Me and 3 of my metalhead buddies showed up to fight 4 jocks after high school at a park and me and my crew all showed up wearing our Ministry Psalm 69 shirts not on purpose ! LOL !!! Half the school was there to watch and we felt stupid like we called each other and said "Dude, wear your Ministry shirt for the fight !" or something haha . But it was just a coincidence . We won though , so we had that going for us heh heh . I love that album but still chuckle about that when I hear it . And that happened in 94 or 95 .
No one ever talks about In Case You Didnt Feel Like Showing Up: Live from 1991. The songs are from earlier records but the live sound was as metal as they ever got. There's a concert film and everything. Dont miss it!
Really great ranking, Ministry is often ignored and I really appreciate the fact that you listen to newer albums from these older bands. Saw Ministry live twice, it's totally insane, you can feel your mind about to burst. Just the fact that they keep on recording music is great, long life to Ministry, even with their lowest points they are still great.
I saw Ministry live a few years ago and was unfortunately quite disappointed. Al seemed to mellow out over the years so I was bummed lol. Wish I could have seen them back in the 90s or early 2000s as those were insane shows from what I hear/read.
Al is apparently re recording with sympathy as a metal album and just played revenge (a metal version) for the first time in 40 years. I think it's pretty cool to see him come back around on the album he called "an abortion forced by the label" not my favorite album but definitely underrated. Twitch and rape and honey are my favorites.
In Uncle Al's own words "never trust a junkie." I love Ministry, but Al has made so many contradictory statements over the years. It's better just to assume everything he says is bullshit. For example, he once said Barker had little to no involvement in the writing/production process. But Barker has writing credits (and at least one vocal credit) on every album in which he participated.
Holy Shit Bro...This ranking is epic to me. I'm an old-school Ministry fan. Everything from 12" Singles to Pailhead, Programming the Psychodrill to Rio Grande Blood.. I am a Minsistry historian. I saw them at Pittsburgh Star Lake Amphitheater Lollapolooza during Psalm 69 Tour 1992 when they played after Ice Cube a full-on riot broke out. I was 15 years old, and I never experienced anything like it. The cops showed up, and I saw people getting arrested, weapons confiscated and fires were being lit. It was insane. It was forever etched into my psyche which evolved into a love for anything Al Jourgensen/Paul Barker inspired including all of the side projects (Revolting Cocks, Lard) Thanks for your appreciation of these absolute Pioneers of Industrial/Metal way before anyone else was doing it. The fact that they developed their sound into something so chaotic and heavy over the years is extraordinary. Metal Trenches Rocks. Keep up your work
Great ranking. I really enjoyed deep diving this discography outside of a couple records. Shame to see people (least the ones I’ve interacted with) brush aside ministry because I think they have some classic albums. Psalm 69 is slowly becoming one of my all time favorites and filth pig is probably one of the heaviest records I’ve ever listened to personally. Thanks for recommending Psalm since it’s awesome. Land’s also one of my favorites from them too.
I never heard of ministry, but when i was 16 and saw them live at Lollapalooza in 92 , and that shadowy figure came out on stage with a mic stand made of bones, and that n.w.o riff hit, my jaw dropped and ive listened to ministry everyday for the last 30+ years. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
That's when I got into them. Turned on to them from a coworker. Didn't see them live till I moved to Vegas. Had tickets to see them in Phoenix before I moved in '96 but I wasn't able to go.
What’s your opinion on Lard, the band Al and Jello collaborated on? The Last Temptation Of Reid is an absolute classic. I also like Pailhead his collaboration with Ian Mackaye from Minor Threat / Fugazi
Awesome - not very familiar with them but will certainly be checking some of the early ones you ranked well! Your level of analysis is always impressive - many thanks!
I always enjoy hearing other people's opinions about things is always fun. For me, I haven't enjoyed much since Psalm 69, but I like hearing what people enjoy about things that I don't
One of my favorite bands ever. I quite agree with your ranking even if, in my opinion, you overrated Houses of the Molé and underestimated Dark Side of the Spoon
@@Trump4prisonxxx Not about Trump I am embarrased to listen to Ministry as well Looks like a band formed by homeless people with silly lyrics, idiotic topics, cheap videos and Al its just a drug addict with burned brain cells He just tries to stay relevant His last good records were in the 90's
Dark Side of the Spoon and Animositisomina are a couple of my favorites! So low on the list unfortunately. When you ranked From Beer To Eternity above them I seethed hahah
I loved how heavy the "bush era" albums were but also at the same time was experiencing political fatigue due to every realse at the time focusing on the same theme eg, gwar, slayer etc
I was definitely more into everything before Relapse hasn't been the same but there's still a few good tunes i find myself putting in my playlist. I want a new Lard album already !
