KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

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.

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 Song: "Psalm 69".

Very edgy, so-so music.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Too abrasive and busy for me.

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

Too heavy for my taste.

OK, Badger music

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.

One and a half thumbs down.

This got really rough to listen to later on.

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

Not my thing really, but it sounded okay

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

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.

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!

Nicht meine Art musik

I expected worse

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.

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

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.

Oof. Not my thing. Stop banging that spanner.

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

Made it through the whole thing

not for me

A bit much for me

2.5

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.

This is a bit much for me. :)

Correcto

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

Heavy industrial spund

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.

EHHHHHH idk bout this one

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.

So so not horrible but not that good either

It was interesting, I’ll give it that.

Eh

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

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

Jesus Built My Hotrod was my favorite track. That’s not saying much.

I like some of the more industrial sounding effects, but it doesn’t do much for me otherwise

I can't really do the less poppy side of Industrial. 1.5/5

Once again this is an album that is clearly not for me. That doesn’t mean it’s objectively bad. I can tell that the musicianship is talented. But I’m not a metal guy so it’s semi-torture for me to have to listen to an entire album in which I actively dislike everything that’s going on. Not because it’s “bad” but simply that I don’t like it. Anyway, I guess 2.5/5?

That was nothing.

well, the album cover is cool, I'll give them that.

получил ли я от этого альбома кроме тум тум на гитаре? честно говоря не очень многое алкоальбом: дешевый виски

Nope

Hmmm well

Not for me. I enjoy some metal music, but this had too much added effects and just weird lyrical stuff. 2/5 Won’t listen again

The positive is they are better than Korn, but that is about it.

Well I will never listen to that again or this band again. Did not like. However still think this was better than Korn. At the very least not every song was filled with braggadocious macho bs and misogyny. Yes some songs had some really bleh lyrics but I could barely understand what the dude was saying bc his voice was buried so far in the mix and there were effects on it half the time which was honestly a plus. Overall industrial metal is apparently not my thing.

not my type of music

N.W.O is an interesting song. Overall not for me 2/5

n.w.o - interesting soundbyte of some man saying sorry? lol. riff feels a little repetitive. songs have a slower tempo. tv II - no. hero - a little more varied with guitar riff?? maybe im hallucinating. also sounds more like thrash metal (aka slayer bcuz all ik about thrash is slayer). ending def made me think my headphones were glitching lmao. psalm 69 - ngl i kinda fuck with this song. but not enough to add it to my liked songs. yeah finished it was meh tbh. idk why i keep listening to metal albums in the hopes that i like them. bcuz i've onky really liked nu metal so far. anyway the riffs in every song felt pretty repetitive and because there weren't a lot of vocals leading the song the repetitiveness stood out for iykim.

Yeah, that should confuse the algorithims for a bit.

really bad album 2 stars

Great riffs, but some of the most repetitive songs I've ever heard. They went on far too long

Fine i guess

Pas mon genre de metal.

Not great or interesting to me

I had a hard time finding an entry point into this one. Ministry definitely have the technical chops but they move at such a ferocious, breakneck pace for the first few songs that I felt like I was trying to catch up with their energy rather than be brought along for the ride. “Jesus Built My Hot Rod” shows me they have a sense of humor. And a few of these riffs feel like they’re just a few thrashy steps removed from hair metal. So I know these guys are here to jam and have fun. But then the vocals on “Scare Crow” remind me of Marilyn Manson which tips the music into darker, heavier territory. There’s also an effect in the background on that song that sounds a lot of The Smiths’ “How Soon Is Now?” which makes me think they draw on a wide array of influences. Last two tracks are heavy on the noise. I respect the anarchy of it but I’m not loving it.

Wow Ministry is a cool addition to this list and not one that I was suspecting. I always kind of thought of them as one of the forgotten industrial metal bands and even though they've been around forever, they always had a big fan base but never made the push into the stardom / spotlight that other industrial acts did, like Nine in Nails or Prodigy. There's also a reason why I think I never got too much into them. It doesn't push enough, it doesn't expand on the ideas enough. If you listen to this album and then go back and skip around the songs, like start track 1, listen for 5 seconds then skip a minute ahead, then do it again and again until the song is over, then do it for all the songs that you heard and thought were standout tracks, and you'll be let down. What I'm saying is the opposite of one of the more important deciding stylized facets of this genre though, and I totally understand that industrial metal typically is repetitive and grating. That's essentially the sound in and of itself. But do that same test on a Nine Inch Nails track and you'll see that it explores more, it goes more places. I think that's the reason why Ministry never really latched onto me. It's a 2/5 for me. It does it's thing pretty well, but it's afraid to do anything else, even 1% in either direction.

