Ministry and its leader Al Jourgensen are back with an album that opens up to a wider audience.
Mass has been said ? Let’s pack up, hello at your place, amen? Al Jourgensen, the figurehead of Ministry, has been willingly brandishing the threat for some time: this could be the group’s last album. Well, OK, penultimate since the guy would have in mind to re-record With Sympathy, the first on the list, way of closing the loop.
Whether he reconsiders his decision or decides to stick to it, Jourgensen does not intend to put water in his wine when reviewing all the ills and failings of an America in decay: misogyny, racism, pollution, religious prudishness, overmedia coverage.
In short, more than enough to convey a desire to present everything in a, um, resolutely “arena rock” light according to his words, even if it means that his environmental concerns translate into an increasingly discreet presence of the “industrial” aspect. of his metal. A few friends passing through (Pepper Keenan from Corrosion of Conformity, Jello Biafra) and that’s it!
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Here is the tracklist:
- BDE
- Goddamn White Trash
- Just Stop Oil
- Aryan Embarrassment
- TV Song 1/6 Edition
- New Religion
- It’s Not Pretty
- Cult of Suffering
- Ricky’s Hand