KAIF is one of my favs from the whole discography. Interesting to hear another opinion. And i always considered amerikant sorta overhated for obvious reasons.
I just saw ministry live 2 weeks ago, and LOVE the new album.. I am very close to the same otherwise... skinny puppy was good live too, the final tour, which I got to as well... One more album to come for sure, and one more tour.. with luck!
I agree with these rankings for the most part except for Twich. Twich deserves to be in Fantastic: Just Like You, We Believe, All Day Remix, Isle of Man... these are some killer tracks.
I think all of the Paul Barker albums are fantastic , so I'd put Dark Side of the Spoon and Animositisomina higher. But other than that it's a good list. I really need to give the thrash era more of a listen, but a lot of the songs are same-y.
Tisdale finally changed their slogan to "opportunity grows here" like 5 or so years ago. Funny thing is we basically just use canola to describe all the rapeseed varieties we grow up here whether its technically accurate or not and thats been true for as far as i can remember.
I think a tier list/ ranking video on the many different Tim lambesis side projects would be great… there Austrian death machine, born through fire, and pyrithion
When you first started talking about the different albums you mention other bands what came out around the same time I wish you would attend you doing that as you move on to the list and talk about music what came out around the same time
I still need to listen to the newest one but my ranking matches yours. Outside of Relapse, their run since Houses has been pretty crazy. Probably the best legacy industrial band going outside KMFDM.
I refell in love with ministry during the pandemic, I respect there older albums but I love ministry's heavy thrash albums I listen to them alot more and I even own surgical meth machine album. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🍺😎
Wow the TDS is strong in the last two albums. Didn't stop me from going to see them for the moral hygiene tour. Won't stop me from seeing this tour either, but you gotta ask yourself how many more quality tours does he have left ?
As a massive ministry fan I have to say you are pretty bang on.....the top two are for me their greatest work and I do feel moral hygiene is a real classic out of their new stuff. My only disagreement would be darkside should be higher and I personally prefer Rio grand to house of mole but you are very well schooled in the pit of ministry my friend 🤘🤘
huge fan of ministry been a huge fan of ministry since 2002 because of my dad and my dad even saw ministry on the 1992 lollapollaza tour in barry ontario canada and graspop 2008 with immortal me personally my favourite ministry albums apart from with sympathy which i can,t stand but my favourite ministry albums for me twitch 1986 their industrial dance era and then from their industrial metal era the land of rape and honey 1988 the mind is a terrible thing to taste 1989 psalm 69 the way to succeed and the way to suck eggs least favourite from industrial metal era ministry i remember listening to in full back 18 years ago in 2006 through my dad being filth pig some good songs reload lava the fall filth pig but not very memorable these days for me yeah i heard dark side of the spoon 1999 back in 2009 through my dad and yeah hated it animostisomina is great i love it like slipknot got in ministrys sound at the time i love it great album does have a nu metal influence houses of the mole my favourite ministry album that blended industrial metal with thrash metal rio grande blood 2006 loved it when it came out love it still perfect album love every song on it the combination of extreme metal industrial metal and thrash awesome i remember hearing the last sucker when it first came out when i was a 7 year old child thought it was cool but really does suck not memorable at all just boring as hell only songs i love lets go the last sucker watch yourself and roadhouse blues . my least favourite industrial metal ministry albums relapse 2012 from beer to eternity 2013 amerikkant 2018 my favourite modern day industrial metal ministry for now for the past 4 years moral hygiene i am unsure about hopium of the masses
My top 1- PSALM 69 2- THE MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING 3- THE LAND TO RAPE AND HONEY 4- DARKSIDE OF THE SPOON 5- HOUSES OF THE MOLE 6- THE LAST SUCKER 7- FILTH PIG 8- RIO GRANDE BLOOD 9- TWITCH 10 - ANIMOSITISOMINA
Metal Trenches, have you listened to the Surgical Meth Machine album Al did? It seemed to be and felt like Ministry in sound, but I think was a way for Al to continue the sound and feel of the band without Matt Scaccia. And after Al said screw it I'll just bring Ministry back haha. But admittedly i haven't listened to it in quite a few years, I do remember liking it a bit.