Какое название забористое. И включаешь и тут тебе бластбит, грязная грязная глухая гитара. Ну поехали, наконец-то приколы ) И как обычно с такой музыкой приколы завершились в ту же секунду как вокалист открыл свою хлеборезку. Ну чего он хрипит бухтит, ну почему нельзя хорошего вокала навалить, вашей музыке уже нельзя подпевать, сделайте хотя бы чтоб можно было тексту подпевать? Не знаю. Я мотанул несколько песен, на альбоме не без интересных идей, но слушать я это не могу. Тут нужна кожанка, пятюша багбира и ирокез на яичных желтках, чтобы я такое слушал. Это не мне.

Beyond the pail for my liking. Crash Bang but little wallop.

Metal, hence the 2.

I don’t know if its because the metal was amping me up for an appellate brief I had to get research done for in an hour, but I didn’t hate it as much as I thought??

Not my jam but didnt hate it!

I've never heard an album before that was just one long 45 minute track .... wait, what's that, there were 9 distinct tracks? As you can tell I found it very difficult to distinguish the different tracks, there was a high degree of monotony for me. I did manage to listen to the whole album though, so it gets 2 stars!

2/5 Weird album. Like 1/3 of the songs were actually pretty good, 1/3 were whatever, and 1/3 were unlistenable and I skipped them. Best Track: Scare Crow

No way on Earth could I listen to this singer for a full album, but the music is great.

There were moments when this album looked like it might turn into something better, but it was largely just and angry throbbing mess

I seriously considered skipping this album after the first 2 minutes and I probably wouldn’t have been kicking myself if I had, but I also am marginally glad I didn’t. There were some cool instrumentals sprinkled here and there and I never got the anger halfway through that I usually get with albums that I hate. I think the main problem was that I started it shortly after seeing dune 2 in imax, which made for a night of a lot of loud and grating noises.

It was good to have something heavy in the rotation, but this particular album didn't excite me too much.

# 172 : Not for me, too heavy for my tastes. The music and vocals become monotonous, while the spoken word samples are annoying. there were a couple of tracks I liked in the middle, but then it went back to being a racket

meh. not my cup of tea

death metal is not my jam

Nå bullshit

Gave it a single lesson, wasn’t my thing. Straight technical metal with no focus on melody is just not for me. 2/5

I found this to be an ok-at-best industrial metal album. Bold choices, some panning out, some falling flat. 2/5

Basically, this is nine times the same song. And that song isn't good. 1.5/5

I really have to be in the mood for industrial metal. Even on a good day Rammstein gets me bored pretty quickly. And this is basically just Rammstein but rough around the edges and less catchy.

Apparently, I no longer enjoy industrial. Just couldn't get into it. I get the same feeling listening to a jam band; just wanting the song to move on, but it seems to linger too long. Or maybe I'm just getting old...

2.5

Definitely not the worst metal album on this list. Some of the guitar parts were even enjoyable. Not enjoyable enough to make me ever choose to listen to this again.

I understand the appeal, but it's not for me.

Some of this is really decent metal music but then other parts of it really is tough to get through. It has like a punk edginess to it but without the flare of punk. Then the metal songs thrash hard but the singing just doesn’t mesh well. Feel like there are a few better metal albums than this one, especially ones I’d rather revisit. 4.7/10

Ansi hressilegt fyrir mánudagsmorgunn. Vakti mig allavega almennilega.

really repetitive, but there are some mildly interesting songs on here Significant 35/107 Liked 16/107 Added 4/107 NNN

Not for me.

Da har vel ein viss sjarm

Very negative received, and for a reason. The songs here are all basic and nearly the same thing, I couldn't tell when a new one came on from the complete void of creativity!

What a racket

Thoughts before listening: I used to own this album when I briefly flirted with an interest in industrial music before giving into pop punk. I remember enjoying Ministry although I typically dislike most of their lyrical themes. If this has Jesus Built My Hotrod on it then that's an all time great 90s song. Review: Yep...Jesus Built My Hotrod is on this album and its as good as I remember. NWO and Just One Fix are also really good songs. The rest of the album is just okay. Much too dense in most of these songs with buried vocals singing some really dumb lyrics. The "hits" have dumb lyrics too but at least they're fun. This is a 2-star album to me despite the 3 songs I am happy to add to the playlist.

