Ministry is an American industrial/industrial-metal band formed by Al Jourgensen in 1981. The band helped pioneer industrial metal with influential late-1980s and early-1990s albums such as The Land of Rape and Honey and Psalm 69.

Founded by Al Jourgensen; longtime collaborator Paul Barker was a key member until the early 2000s. Ministry are widely cited as influential on later industrial acts (reviews and sources note influence on Nine Inch Nails). Reviews on DeBaser highlight political themes, sampling, and Jourgensen's personal struggles discussed in coverage.

DeBaser hosts a decent amount of reviews of Ministry (13 reviews). Reviewers praise late-80s/early-90s classics and note the band's influence on industrial/industrial-metal. Later metal-leaning albums and some post-1996 releases receive mixed-to-negative reactions.

For:Fans of industrial, industrial metal, experimental and politically charged rock music.

 "The Land Of Rape And Honey", an album from 1988, is their masterpiece, an explosive mix of hardcore, garage, noise, and industrial, but above all one of the most shocking albums of all time, certainly one of the most important and effective musical acts of denunciation.

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 The grand chamberlain is Allen Jourgensen, a brilliant maniac.

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 An immortal work, an album that if you put it in the player today, still kicks ass exactly like in 1992: same power, same freshness, same audacity.

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