it doesn't really go anywhere. Just One Fix doubles down on the same Rob Zombie style guitar riff + industrial thump. Honestly its a fine song, but like much of this genre it kind of grows tiresome without anything else as a backdrop. Like I feel like in order to fully enjoy this style of music you need some vampires battling each other, or a gas pedal under your right foot. TV II is as interesting as this has gotten so far -- oscillating between melodic segments and spoken word through a condenser mic. I do think they missed an opportunity to spend time dug into that riff or taking a quick left turn and blowing off steam through the last 30 seconds. Instead it kind of fell a bit flat. I do actually like Psalm 69 a lot. Song is a weird jam. I was very up and down on this one. At its core, I believe this is solid driving music (similar to Rob Zombie, etc.) but I rarely found the songs themselves to be "interesting." Basically the melodies and riffs are easy to get behind, but the songs themselves don't do much internally to progress. Ultimately I'm left feeling a little underwhelmed -- somewhere in the low 3 range.

Had low expectations on this one at the beginning, but it settled into a perfectly fine album. Overall this would have been better suited for a run or playing something like DOOM, not general housework.

This album grew on me once it got to the middle. The drums and guitar were both pretty incredible at times. I thought this was going to be an unlistenable industrial rock album but I actually really liked it. The beginning and end couple of songs were certainly very harsh but still overall a pretty good album. Instrumentals: Solid 4 Vocals: 1-2

This is hurting my head but does have some cool stuff in it. Hero was weird towards the end when it sounds like it's skipping. Jesus Built My Hotrod slaps so damn hard. The rest was pretty meh. Kinda repetitive in not the best way.

Too hard for me. 1/5

This definitely wins the award(so far) for the most bizarre title for an album. The album tries too hard to be edgy, but it fails. It does have a handful of headbanger moments. Favorite Track: "Psalm 69".

Many years ago, I once asked my record dealer for alternatives to Rammstein. He recommended Ministry, among others. Somehow I didn't get on with it at the time. Today I listened to the album and expected it to be a direct deterrent. But I found the music interesting. Now I understood better what the dealer meant at the time. In the meantime, I have also moved away from Rammstein. But I will listen to the album again. After an exhausting evening at the drinking table, it's too exhausting for me today. 3/5

Very edgy, so-so music.

3.33

Quite a weird metal album. Doesn't have the usual metal grunts really but singer has a really distorted singing voice. Songs often don't follow a set structure of verse and chorus and whatnot. I enjoyed parts but a lot of it doesn't do anything for me.

A band that I've never given enough time or space to, should listen more. I'll give this a star for now. Love the energy

Wow. Thought I was going to hate this as ' Industrial Metal" does not appeal to me. However after after 2 days of hair/cock rock this was quite refreshing. Impressive. Have a 4

3.5/5

I had previously heard of Ministry but was not familiar with any of the music. After listening to this, I am not a fan. The sounds are fairly repetitive and not particularly interesting. There's some harshness that I don't love as well. I would not seek this one out again.

3 - very hard rock

(Old woman voice): “That’s not music, that’s just bloody noise.”

no

Fuck yeah

An extra star because it was more listenable than I expected. But still an absolutely not for me.

wooaaahhKAY

This album really changed how Ministry would sound going forward. Gone were the new wave synth and vocals. In comes a chain smoking Al Jougerson and heavy drum loops, samples and angry guitar riffs. This is my favorite Ministry album and it's not even close. Song Highlights: Just One Fix Jesus Built My Hot Rod Psalm 69 Grace 5/5

4.25

Ysäriltä ei mitään muistikuvaa tästä bändistä. Levyltä löytyi tuttuna biisinä Jesus Built My Hotrod joka oli oikeastaan ainoa aidosti hyvä ja kuunnelta biisi.

Raskasta kuunneltavaa tämäkin. En lämmenny.

Arguably my favourite super heavy of all time. Great use of all elements.

not bad. 2.75/5

1.5 stars. That was terrible. I like a lot of metal, especially on this 1001 albums list but really struggled with this.