Didn’t do much for me to be honest

Not for me today.

Jesus Built My Hotrod is great and has a really funny music video. Made me wish the rest of the album had that much fun and self-awareness. By album's end I felt like I was missing something, more variations in feeling. I don't usually listen to metal. It's a lot of fun, but at album length I become hyperaware of a kind of one-note feeling which flattens the whole experience.

As someone who doesn't typically listen to industrial music, I found this album to be quite challenging. The music is loud, abrasive, and chaotic, and the lyrics are often dark and disturbing. However, I also found the album to be strangely compelling. There is a rawness and honesty to the music that is undeniable, and it's clear that the band is putting their heart and soul into their performance. I think this album would be best appreciated by fans of industrial music who are looking for something that is both extreme and thought-provoking. It's not for everyone, but those who are open to its intensity will find a lot to appreciate. Here are some specific things I liked about the album: * The band's musicianship is top-notch. They're able to create a wall of sound that is both crushing and hypnotic. * The lyrics are powerful and evocative. They explore themes of alienation, despair, and violence. * The album has a strong sense of atmosphere. It's like being trapped in a dark, industrial wasteland. Overall, I think \"KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)\" is a challenging but rewarding listen. It's not for everyone, but those who are willing to give it a chance will find a lot to appreciate.

I can understand how some people might like this type of music. It's heavy and aggressive, and perhaps listening to Ministry has resulted in at least one person not killing their whole family or going on a mass shooting spree. Maybe this was a good outlet for those pent up aggressions, and for that I'm awarding this album 2 stars instead of the 1 star I was originally inclined to give it. Just doesn't do it for me.

If I wanted an old man to scream at me for an hour I would have lunch with my dad

beurk

Kinda like Rob Zombie, minus the good parts. I enjoyed some of the guitar work, but failed to understand where others see the magic. Industrial metal is absolutely an acquired taste, and one the comes with panted black nails and those pants that open towards the bottom, have too many zippers, and are black. Oh yeah, chain wallets.

Live volgens mij erg vet, net als soortgenoten NIN en Skinny Puppy maar een hele plaat tijdens de afwas? Nah...

Nou vooruit, ik zal het voor de effort die ze erin gestoken hebben nog 2 sterren geven. Maar dat is echt al aan de hogen kant. Met je drum-machine.

Cool but not my thing

The speed and rythym are fantastic creating an excellent beat but I just can't deal with the screaming in front of it

This isn’t for me. It’s boring as far as industrial goes. It’s tame for metal. Feels like an experimental art installation you see in a modern art museum and go, “Hm. Interesting, but not worth pondering for long” and then think about where you’re going to get lunch.

I didn't hate this as much as I thought I would, but I certainly didn't enjoy it. I had some friends that were more into this type of dark industrial stuff back in high school, so it made me ever so slightly nostalgic for that type of sound. The lyrical content though, especially the spoken word stuff, was absolute cringe.

Like a lot of industrial music, I find this kind of try-hard to be so dark broooo. Don't hate, don't like.

Not really my thing

Another case where the instrumentation itself isn't bad (quite alright actually) but I'm not crazy about the vocals. This is otherwise okay.

Metal, did not complete

Yeah the metal I dont like

There's parts of this album that I really enjoyed, then parts which were really not up to much. "Just One Fix" has an awesome industrial guitar riff that really grabbed me, but much of the rest of the album fell a little flat for me.

yeha! ok! im not 13 anymore so this doesnt hit the same

Fast

C'est le bordel, ça brasse pas mal. Mushpit in the house. Me donne des vibes de slayer.

Seemed quite generic. Not sure there was much to get enthused by. The odd good riff here and there.