Great list. Ministry has always been a hit or miss for me to be honest I haven't listened to much of them since the "Bush Trilogy", lol. After watching this video I plan on checking out their newer material 😎🤘🍻
Interesting ranking, I should listen again "From beer to eternity", back then I thought it was as bad as "Relapse" but I'll give it one more spin. Nice to see some appreciation for "AmeriKKKant" as some ignorant reviewers just spit on this album but it's actually very cohesive with some strong tracks. So far I really like the last album, maybe more than "Moral Hygiene". Monte Pittman riffs are especially good and the guy has done some really good solo albums too.
I think the older stuff is cool but after "antifa" the cringelevel is too high for me and new singles are not really better but thats just my opinion. It feels like a band by pc principle on drugs
Dark Side Of The Spoon was the last good Ministry album. Land Of Rape And Honey & Filth Pig are my absolute favourites. And of course "In Case....." -VHS.
Psalm 69 and Filth Pig are fantastic. Psalm being an all time fave. Its simultaneously the best and worst album to drive to lol. Its amazing to think that Psalm went platinum and is honestly in my opinion, the heaviest album that ever has done so. I always imagine that the reactions of people who had no idea what the hell they were listening to as hilarious.
FUCK RELAPSE! and honestly everything after the bush trio. It physically hurts. Apparently paul barker is coming back for the last one, so I am somewhat hopeful, which is way more than I could say about ministry in a long time. Hopefully Paul takes over on a lot of the lyrics.
I’d say that I like both Dark Side of the Spoon and Animositisomina more than you do. I think Rio Grande Blood is my favorite of the Bush trilogy and Last Sucker is the weakest. Al does have less venom on it, and the album suffers as he’s less furious. I also very much like both Moral Hygiene and Hopium for the Masses as they feel like a bit of a return to Ministry’s old style. I personally think Amerikkkant is the worst Ministry album of all. Interestingly, Al announced that the next (and allegedly last but we’ll see) Ministry album is going to have Paul Barker on it again. That coincides with two albums in a row that slowed down on the thrash a touch and got back to their industrial roots. That seems very promising to me and I’m excited to see what those two do together
In the album 'Hopiumforthemasses.' you need to leave only the instrumental. 😕 I've been listening to the ministry since the very beginning since the 80s
never been a big ministry fan, but did love rio grande blood back in my high school days. also got the rare chance back then in either my junior or senior year to see them live with the revolting cocks, and made even more special because the drummer for ministry that night was the legend himself the late great Joey Jordison from slipknot.
I’m sure Al would hate this and I absolutely love TLORAH, but I honestly feel Ministry was a better synthpop/industrial band than a metal band. With Sympathy, Twitch, and TLORAH would be my Perfection tier. What I’ve heard of Hopium gives me hope (ha) that it might be their best in awhile though.
@@anony-moon What? No, that's utter nonsense. If are you refering to Ministry's albums you may have a tiny point but ALL albums? You can't possibly believe that. The entire genre of classical? R&B, Boy-bands? K-pop? EDM? Get out of here with that crap.
Love uncle Al but he seem to get more more like moany old socialist granny now days 😂 still highly rated the Lard stuff...drug raid at 4 am...masterpiece
Yeah, but he's honestly not a bad as some out there. When people like Vaush and Hasan exist... it's hard to care that much about an old musician rambling about stuff.
@@MetalTrenchesoh god yes, just they have always been unbearable 😂 Al was a voice of my generation (X) pity he has just joined on all the current year topics. We still have the good old bad old days...thanks for the tier as always😊
The tryptic of land/mind/spoon is absolutely the best albums. Psalm is definitely by far the most over rated. North the worst but very overrated. Animositisomina and mole round out my top 5. I’d rate last sucker over rio grande blood. I’d also would’ve included the cover ups album since it counts but neither the best or the worst.