Psalm 69, the commonly used name for an album title comprised of unpronounceable symbols, is the fifth album from industrial metal band Ministry. This is their most successful album, both critically and commercially. The band combines driven metal guitars, with samples and other looped effects to create their aggressive, driven sound. The lyrics - screamed and distorted - adds to the angry tone of all of these songs. The songs do provide some some context; "Just One Fix" could explain some of the rage. Screaming "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" in the track "TV II" isn't as clear of a message, but does show the general hostility this band seems to direct at the world. When they can lay off the seething rage - like in "Jesus Built My Hotrod" - their songs approach tolerable, but the rage-filled stuff dominates the album.

Heavy Industrial metal. Standouts: N.W.O, Just One Fix

Spooktober 28, 2024 Interestingly, not the first industrial metal album I’ve heard this month; Streetcleaner by Godflesh was the first. But where that was apocalyptic, Psalm 69 seems locked in party mode. I wrote the previous sentence right before “Scare Crow”, at which point the album takes the exit lane to Hell and keeps going. Full disclosure: this is generally NOT my cup of tea. But I have to give credit to it, since it takes the distortion, horror & machine drumming that Godflesh and The Young Gods honed, combines it with Mötorhead-esque rock n’ roll and somehow makes it work. The mystery du jour is why I liked this so much more than Antichrist Superstar. Maybe it's just 'cause it doesn't try as hard to be creepy. My Apple Music algorithm is going to be so confused after this and the Emperor album I put on yesterday. HL: “NWO”, “Scarecrow”, title track, “Jesus Built My Hotrod” P.S. It looks like this is the 500th album I have heard for the 1st time this year. (According to my spreadsheet. 🤓 EPs and compilations are considered an album for the purpose of my list)

I assumed I wouldn't like this at all, but Ministry sure had something going in the late 80's/early 90's. Scare Crow was my favorite track.

Albumi #91, 27.10.2024 Industrial metal ei genrenä ole kiinnostuksen kohteitteni huipulla, mutta Ministryn Psalm 69 on ihan kuunneltava kokonaisuus.

Decent I guess

not again !!! Another vocalist who can't sing and I can only make out occasional words. Every track the same - some production mix then that noise, can't even tell if anyone can actually play their instrument except the drums and they could be a drum machine. No more, please lets have some albums that can at least be classed as music.

Nope

Listening to industrial metal is a lot like eating an absurdly hot chili pepper, it's going to be a bad time but I AM gonna do it. The pepper simply won't taste good it's not possible, the very foundation of why you are eating has to do with how horrible it is, and all of those accessible aspects of the flavour chilis add and the lovely warmth you feel from some nice heat in a meal are thrown out the window as you come face to face with the reality that you've actually decided to eat something that yes, is familiar, but is in fact going to be almost as bad a culinary experience as it is bad from the heat, pure acrid bitterness. This is industrial metal, it will not only hurt me, it will hurt me in more ways than I expected even given the fact that I've chosen to listen to it so that it will hurt. The noises are not just harsh they are specifically selected from the oppressive and grating sounds of a city's warehouse area that I already do not want to be in and you can be sure functions on tenuous safety and garbage pay. This already harsh sonic experience is now reminding me of every very real anxiety I have about modern life all at once and making me have a far more harrowing experience than would ever tend to be expected or sought after. But all this negativity to say, me feeling like this unfortunately mean the band's goal has been achieved and, most importantly, I WILL eat the chili!

I like a lot of the stuff influenced by this more than Ministry itself (Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Rammstein, etc) but gotta give these dudes props as the ogs.

Kinda fucks tbh

SCARY

Okay I guess but not interesting.

Not my mood

Industrial. Very harsh

Well that wasn’t very pleasant. I do like some of the guitar riffs here, but I don’t really like music that tries this hard to be dark and intense. Best song: Hero

Well this was unnerving.

Was pleasantly surprised with what an enjoyable listen this was - excellent in its genre

Good blasphemous fun

Very aggressively not my thing. It's somewhat cool in places, a few unexpected twists and turns and I appreciate the drumming. I'm never going to willingly listen to it again but it's good to have options for if I ever need to make someone wake up screaming in abject terror.

This is horrible. I’m getting a slew of not so great albums and beginning to think there are no more good ones coming up on this list.

I wish this was more industrial. Maybe I've been desensitized by harsher music from the past 30 years, but this was weaker than I was wanting. Still a pleasant listen, albeit a little cheesy at times.

Nope.