Not much of metal fan and this album comforted me in this opinion to be honest. I found it much repetitive and sometimes very boring to listen to, although the musicians for sure are very talented. 1. "N.W.O" has a really catchy opening. It quickly becomes repetitive though. 2. "Just one fix" has the same problem: too repetitive in my opinion. 3. "TV II" is better balanced in my opinion (maybe because it was shorter ?). The interruptions in the mmusic with the singer were really well chosen. 4. "Hero" is funny, catchy, pleasing to hear. 5. "Jesus Built my Hotrod" made me afraid because of its soft opening suddenly becoming really harsh. Became quite repetitive after some time. 6. "Scare crow" is not as repetitive but feels really "OK" souding. It isn't peculiarly resouding in me. 7. "Psalm 69" is really epic souding. Reincorporating the opening in the middle of the song was a good idea to me. 8. "Corrosion" is repetitive AND unpleasant to listen to. 9. "Grace" is a bunch of noise, a constant cacophony, so hard to listen until the end.

Trash. Industrial. Mucho ruido.

Never heard of this band. Quite hypnotic, repetitive metal. Vocals I find quite grating. The good tracks would be a good way to get rid of some anger but it's otherwise a bit repetitive and samey

Liked some songs and not others.

Not a fan of metal. Certainly not a fan of metal from a band I’ve never heard of.

Not horrible, generally mediocre, and ultimately forgettable thrash metal.

It's just kind of screamy for the sake of being screamy or otherwise annoying music choices. Not something I would seek out. The guitar and drum work is cool, but whatever it is that they decided to do for vocals makes this a pass.

i like metal but this is a little bit strong and I don't like the religious themes.

Progenitor, but not quite there yet.

não

Enjoyed the speed metal and thrash bits, didn't enjoy the repetitious vocal samples. All the one-chord jam songs with fade outs made this album seem unfinished. Also, next to NIN's Wish from the same year Psalm 69 is fairly primitive.

Weird: I wanted to kms and love it all at the same time. Just a plain odd album which I didn't really need to listen to but definitely and experience. I wanted to love it but couldn't bring myself to do so. Was way to heavy for my usual listening but I will try to give the stand out track 'Jesus Built My Hotrod' some more time.

I like plenty of heavy and abrasive music, but I prefer more melodic dynamic sounds. It’s like this combines what I consider the worst parts of electronic and metal - repetitiveness and a near constant wall of noise.

Only okay, heavy but lacks nuance, subtletly and melody. Only mildly interesting.

I liked this more than I thought I would after the first track. Still not that much though! It's a bit heavy for me, though the screaming gets closer to singing the further you get through the album. Jesus Built My Hotrod is worth a listen for its sheer silliness, rest is tolerable but not great. 2/5.

Meh

Absolutely not my genre, but there was enough in here that I didn't absolutely hate it. Although 69 stuff is so lame. That made me hate it a bit more.

Poo metal

Not for me

My ears hurt

Not my thing,

Not my thing but ok

Nope, not a fan of it.

Album van industrial metal band Ministry, gevuld met heavy metal en een vleugje psychobilly. Het grootste deel van het budget ging naar drugs en dat hoor je ook. Grotesque album, maar "Jesus Built My Hotrod" en "Scare Crow" zijn wel grappig. leukste nummer: Jesus Built My Hotrod De titel "ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ" is een verwijzing naar The Book of Lies van occultist Aleister Crowley. De alternatieve titel "Psalm 69: They Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck eggs" ook, maar ook over 69.

Post-apocalyptische van dik hout zaagt men planken muziek. Als drummer hoef je niet zoveel te kunnen, als je maar in 1 tempo kunt stampen. Typerende zang alsof hij door een megafoon staat te schreeuwen. De meeste mensen zullen dit heel simpel in 1 woord omschrijven: pokkeherrie. Ik ben wel wat gewend, maar die snelle nummers vind ik ook pokkeherrie. De wat langzamere nummers zit wel een bepaalde groove in en met die gitaarsolo's eroverheen maakt het wel de moeite waard. Ik heb geloof ik 1x op een festival een stukje van ze gezien, of nou ja gezien, meer gehoord, van een kilometer afstand. Het geluid stond op standje straaljager, een hele colonne straaljagers wel te verstaan. Typisch een band om gehoorschade bij op te lopen.

a few good tracks but overall a very weak effort

Interesting album Industrial rock/metal not my cup of tea found it hard to enjoy this album

Well this band has evolved quite a bit over the years. In the early 80's their debut album With Sympathy was basically a Brit synth pop clone with the dance hit Work for love. Wiki informs that they record company wanted them to sound like Wham! and Jourgenson even adopted a fake British accent. Their sound started to harden over time and in 87 they released the bangers like Everyday is like halloween and All day. On their next album - Land of rape and honey they really got aggressive with Stigmata which IMO is probably the most listenable industrial single ever. On their next album, the Mind is a terrible thing to waste I think they really went whole hog into speed industrial death metal sound with jackhammering guitars/drums and hyper aggressive vocals. Which brings us to this album. I can't say it was a fun listen and I know I'll sound like an old fart when I say that I liked them better back in the day.