Ministry has been hit or miss with me since 2004. They used to be really good and actually meant something as far as current events go. That new album didn’t do it for me at all. Now they’re basically U2. Pretentious and ran their course. They need to just stop at this rate!
Ministry were legendary when it came to industrial metal in the late 80's, especially the 90's, and even the 2000's but ever since Al Jorgensen brought his band back; his band went downhill. It's fine to have political lyrics, Napalm Death does it right; but modern Ministry feels clunky and misguided on top of the music itself being repetitive and badly produced. Their legendary 90's albums still hold up very well. Here would be my ranking: S - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, Psalm 69, Filth Pig A - The Land of Rape and Honey, Dark Side of the Spoon, Houses of the Mole B - With Sympathy, Twitch, Animositasomina, Rio Grande Blood, The Last Sucker C - Relapse, From Beer to Eternity D - Moral Hygiene F - AmeriKKKant, Hopiumforthemasses
1. Psalm 69 2. Rio Grande Blood 3. The Land Of Rape And Honey 4. The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste 5. From Beer To Eternity 6. The Last Sucker 7. Relapse 8. Moral Hygiene 9. Amerikkkant 10. Houses Of The Molé 11. Twitch 12. With Sympathy 13. Hopiumforthemasses 14. Animositasamina 15. Dark Side Of The Spoon 16. Filth Pig (Sorry guys🙈)
the core trilogy of Ministry is some of the best metal albums that you could find in the metal scene waiting for the new Fear Factory album, it should be great as usual, even without Burton Bell, but still
I'm a big fan of the newer Ministry but this is a lame follow up to Moral Hygiene, and second to last album. Three strong tracks isn't good enough following that epic album.
What a frustrating band. Great albums followed up by horrible albums. Al's conspiracy bs presented as revelation, banality presented as poetry. Seen them live twice and they were great both times but, Boi, they make it hard being a fan.
I like the information presented in this video. But the half mask you wear is off putting. Either wear a full mask or no mask. And if you're wearing a full mask, why bother being on screen at all? If you're hiding horrible acid burns on your face or some such, don't. That's way more metal. Wear those scars loud and proud!
Ministry was great in the 90s right up until the point where Paul Barker left the band. Back in 2013 or thereabouts, Al announced that Ministry was done. Frankly, he shound have kept his word. Ministry is a joke now.
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Me and 3 of my metalhead buddies showed up to fight 4 jocks after high school at a park and me and my crew all showed up wearing our Ministry Psalm 69 shirts not on purpose ! LOL !!! Half the school was there to watch and we felt stupid like we called each other and said "Dude, wear your Ministry shirt for the fight !" or something haha . But it was just a coincidence . We won though , so we had that going for us heh heh . I love that album but still chuckle about that when I hear it . And that happened in 94 or 95 .
I love Animositisomina, it sounds so abrasive. Over the years, Dark Side of the Spoon has become one of my favs as well.
No one ever talks about In Case You Didnt Feel Like Showing Up: Live from 1991. The songs are from earlier records but the live sound was as metal as they ever got. There's a concert film and everything. Dont miss it!
I totally agree. Not enough ICYDFLSU. Specially "So What". If I want to get hyped. It is this song, and this version!
Kaif unironically one of my fav tracks. Idk it’s a perfect doomy rainy day vibe
I'm glad you love it
That's my favorite track on the album too. So gothic so dreary. Love it lol
@@matthewramey5677 Hell yeah! Also “Paisley” (Bside track from Filth Pig) is another fav, similar mood to Kaif
I'm a big fan of dark side of spoon. Nursing home, supermanic soul, step, and my favorite is Kaif. I hate the anti trump albums
(in a really raspy voice) "WHERE DID THE TIME GOAW GOAW GOAW!??". 😂. Love that song though
I love the new album, been in repeat for days 🎉
The lyrics are Reddit/tumblr tier.
Really great ranking, Ministry is often ignored and I really appreciate the fact that you listen to newer albums from these older bands. Saw Ministry live twice, it's totally insane, you can feel your mind about to burst. Just the fact that they keep on recording music is great, long life to Ministry, even with their lowest points they are still great.
I've never seen them or Skinny Puppy live, but I would have liked to
I saw Ministry live a few years ago and was unfortunately quite disappointed. Al seemed to mellow out over the years so I was bummed lol. Wish I could have seen them back in the 90s or early 2000s as those were insane shows from what I hear/read.