Every music genre has a record that serves as a great example for starting bands. For the Industrial genre, this record is often cited as prime example and tour de force. The sound is extremely tight, right in your face, and sizzling hard. The samples cut through the wall of guitar violence and hammer-blows on the drums like razors. An overly agitated voice has been added to complete the picture. The album opener "N.W.O." with the Bush quote ("What we are looking at is good and evil. Right and wrong") makes for an intense but still danceable track, "Just One Fix" blasts over it, and "TVII" is hard punk-industrial. With "Jesus Built My Rotrod", rockabilly influences are added, immediately making the song a classic. "Scare Crow" then creates a weighty, sick atmosphere with its slow tempo. The last tracks are more in the direction of noise. Classic.

very interesting album, definitely grew on me with repeat listens, probably a 4.5 in the genre.

So much for that. Played the first few notes of each track and that was enough for me. Demented head banging music is definitely not my taste.

Corny and not that good

Wow! This is extraordinarily bad. 1 star or F-.

fun but i wouldn't wake up early on sunday for it

Very strong

Yeah nah. No thanks 1/100 ⭐️

Not today Satan

Great album to paint a crib to.

One of my favorites from my teenage years. Can’t go wrong. If I could give it 4.5 though, I’d dock it for a couple ponderous noise filler tracks. But they don’t seem worth a full point.

Fun 90s metal

I forgot that I like this record. It’s a lot cooler than I recalled. 3.5

Fast and shouty. Good guitars, gritty. This is probably a 3.5. Sorry, not quite getting a 4 but it was better than I expected.

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NWO is instantly recognizable, but I had forgotten how good Just One Fix and Scare Crow are. Rest of the album is ok, but l liked Ministry more when they were making proper 80s synth-pop. score: 7/10

Too abrasive and busy for me.

Let's leave this where it belongs: at the industrial estate.

Not my sort of music. 1.

Just na

Better than expected, enjoyed 'Scarecrow'

Yes! Perfect for a Monday morning.

this rips. i was only familiar with "Jesus Built My Hotrod" prior, and although the track is still a highlight for me, i was pleasantly surprised at how much i liked the rest of this as well. music to do skilled mechanical labor to.

Too heavy for my taste.

Undeniable. 5

Ehhhh yea, I mean I see where this is coming from and I see where it's headed, but where it is just isn't all the way there. Some serious highlights, and a lot of stuff that I like here, but also has something about it that just turns me off of it and makes it hard to want to return to. All that to say, pretty good, not great.

Pretty dope

Locked in chugging riffs, though kinda plain right out of the gate. Jesus Built My Hotrod is cool.

CR*A*P

69 lol

Ministry of wank

OK, Badger music

Jesus Built My Hotrod was one of the first random songs I can remember downloading off of Napster (or Limewire, or Frostwire) back when downloading music was cool. Don't worry, now I pay a company a monthly fee to not pay the artists when I listen to their music. Anyway, I thought I was cool for knowing about Ministry all those years ago, but until now, that was the only song I could reference. I was slightly disappointed listening to this entire album. It is very abrasive but also very droning and repetitive. There seems to be a deep message here but there is also a lack of substance. I felt pretty lukewarm about the album as a whole and was expecting more.

Napalm Death at least has some decency and their songs are short and simple. Here we have 5 minutes of banging on every track. It's too long. Too boring.

-5

Definitely metal. Not the biggest fan of the industrial scene, but not bad.

This album is a 4.7 to me, but since I can't do 4.7 and 4 seems criminally low, I'm rating it a 5. There were a few misses for me, but overall, I really enjoyed it. Just One Fix is infectiously good. I listened to that song no less than 7 times yesterday (and an additional 3 today). I would not be surprised if J.O.F. was the inspiration for Rammstein's Du Hast. This album is going in my rotation, and I'll for sure be checking out more Ministry.

One and a half thumbs down.

For what it was I thought it was good. I think the instrumentation was top notch and the vibe was good and dark. Didn't feel like it was a parody of satan music, it felt sincere. I imagine that this is what goth girls listen to.

This got really rough to listen to later on.