Not to judge a book by its cover but just reading the Wikipedia extract I feel like I'm going to really not like this.... Yeah not keen this morning.

A bit too industrial and angry for me.

I just don't respond to this aggro industrial stuff. It doesn't speak to me in any way, shape or form. Repetitive noise that's more likely to give me a pounding headache than anything. A few thrashy grooves here and there that I can get behind, but the screaming and the distortion is just so unpleasant to me that I have a hard time looking past it and focusing on the more technically impressive aspects.

First 2 songs kick. It falls off from there.

Maybe it's just not my thing, but nothing stood out about this album. Seemed a bit childish at points as well.

çA faisait logntemps que nous n'avions pas eu affaire à de joyeux gueulards, ceux-ci étaient particulièrement joyeux, ce qui leur vaut la note de 2/5.

Jesus Built My Hotrod was very enjoyable when I first heard it 30 years ago, but I didn't like this album a lot when I bought it new in 1992. Thirty years on, it's just a heavy drone with an industrial drum beat. It's just not my thing.

No time for a fuller review, but in short: 1. I can see how this band was an influence on Kinderschmerzen! 2. Not really my thing - all those one chord songs (without the compensation of a funky groove) just bore me.

Very much not my type of music. I did not enjoy it, but it's not fair to give it a 1-star since I think it does have some quality, just not really any that I can appreciate. 3/10

Sounds like how someone who never listens to any metal would describe it the genre. Fast, gruff, weird. Leans heavily into religious aspects complete with recordings and choirs. Very intentional drama I'd give 1.5 if I could, but I'll round up for significance

JUST MORE NOISE ROCK.I kinda liked it .Not amazing..Just never came together for me.Wish I could rate it like 2.5 stars.

Niet onaardig. Doorwerkmuziek. Soms wat meer trash metal, soms wat meer industrieel. Een beetje Rammstein ("Just One Fix") en Marilyn Manson ("Scare Crow", "Psalm 69") kun je er zeker in terugvinden. Het grootste minpunt vind ik de productie. Het is redelijk plat en schel gemixt. Dit soort muziek wil je graag wat harder zetten, maar dit album wordt dan gewoon vervelend omdat het zo schel is. Vooral de lead gitaar en de drums zijn kapot gemaakt. De bassdrum klinkt soms alsof je met een houten lepel tegen een hangend velletje bakpapier aan slaat ("TV II"). Ik was van plan om drie sterren te geven, maar toen kwamen de twee laatste nummers van het album nog. De mannen waren moe en hadden geen zin meer, maar toch moest er nog 8 minuten gevuld worden. Had dat maar niet gedaan. Bagger einde. 2 sterren.

I mean, it was fairly decent heavy metal. Overall pretty average

Not for me

Meh-tal -- you like that one Nolan? Nolan: Yuh

industrial

I know two tracks from Ministry. One is "(Every Day Is) Halloween" from an earlier era in the band's development. The other track I am familiar with is "Jesus Built My Hotrod" from this album: KE*A*H** (Psalm 69), which is well into the thrash metal version of the band. This album feels like an influence on Rob Zombie, with a bit of Metalica thrown in here and there. These bands, metal and psychobilly are not what I would choose to listen to. A solid 2, but probably a 1 if I had to listen to the whole album again.

Loud and hard. 2.5

iz okay

Eh. Interesting enough at first, but quickly became repetitive.

Didn't care much for the thrash riffs in many of the songs.

Not a fan of this. The only decent thing about it was the guitars/drums.

Glad I know it exists.

Did you wake up and choose anger? Want to listen to a rejected Doom soundtrack? Do you enjoy thrash metal skate shred punk house? This is for you

Classic 90s hard rock… not for me.

Not great

3/10. Didn't really enjoy it much

A little aggressive for my taste. I can see the appeal though.

Hard core. Interesting. I like it in general, but not really something I'd listen to often. 2.5

I don't know I guess this album was something different that shocked a lot of people back in 1992. They had some cool-sounding riffs, but they just kept playing them over and over and over and over and over. Eventually it started to bore me and I was hoping for something new with each song but it never really happened.

