Ministry

Formed: 1981 in Chicago, IL

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Genre: Other, Pop/Rock

Group Members: Paul Barker, Al Jourgensen, Bill Rieflin

Biography: Until Nine Inch Nails crossed over to the mainstream, Ministry did more than any other band to popularize industrial dance music, injecting large doses of punky, over-the-top aggression and roaring heavy metal guitar riffs that helped their music find favor with metal and alternative audiences outside ...Read full biography

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The Land of Rape and Honey

Released: 1988

Label: Rhino/Warner Bros.

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The Land of Rape and Honey represented Ministry's stylistic breakthrough, combining assaultive percussion, samples, synths, and (sometimes) crunching guitars with distorted, barking vocals. For all the ...Read full review

The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste

Released: 1989

Label: Sire/Warner Bros.

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In what many consider to be Ministry's peak, the band creates another wonderful album to follow The Land of Rape and Honey. Fusing thrash guitars with excellent synth and percussion work, Ministry lay ...Read full review

More Ministry albums: Main Albums (27), Compilations (14), Singles & EPs (18), DVD/Video (6)

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