This might be blasphemy to some (heh) but I've always considered Ministry to be the shit version of KMFDM. I think I've seen Ministry live about 6 times, never as the headliner and never totally on purpose. They were good every time, don't get me wrong, but they never really were on my rotation as someone I followed. I've never actually listened to this album all the way through until today. The first thing I have to mention about this is that it is repetitive. The songs go on longer than they should; great for a mosh pit, bad for listening. The opener is a perfect example - there's an extra minute of the driving riff for no good reason really. And then it just keeps happening...nearly every song goes on for too long and doesn't provide a lot of variety. You better like that 8 bar phrase, is all I'm saying. "Psalm 69" seems like the most musically interesting track because it has more than one scale of notes in it! Favorites on here were "Just One Fix", "Hero", "Psalm 69", "Corrosion" and the classic "Jesus Built My Hotrod". I guess that's half the album so maybe I like them more than I'm letting on. I obviously enjoy it, this is absolutely my style, but please just use the whole fretboard guys. There are a lot of notes to play. I know you can do it!

Well ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long, this was awesome. 5/5

Stopped listening during track 2. Blasphemy.

Starten lovede godt med mere punked / simple riffs som der var gang i og ikke så meget metal flex og rod. Men som albummet skred frem blev det mere og mere thrashet, og nærmest umuligt for mig at høre på. Måske er det bare for rodet og for tungt til mig

3 stars

Not my thing really, but it sounded okay

What

The early 90’s were fucking rad. It’s unfortunate a lot of you weren’t around to experience it.

Sounds quite timeless, like it could have been released today. Album cover is giving rap, but the music is definitely shouty metal.

The riffs were heavy, but the substance wasn't there. Too repetitive, got annoying quick. Wasn't expecting heavy metal with a title like Pslams 69, but then I realized, oh yeah, 69

Listened to this quite a lot back in the day. Still like it. Heavy hijinks.

Oh god, not another one. I've had three heavy metal albums in like 5 days... This is just not my thing... I found this album in particular it be the worst of all of them.

sorry. repetitive crap. one song is fine, but a whole album is just tedious AF.

I respect what they’re doing here. The music is solid and funny at times. Not 100% my thing, but definitely a worthy listen

I knew about this album, I liked some of the songs, but now that I listened from start to finish I can really appreciate how good it is. It was released before the downward spiral, so it gives it a plus. Great album!

If there is one subgenre I wish I knew more about, it's industrial music. I genuinely think that the fusion of electronic music and heavy metal is brilliant, but I lament at how it's been dumbed down by artists like Marilyn Manson. Who, I'm sorry, you cannot convince me is all that smart. The word that comes to mind when listening to 1992's 'Psalm 69' by Ministry is "pulverizing." The guitars and vocals grind everything down to a fine dust. There's a bit of levity on "Hero," which feels like the most overt example of trash metal on the album, it almost sounds like 'Ride the Lightning' era Metallica. An apt comparison when you consider the production which sounds paper-thin, with absolutely none of the intensity of a rich bottom-end. I thought this was an industrial band I was listening to. "Jesus Built My Hotrod" is so hilarious, of course the lead vocals are by Gibby Haynes from the Butthole Surfers. But if any song was meant to soundtrack a monster truck rally in the Appalachians, complete with spectators sporting tragic haircuts but genuine joie-de-vivre, it would be this. This is a compliment! Very creepy album art. A- (but a weak A-).

Actually expected to not like this, but it’s pretty good. The drummer is amazing. I can see a lot of these guys in more recent acts.

5/5. This rocks. Heavy Metal Industrial Psychobilly is a new term that I never thought I'd hear but I'm not upset. I can barely understand the lyrics but the riffs are heavy and dope. There aesthetic is immaculate, like being hunted by hillbillies in the woods, maybe even eldritch horrors as well. A more appropriate feeling of the Appalachian horrors. Just cool stuff, love to see the metal representation in this list. Best Song: Jesus Built My Hotrod, Scare Crow, N.W.O.

I happen to work in an industrial setting (production brewers what's up?), and I have to say that I fully enjoy industrial music. It's what happens around me all the time. I love the lo-fi edge, the speaker-peaking vocals throughout this thing. I think it trails off near the end, with the last two tracks feeling like an extended outro than anything, but it's overall a record I vibe with. Call it 3.5, rounded up. Favorite tracks: "NWO", "Just One Fix", "Scare Crow"

Really solid. Not my first listen with this one

8/10 impresive

7.5/10

Hyvin industrial. Hyvin helposti lähestyttävää ”metallia” minusta, tai siis raskasta rokkia. Vähän liikaa meteliä, vaikka bändi kyllä todistaa biiseissä, että soittotaitoa on ja eri genret hallussa. Kai tämä on teema-albumi, mutta en osannut keskittyä sanoihin ja pelkistä instrumenteista teema ei täysin välittynyt. Tai no, maailmanloppu? En tykkää kirkunasta lopussa. Ei huonoin kakkonen kuitenkaan!