Enjoyed the instrumentals for the most part but really disliked the vocals to a point where it puts me off wanting to re listen to any songs

metal muito distorcido

Monotonous, repetitive, dreary. Used to like old school heavy metal but this stuff leaves me cold. Scare Crow the only redeeming song, possibly because it has a slower tempo and is reminiscent of Black Sabbath

some very fast drums and excellent guitar playing at times but overall I hated it

bullshits

Nope.

Quite noisy. Early industrial.. my ears are bleeding after a while

Didnt dislike but not something i would probably put on to listen to

2.5

Industrial early 90s rock. There's artists in this category I love. I doubt this group will ever be one of them. They commit the worst offense possible for the genre - it's just boring.

Un peu intense pour faire la vaisselle... Pas un fan du genre. Je connaissais just one fix pcq le clip mettait en vedette William Burroughs et j'ai trippé pas mal sur son cas. Corrosion est intéressante, sinon je trouve ça pas mal redondant, les distos sont rasoir à souhait, ça manque de bass et les solos plus 80s à la slash m'énervent au plus haut point. J'aime bien quand le drum passe en mode rate dans le tapis type électro t-t-t-trrrrrrrrrr mais ça me fera pas écouter cet album plus souvent

Ce n’est pas l’album que je croyais que ce serait. C’est plutôt hétérogène comme entité. Je m’attendais en fait à ce que tout ressemble à Psalm 69, qui me répugne au plus haut point. Finalement, on est épragné pour la majeure partie du reste. J’entend ici une influence pour Nine Inch Nail et Tool. Ça ne fait pas un grand album pour autant. Les pièces sont plutôt linéaire et un peu plates.

Loud, messy, bad recording quality, hardly a song structure, an album to forget

nennis 😊

Bit much for me overall but liked most of the guitar riffs

A bit all over the shop, that type of metal/industrial that really does very little for me.

NWO kicked absolute ass as an opening song but I found d myself skipping the entire rest of the album. I've never heard of this band and I know quite a few metal groups so I wonder if NWO was a one hit wonder or something. Much more mainstream than the rest of the album which felt more like something of a mishmash between Metallica, Slipknot, and Rob Zombie.

Definite change of pace! We don't get a lot of metal albums, and I'm not complaining since I generally don't love the genre, but it's a nice break. This one's got a vulgar energy to it, not necessary vulgar lyrics, but just feels nasty. Overall it fits outside of the kinds of metal I do like, maybe a little too heavy for me. But I liked a couple tracks, and I appreciate that this band has a sense of humor. "Jesus Built My Hotrod" is funny to read, and I love the pun in the subtitle of the album: the way to succeed and the way to suck eggs. But ultimately not one for me. Favorite tracks: Corrosion, NWO. Album art: Appropriately grimy and incomprehensible. A nude angel in the middle? Hard to see. I kind of like it though. 2/5

Some okay parts but most of the album was loud messy music that I didn’t get or like

There are some genuinely interesting ideas and musical moments on here, they're just a bit washed out due to overlong arrangements. A bit of editing to cut the fat would've made this a 3-4 star album; as is, it's a bit of a slog to take in all at once.

A little loud and extreme for me.

So-so

Instrumentals were pretty banging for the most part, like the ambience and samples but the vocals did not do it for me

They were better as a synth pop band

Kinda fucking weird, but I finished it. 2.5 cuz it had moments

Metal is my second most hated genre after country, so went in with trepidation but determined to give it a try. First song hated and almost turned it off, but next few started to get into it a bit. Still got bored with samey tunes by the end. 2.4

I do like a bit of industrial thrashy nonsense every now and then but this was just shouty shite

Setting has a lot to do with the listening experience. 20-something me would have loved this at a thrash metal night club, but 40-something me, listening whilst doing the dishes, it's a bit much. Though I did give those dirty saucepans a bloody hard scrub! 🤘

It's bad! Or at least, I didn't really like it. I'm not a fan of metal by any stretch, so I'm probably not a good person to ask about this. There were a couple of spots where I could see the appeal, but there other times where I thought "Wow, this is garbage".

typical trebly industrial of the 90s. just like KMFDM, except I can understand these lyrics a little better.