Al is apparently re recording with sympathy as a metal album and just played revenge (a metal version) for the first time in 40 years. I think it's pretty cool to see him come back around on the album he called "an abortion forced by the label" not my favorite album but definitely underrated. Twitch and rape and honey are my favorites.
In Uncle Al's own words "never trust a junkie." I love Ministry, but Al has made so many contradictory statements over the years. It's better just to assume everything he says is bullshit. For example, he once said Barker had little to no involvement in the writing/production process. But Barker has writing credits (and at least one vocal credit) on every album in which he participated.
@@rambro1stbud I can't tell if he's being completely honest about with sympathy. If you look at live clips from that time he seems really into it.
Holy Shit Bro...This ranking is epic to me. I'm an old-school Ministry fan. Everything from 12" Singles to Pailhead, Programming the Psychodrill to Rio Grande Blood.. I am a Minsistry historian. I saw them at Pittsburgh Star Lake Amphitheater Lollapolooza during Psalm 69 Tour 1992 when they played after Ice Cube a full-on riot broke out. I was 15 years old, and I never experienced anything like it. The cops showed up, and I saw people getting arrested, weapons confiscated and fires were being lit. It was insane. It was forever etched into my psyche which evolved into a love for anything Al Jourgensen/Paul Barker inspired including all of the side projects (Revolting Cocks, Lard) Thanks for your appreciation of these absolute Pioneers of Industrial/Metal way before anyone else was doing it. The fact that they developed their sound into something so chaotic and heavy over the years is extraordinary. Metal Trenches Rocks. Keep up your work
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Great ranking. I really enjoyed deep diving this discography outside of a couple records. Shame to see people (least the ones I’ve interacted with) brush aside ministry because I think they have some classic albums. Psalm 69 is slowly becoming one of my all time favorites and filth pig is probably one of the heaviest records I’ve ever listened to personally. Thanks for recommending Psalm since it’s awesome. Land’s also one of my favorites from them too.
I subscribed to and watch your videos because of your takes on industrial metal. Good video, looking forward to more coverage of industrial metal!
I'm going to see Ministry in a, couple weeks. I can't wait!!!
From Venezuela , devourment ranking
I mostly agree with your ranking, I just enjoyed Relapse a lot more. Look forward to the new album.
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I never heard of ministry, but when i was 16 and saw them live at Lollapalooza in 92 , and that shadowy figure came out on stage with a mic stand made of bones, and that n.w.o riff hit, my jaw dropped and ive listened to ministry everyday for the last 30+ years. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
That's when I got into them. Turned on to them from a coworker. Didn't see them live till I moved to Vegas. Had tickets to see them in Phoenix before I moved in '96 but I wasn't able to go.
I seriously think Twitch might ne there best love that album every song. Very slept on.
What’s your opinion on Lard, the band Al and Jello collaborated on? The Last Temptation Of Reid is an absolute classic. I also like Pailhead his collaboration with Ian Mackaye from Minor Threat / Fugazi
I still need to listen to that. Just been busy.
@@MetalTrenches you’ll love it I promise
@@MetalTrenchesyou need to listen to Pailhead. It’s the Uncle Al project ever and Lard is killer as well!!!
Awesome - not very familiar with them but will certainly be checking some of the early ones you ranked well! Your level of analysis is always impressive - many thanks!
Enjoy!
Yeah don't check anything out after 'Rio Grande Blood', you'll be wasting your time
that Jourgensen quote about W is exactly how I felt after a few years. amazing.
I always enjoy hearing other people's opinions about things is always fun. For me, I haven't enjoyed much since Psalm 69, but I like hearing what people enjoy about things that I don't
One of my favorite bands ever. I quite agree with your ranking even if, in my opinion, you overrated Houses of the Molé and underestimated Dark Side of the Spoon
I've been a fan of Ministry for 20 years, but the secondhand embarrassment I get from watching their current music videos is unmatched.
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Not about Trump
I am embarrased to listen to Ministry as well
Looks like a band formed by homeless people with silly lyrics, idiotic topics, cheap videos and Al its just a drug addict with burned brain cells
He just tries to stay relevant
His last good records were in the 90's
@@Trump4prisonxxxlol at your name. You seem triggered
@@xkidmidnightx projecting
My hot take is I like “With Sympathy” the most.