Kuulen tähän musiikkiin valjastetun mielikuvituksen ja inspiraation, mutta en hevillä kykene nauttimaan siitä (paitsi ehkä Scare Crow'n hitaammasta groovesta - sanoin: groveesta). Ehkä en vain ole valmis. 1+

Such great memories of ‘Jesus Built My Hotrod’! The album in its entirety is a juggernaut of hardcore tunes. An acquired taste.

I'm a grey, overweight, 58-year-old mortgage broker in the south of England, and I can tell you that it's just what I needed! My IT and work issues evaporated within the first 5 secs! God help anyone that tries to stop my clients' completions this afternoon, as they will get both Ministry and Rammstein filled barrels! Loved it (especially Jesus Built My Hotrod)

Skip.

One of the most badass albums of the ‘90s. N.W.O., Just One Fix, and Hero are pure workout fuel.

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Was familiar (and enjoyed) Jesus Built my Hotrod. This was a good listen, loved the tightness, reckon they would put on a good live show.

Nicht meine Art musik

I expected worse

Sometimes all you need is an album to repeatedly punch you in the face. This is that album.

This one bored me musically. Some of the best riffs are simple and I don’t mind a repetitive stoner rock riff but the guitar riffs on this were hitting none of those marks.

This album was better than I expected. As someone who doesn't like much metal, but has a soft spot for some industrial stuff, I was intrigued and finished the whole thing despite the annoying vocalist and the bland lyrics about hypocrisy of religion (not very sociological sound arguments here, I'd say). I can't rate this higher than three stars because overall it wasn't standing out like other albums on this list, but, yeah. The cover is cool too.

It's got a good dose of early 90s industrial noise, some de rigueur blasphemy, and scary voices. It amuses me now and than, and sometimes it's just tiresome shock value. Definitely not the worst of its ilk.

I have been a fan of Jesus Built My Hotrod since it came out. I bought the single. This was the first listen of the album for me, and although I would not classify the genre as one of my favorites, there is something that does draw me to Ministry.

Hot on the heels of The Offspring (whom I called too noisy, shouty, and sweaty — autocorrected from sweary) we get more noisy shouty swearing from Ministry. But I’ve got a big soft spot for Jesus Built My Hotrod because my bestie and I got kind of obsessed with it back in the day. I don’t think I ever listened to the whole album but I like its energy.

Really thought I would hate this album based on a vague memory of Ministry. Lo and behold, I love this! Some great industrial metal that I never paid attention to in the 90s but is very appealing to me now.

Really good. Great noises on here. Feels like a Rob Zombie movie or Session 9.

Metal. This album had the curious habit of alternating pretty consistently between songs I really liked and songs I really didn’t. I liked the more thrash sounding stuff; Hero was a standout.

Trash metallia vähän erilaisella tyylillä. Kappaleissa ei ole niinkään säkeistöjä vaan musiikki on tavallaan toistavaa, mutta pysyy mielenkiintoisena. Kappaleissa käytetään myös sampleja. Parhaat: TV II, Jesus Built My Hodrod, Psalm 69

So there was only one thing that I could do Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long

Apparently iconic, but made me feel like I was having a stroke.

It's a 2 from me but it's a strong 2. Like a 2.4.

I was ok, it had that very tinny pantera production. Not one I’d revisit

I can understand why the CIA uses this genre of ‘music’ to torture prisoners. At least the rhythm was consistent.

I can't believe 'Jesus Built My Hotrod' invented Nu metal. Fairly well headbangable. Gets a bit repetitive at times. Some songs feel like they could be a bit shorter. 3/5

I wasn't familiar with their music, but I was pretty sure I wouldn't like it, and I was right. I'm too far removed from my edgy teen years to appreciate this at all. It's Industrial metal, a genre I do not enjoy. It's angry and screamy and repetitive. I did like the track Hero minus the vocals - the only thing keeping this from being a 1/5.

We get it, you have a scary voice, you play fast, you hate god.

STANDOUTS: n/a OVERALL: 1/5; an absolute NO for me, dogggggg.

It is hard core metal. Gets my blood pumping. I think I'd like to see them in concert just to get the experience.