Industrial metal that's not quite my cup of tea. Just One Fix was good and the rest are meh. 5/10.

liked it more than I wanted too. pretty hard to listen too. words are prolly dumb but idk

Tolerable? I liked the music on a couple of songs but a lot of times it was just too much - grating, distorted, screaming... I know that's what it is. Just not for me I guess. Certainly not "Scum" bad though. Hero was a pretty decent track.

idk if i like this guess it helps with anger. 2 or 3?

Just couldn't... JBMH is a good song though

What to say? It's metal. Although I recognise the skill in it, I don't personally find it enjoyable to listen to.

Some alright stuff but the rockabilly is insufferable

Started well, but crap at the end.

Wow. Full on industrial metal stuff - didn't listen to much.

Been getting into heavier stuff recently, but this might be a little bit too metal for me.

I put this on while studying, so I wasn't paying full attention. It sounded chaotic AF.

This album is a 2/5 for me, but probably 5/5 for fans of industrial metal. It reminds of me of Beck's Mellow Gold, if Mellow Gold had a much denser arrangement and had more repetitive riffs. What does exist lyrically is thematically very consistent throughout the album and fits well with the musical themes/motifs, but I personally also found the lyrics slightly cringeworthy. I have similar feelings to Mellow Gold in that if I had grown up with this album, I might have more nostalgic feeling that would lead to a different rating. However, since I did not, I feel its only fair to grade this in line with my general tastes.

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.

I just can't.

It’s unbearable to listen to. One star…

not my thing

un horror

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...

Worst ever. What could possibly be the point? Just an absolutely terrible experience.

I hate everything about this.

Sign o’ the times… Every time I thought I was beginning to like this album it got worse.

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.

Yeah not for me.

some songs kinda funny good beat but why are the vocals deep fried and grainy and incomprehensible

Not a big fan of 6 inch nails 1.3/5 "thank God that's over"

Again...

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.

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 ⭐️

Svona rokk finnst mér leiðinlegt. Afskaplega misheppnað og það virðist sem enginn kunni að spila á hljóðfæri. Bara vel slöpp plata.

Slop

This could be a 5 if you love screaming and growling over heavy guitar distortion and incessant angry drumming.

This one was a little too metal for me, didn’t like it much

Pretty awful.

Fuck no.

To my ears, this is just juvenile trash, horribly dated juvenile trash at that.

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.

Yuck!

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

Noise.

Boooooo

There are worse industrial metal albums out there. This one didn't pass the headache test, though.

Dnf Hated it. Dated and boring.

This shit is hilarious and ridiculous. Trashy lyrics, overly repetitive riffs and no attempt at originality.

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.

No

Wie befürchtet: Reinhören, Lärm hören, … . Das hat so gar nichts mit dem zu tun, was ich hören möchte.👎👎👎👎👎

I hate metal so much. When everything is loud the music has no impact, and it just sounds generic.

This is not for me

Oh no more nu metal

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)

"....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

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.

I'm not even gonna try

ass

2/10

yeah this was bad. I'll just give it a 1

*No music. Banging instruments, screaming vocals. Most tracks sound alike

ugh

No. Just not my thing. Too goth.

Awful

Unpleasant

Me gusta el sonido de la guitarra y el tempo que van las canciones pero parecen muy repetitivas todas, aunque entiendo que es un poco la idea. Y la voz de el no me gusto.

My ears still hurt.

1.5 stars I understand that these songs aren’t all the same but you can’t convince my ears.

Not my vibe. Sounds like the devil

I been recommended metal all week and this is just not for me either - it’s ok for metal likec

Oooh, edgy.

I already knew going into this that metal isn’t my thing, and this album didn’t change my mind. i hated this, i couldnt finish it.

I hate this with a passion!

Terrible!! I hated this. I knew I would get a bad one because I’ve had so many good ones in a row. I knew Jesus Built My Hotrod.

Edgey trash

I hate this so much. Screaming and yelling > actual singing, which takes talent. This is "music" for thrill-seeking young people to blast on their car stereos as they speed in an attempt to sound cool and badass.

Not a fan of metal

Lots of useless noise and unnecessary chaos. No thanks.

There’s two, maybe three tracks on the whole album that is tolerable. The rest, would be acceptable as background noise at a dive bar in East Atlanta Village, but for listening with headphones, it’s just a monotonous assault on the ears and frontal lobe.

not my music type

These metal albums are disappointing. Didnt like any of these songs. Stylistically, I could appreciate how early this came out and thats about it