Great album...twitch is one of my favs
That and twitch are my favorite
Catchy album, Al can hate this album all he wants, it's still a banger..
@@corinnae.7877 he literally just played with simpathy and twitch songs live last month
@@OmaeWaMoShindeiRYU yet he still hates the album wtf, to this day.
Ministry is awesome
Dark Side of the Spoon and Animositisomina are a couple of my favorites! So low on the list unfortunately. When you ranked From Beer To Eternity above them I seethed hahah
I loved how heavy the "bush era" albums were but also at the same time was experiencing political fatigue due to every realse at the time focusing on the same theme eg, gwar, slayer etc
I was definitely more into everything before Relapse hasn't been the same but there's still a few good tunes i find myself putting in my playlist. I want a new Lard album already !
Ministry were a huge gateway band for me. Psalm 69 and the Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste will always have a special place in my heart.
Keep up the good work
KAIF is one of my favs from the whole discography. Interesting to hear another opinion.
And i always considered amerikant sorta overhated for obvious reasons.
I just saw ministry live 2 weeks ago, and LOVE the new album.. I am very close to the same otherwise... skinny puppy was good live too, the final tour, which I got to as well... One more album to come for sure, and one more tour.. with luck!
I agree with these rankings for the most part except for Twich. Twich deserves to be in Fantastic: Just Like You, We Believe, All Day Remix, Isle of Man... these are some killer tracks.
I think all of the Paul Barker albums are fantastic , so I'd put Dark Side of the Spoon and Animositisomina higher. But other than that it's a good list. I really need to give the thrash era more of a listen, but a lot of the songs are same-y.
Can you please do a razor tier list.
wew! gotta love Ministry. it's interesting they're playing songs from with sympathy and may re-record it in their current style
Great list
I think Dark Side is one of their better LPs tbh. You're right about the last one with Barker though, I wasn't surprised when he quit.
Tisdale finally changed their slogan to "opportunity grows here" like 5 or so years ago. Funny thing is we basically just use canola to describe all the rapeseed varieties we grow up here whether its technically accurate or not and thats been true for as far as i can remember.
For me, my enjoyment of ministry albums goes in relation to the order they came out in.
Dark Side Of The Spoon is easily a "great" tier at least. Kaif And Nursing Home my favs from it. Kaif has a gothic/doom vibe.
I love the bass on nursing home, makes feel sexy lol
Agree for the most part but Twitch is my favourite Ministry album!
Twitch is incredible.
I think a tier list/ ranking video on the many different Tim lambesis side projects would be great… there Austrian death machine, born through fire, and pyrithion
1:56 been a fan of the band for over 20 years and never knew this 😅
Cue "The More You Know" sound.
When you first started talking about the different albums you mention other bands what came out around the same time I wish you would attend you doing that as you move on to the list and talk about music what came out around the same time
I still need to listen to the newest one but my ranking matches yours. Outside of Relapse, their run since Houses has been pretty crazy. Probably the best legacy industrial band going outside KMFDM.
I refell in love with ministry during the pandemic, I respect there older albums but I love ministry's heavy thrash albums I listen to them alot more and I even own surgical meth machine album. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🍺😎
Wow the TDS is strong in the last two albums. Didn't stop me from going to see them for the moral hygiene tour.
Won't stop me from seeing this tour either, but you gotta ask yourself how many more quality tours does he have left ?
If you mix the best songs from With Sympathy and 12 Inch Singles, you have a terrific first album
As a massive ministry fan I have to say you are pretty bang on.....the top two are for me their greatest work and I do feel moral hygiene is a real classic out of their new stuff. My only disagreement would be darkside should be higher and I personally prefer Rio grand to house of mole but you are very well schooled in the pit of ministry my friend 🤘🤘
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I'd give mind a bump up. Spoon at great. Bush trilogy all at perfection. Didn't care for much after that.