This one is a bit up and down. They really deliver some energetic, hateful, angry, driving beats... though it also gets interspersed with more experimental sections and spoken verse. Just One Fix does the best to hit the mood but there is a lot of attention getting pieces here. An engaging listen for the right mood.

A great example of the industrial genre. I get why many people don't like it, but I quite enjoyed it. It's like a more metal NIN.

The second Industrial Revolution happened in the clubs and on the dance floors to the sounds that Al Jorgensen and Ministry concocted through a mixture of electronic noise and construction site sounds. 4/5

pretty slamming heavy metal. But not as slamming as Metallica or Megadeath

Liked most of this way more than I thought I would. Jesus Built My Hotrod is awesome.

Oof. Not my thing. Stop banging that spanner.

Oh fuck yeah!! I'm so happy this is one of the 1001 albums you need to listen to before you die! LOVE LOVE LOVE this album. Oh man, I remember when i first bought this cd living with grandma and aweome it made me feel when I would jam out to it while lifting weights. I still get that same energy now after all these years. 10 stars!

Not for me. Was grinding at work so the high energy was tolerable in some spots.

Made it through the whole thing

Pretty cool, never really listened before but have heard of ministry for years. A little too much prog stuff for me but cool nonetheless.

This was ok. Not really my style but good.

I listened this while driving to my work at 7 in the morning. Before I left, I made myself a nice cup of coffee in a thermos to enjoy during my ride. However, I forgot it on the kitchen corner. After having listened this album, I didn't even need that coffee. 2.9*

The name is weird as fuck and the songs are pretty repetitive. 3/5

not for me

A bit much for me

I liked the one where he was going CONNECT THE GOD DAMN DOTS because I was imagining he was running a kids’ summer holiday craft workshop

2.5

Y'know, ultimately the first side of the album (the one with "Jesus Built My Hotrod") **is** the better half, but I really liked the second half as well. It's a departure from the "metal psychobilly" thing side one had going for it, but I'unno, I really dug these slow, heavy, epic riffs. It reminded me a lot of Rob Zombie, actually, and that's a big plus for me. I wasn't a fan of the last track, and that's why I'm only giving this 4 stars, but still, I had a blast with this album.

I have a feeling this may be divisive, but I'm definitely in the group that digs this album. Industrial metal may not be for everyone, but I just love this stuff.

For the first time in a long time, I’m on a 2. The last time I gave a 2 to a non-live album was to Calenture - The Triffids, and that was *3 months ago.* Unlike Calenture, this is just straight up at a 2; it doesn’t even hit the “2.5 that I can’t round up” mark. There’s only 2 or 3 really good tracks at most, and yes, one of them is indeed the batshit insane yet wildly entertaining nonsense that is Jesus Built My Hotrod. The other one, for me, was Hero, if only because I couldn’t shake that it sounded like a Sonic track. TV II is OK, it just sorta clicked right for me for some reason. The first 5 tracks of the album are ultimately fine – they’ve got decent energy, some fun riffs, some fun percussion, and it does hit a solid high at Track 5. It was at a 3, until Scare Crow started. The final 4 tracks of this album just strike me as utterly directionless, or padding for the sake of it, and there is no more egregious an example of padding than the 8-minute snoozefest that is “Scare Crow” – my god, I’ve never heard anyone pan out *syllables* before. Choosing to end on two instrumental tracks after the remarkably disappointing Psalm 69 is really what dragged this album down from being close enough to a 3 to being firmly at a 2 – what a flat ending to an album that had so much potential from its imagery to its cover to the weirdest title I think we’ve gotten from an album yet. The really disappointing part is that the framework for a good album is here – speed up some tracks, throw in some extra vocals, hell, add a skit or two to play off of this religious theming; do something to add some extra character to your album. It feels like a fucking beta version of a style that other bands would imitate and refine to a greater degree (probably Nine Inch Nails, really, if I had to guess), and while it never dives into egregiously bad, it does dive into egregiously boring a few too many times at the end. It just fell short at the finish line to me, hence the 2.

3.8/5 listened 2x. pretty cool heavy metal

A genre I have very little interaction with. However, after ingesting this album in bits, I do think it’s kind of awesome.

It's not too bad. It's quite murky and a lot of it is just too noisy. But there's some driving rhythms in there and I'm down with some of it. It's not one I'll return to by any stretch.