huge fan of ministry been a huge fan of ministry since 2002 because of my dad and my dad even saw ministry on the 1992 lollapollaza tour in barry ontario canada and graspop 2008 with immortal me personally my favourite ministry albums apart from with sympathy which i can,t stand but my favourite ministry albums for me twitch 1986 their industrial dance era and then from their industrial metal era the land of rape and honey 1988 the mind is a terrible thing to taste 1989 psalm 69 the way to succeed and the way to suck eggs least favourite from industrial metal era ministry i remember listening to in full back 18 years ago in 2006 through my dad being filth pig some good songs reload lava the fall filth pig but not very memorable these days for me yeah i heard dark side of the spoon 1999 back in 2009 through my dad and yeah hated it animostisomina is great i love it like slipknot got in ministrys sound at the time i love it great album does have a nu metal influence houses of the mole my favourite ministry album that blended industrial metal with thrash metal rio grande blood 2006 loved it when it came out love it still perfect album love every song on it the combination of extreme metal industrial metal and thrash awesome i remember hearing the last sucker when it first came out when i was a 7 year old child thought it was cool but really does suck not memorable at all just boring as hell only songs i love lets go the last sucker watch yourself and roadhouse blues .
my least favourite industrial metal ministry albums relapse 2012 from beer to eternity 2013 amerikkant 2018 my favourite modern day industrial metal ministry for now for the past 4 years moral hygiene i am unsure about hopium of the masses
My top
1- PSALM 69
2- THE MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING
3- THE LAND TO RAPE AND HONEY
4- DARKSIDE OF THE SPOON
5- HOUSES OF THE MOLE
6- THE LAST SUCKER
7- FILTH PIG
8- RIO GRANDE BLOOD
9- TWITCH
10 - ANIMOSITISOMINA
Metal Trenches, have you listened to the Surgical Meth Machine album Al did? It seemed to be and felt like Ministry in sound, but I think was a way for Al to continue the sound and feel of the band without Matt Scaccia. And after Al said screw it I'll just bring Ministry back haha. But admittedly i haven't listened to it in quite a few years, I do remember liking it a bit.
I don't think so
Awesome
Great list. Ministry has always been a hit or miss for me to be honest I haven't listened to much of them since the "Bush Trilogy", lol. After watching this video I plan on checking out their newer material 😎🤘🍻
Same, but live there awesome
Interesting ranking, I should listen again "From beer to eternity", back then I thought it was as bad as "Relapse" but I'll give it one more spin. Nice to see some appreciation for "AmeriKKKant" as some ignorant reviewers just spit on this album but it's actually very cohesive with some strong tracks. So far I really like the last album, maybe more than "Moral Hygiene". Monte Pittman riffs are especially good and the guy has done some really good solo albums too.
I think the older stuff is cool but after "antifa" the cringelevel is too high for me and new singles are not really better but thats just my opinion. It feels like a band by pc principle on drugs
The W trilogy remix albums are God tier. The Last Dubber is amazing.
The Bush trilogy and Psalm 69 are my big 4 of Ministry albums.
Wow
Dark Side Of The Spoon was the last good Ministry album. Land Of Rape And Honey & Filth Pig are my absolute favourites. And of course "In Case....." -VHS.
Psalm 69 and Filth Pig are fantastic. Psalm being an all time fave. Its simultaneously the best and worst album to drive to lol.
Its amazing to think that Psalm went platinum and is honestly in my opinion, the heaviest album that ever has done so. I always imagine that the reactions of people who had no idea what the hell they were listening to as hilarious.
FUCK RELAPSE! and honestly everything after the bush trio. It physically hurts. Apparently paul barker is coming back for the last one, so I am somewhat hopeful, which is way more than I could say about ministry in a long time. Hopefully Paul takes over on a lot of the lyrics.
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I’d say that I like both Dark Side of the Spoon and Animositisomina more than you do. I think Rio Grande Blood is my favorite of the Bush trilogy and Last Sucker is the weakest. Al does have less venom on it, and the album suffers as he’s less furious. I also very much like both Moral Hygiene and Hopium for the Masses as they feel like a bit of a return to Ministry’s old style. I personally think Amerikkkant is the worst Ministry album of all. Interestingly, Al announced that the next (and allegedly last but we’ll see) Ministry album is going to have Paul Barker on it again. That coincides with two albums in a row that slowed down on the thrash a touch and got back to their industrial roots. That seems very promising to me and I’m excited to see what those two do together
In the album 'Hopiumforthemasses.' you need to leave only the instrumental. 😕 I've been listening to the ministry since the very beginning since the 80s
never been a big ministry fan, but did love rio grande blood back in my high school days. also got the rare chance back then in either my junior or senior year to see them live with the revolting cocks, and made even more special because the drummer for ministry that night was the legend himself the late great Joey Jordison from slipknot.