This is a bit much for me. :)

Correcto

Huh, that didn't start great, but the middle was pretty solid.

Favorite Tracks: N.W.O. Just One Fix

It tickles me that in the era of the Gregorian Chant music fad, someone's mom may have picked up THIS CD by mistake. Feels a bit ahead of it's time - feels like Rammstein/industrial shred era NIN. I wouldn't add it as a regular to my rotation and I can't really appreciate a whole album of it at a time, but this is far better than a lot of the 1001 list's electronica.

Awesome! Hard rocking, I really enjoyed this. Not sure I’d go much longer than this length though, got a bit fatiguing by the end. Brand new but a new fave, 4.5/5

Speed metal, industrial and some interesting mixing of sounds. But lyrically fails entirely for me.

I tried this, and quickly decided that my life's too short to spend time filling my head with this satan suicide soundtrack.

Apparently Ministry is in a similar echelon of \"industrial rock\"/thrash metal with NIN and Rammstein, but I'm way less familiar with their music compared to those other groups. Still, I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

No. Screeching is not music

Heavy industrial spund

Is this what church is like?

Weird but cool! Better quality of wailing.

better than expected

That was not really my taste. The guitar was good when they showed it off but it was few and far between. Felt pretty repetitive to me as well. 5/10 and that’s mostly because of the guitar.

Started of well, the sort of industrial heavy metal I can just about listen to, then got repetitve

EHHHHHH idk bout this one

This is the worst. I don't know how anyone could listen to this and enjoy it. It's just a mash-up of the worst parts of metal and EDM music with some random bible references and screeching noise tossed in. 0/5

Kinda yawn. Good guitar riffs throughout and Jesus built my hotrod is decent but yeah idk neither enjoyable nor edgy to me.

The album before this one was by Sisters of Mercy. The only reason I say this is I was expecting THAT music to sound more like this, and Ministry's music to sound more like Sisters of Mercy. Very odd. Having said that, most of the songs are... yeah. "Jesus Built My Hotrod," at least, you can TELL that was tongue in cheek. Most of the rest of the album is just VERY VERY intense. But at least there is some sense of humor in there with JBMH. You can tell the band's distaste with the church, which is probably warranted. I liked it, but not something I am going to come back to on a regular basis. Top tracks: "Just One Fix," "Jesus Built My Hotrod," "Psalm 69"

Again, not an industrial or thrash metal fan, but damn is it good when done well. And Ministry does it well. NWO and Just One Fix are a wicked one-two combo to open the album - pulsing, pounding, frantic, rhythmic. It gets a little too abrasive on TV II (screaming for the sake of screaming) but Hero gets it back to a more melodic sound. Jesus Built My Hotrod was fairly witty and still pulsing - kind of reminded me of Primus. The start and end of Psalm 69 were annoying with the church lamentations, but the song in between was pretty kick ass. First half of the album was better than the second half (last two songs a bit too much/heavy) but all in all it was pretty darn good.

I think this is probably very good for what it's trying to be. Love the hardness of the instrumentals, and the production is quintessentially 90s. Made me think of grungy carpet and gory FPS games on Playstation. Not a genre that speaks to me, but I am glad to know of Ministry when I do need to put on something to rage to.

Surprise! Enjoyed this one. Not sure if I've ever heard these songs from Ministry before.

As much as I like Ministry, I’ve just never gotten the love for this album. There are a couple of pretty solid tracks (especially Scarecrow), but there’s a lot of filler. And “Jesus Built My Hotrod” is just annoying. The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste is similar in style and significantly better.

Edgy anti-religion metal. Not my fave album from them. 3.5 stars

So so not horrible but not that good either

It was interesting, I’ll give it that.

Eh

Tää on pimee ja raju, mutta vähän jotenkin ohut. 3/5

Ihan hyviä riffejä ja hetkiä mutta ei tämmönen pidemmän päälle enää uppoa

Juuh olihan siinä däng-ä-dängiä

Listened Before? Y My best friend in HS loved this album so I've heard it many times. Its not my favorite and I never became a fan despite his best efforts. I don't mind Jesus Built My Hotrod so that's the song I'm choosing. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Jesus Built My Hotrod

This is my first Ministry album and tbh I think I'm hooked.

Generally like a good bit of the music. Can't listen to the vocals.