Al said he is planning to retire ministry in one or two albums
He's re recording with sympathy so that's 1 of them
Nice video! Have you heard of Tepenon Pal?
I've never been much of a fan of their stuff from about Psalm 69 onwards. But happy enough to listen to Twitch and LORAH over and over.
I’m sure Al would hate this and I absolutely love TLORAH, but I honestly feel Ministry was a better synthpop/industrial band than a metal band. With Sympathy, Twitch, and TLORAH would be my Perfection tier. What I’ve heard of Hopium gives me hope (ha) that it might be their best in awhile though.
Political albums age like fine milk. But combined with how Al himself probably smells who's going to notice.
Tf is a "political album"? So pretty much every album?
@@anony-moon What? No, that's utter nonsense. If are you refering to Ministry's albums you may have a tiny point but ALL albums? You can't possibly believe that. The entire genre of classical? R&B, Boy-bands? K-pop? EDM? Get out of here with that crap.
@@JustinceStJames every rock and metal album, douchebag
OK I better buckle up for this one, I got a lot of Ministry opinions. Deep breath, OK, I can do this... LOL
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Ha, I did not know the origin of Land of Rape and Honey! My fav Ministry, then Psalm. Agree that Mind is uneven.
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Finally someone understands that Amerikkkant isnt bad 😭 Victims of a Clown is indeed a banger
Anything after the last sucker is untter dross
Love uncle Al but he seem to get more more like moany old socialist granny now days 😂 still highly rated the Lard stuff...drug raid at 4 am...masterpiece
Yeah, but he's honestly not a bad as some out there. When people like Vaush and Hasan exist... it's hard to care that much about an old musician rambling about stuff.
@@MetalTrenchesoh god yes, just they have always been unbearable 😂 Al was a voice of my generation (X) pity he has just joined on all the current year topics. We still have the good old bad old days...thanks for the tier as always😊
You should do a list of you favorite female fronted metal bands or all female metal bands
I have done 2 in the past you can find.
thats so wierd, i live near that part of saskatchewan
This is shocking......Al Jourgensen is still alive?
The tryptic of land/mind/spoon is absolutely the best albums. Psalm is definitely by far the most over rated. North the worst but very overrated. Animositisomina and mole round out my top 5. I’d rate last sucker over rio grande blood. I’d also would’ve included the cover ups album since it counts but neither the best or the worst.
Wargasm from amerikkkant is a cool sounding song
Ministry has been hit or miss with me since 2004. They used to be really good and actually meant something as far as current events go. That new album didn’t do it for me at all. Now they’re basically U2. Pretentious and ran their course. They need to just stop at this rate!
Ministry were legendary when it came to industrial metal in the late 80's, especially the 90's, and even the 2000's but ever since Al Jorgensen brought his band back; his band went downhill. It's fine to have political lyrics, Napalm Death does it right; but modern Ministry feels clunky and misguided on top of the music itself being repetitive and badly produced. Their legendary 90's albums still hold up very well. Here would be my ranking:
S - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, Psalm 69, Filth Pig
A - The Land of Rape and Honey, Dark Side of the Spoon, Houses of the Mole
B - With Sympathy, Twitch, Animositasomina, Rio Grande Blood, The Last Sucker
C - Relapse, From Beer to Eternity
D - Moral Hygiene
F - AmeriKKKant, Hopiumforthemasses
I only liked their Psalm 69 Album. A True Masterpiece.
It's the best, but worth checking out some of these other ones.
1. Psalm 69
2. Rio Grande Blood
3. The Land Of Rape And Honey
4. The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste
5. From Beer To Eternity
6. The Last Sucker
7. Relapse
8. Moral Hygiene
9. Amerikkkant
10. Houses Of The Molé
11. Twitch
12. With Sympathy
13. Hopiumforthemasses
14. Animositasamina
15. Dark Side Of The Spoon
16. Filth Pig (Sorry guys🙈)
My first cd was the land of rape and honey
I stopped listening at Filth Pig. They’ve made a lot of albums since then Saw them last summer with Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie. Good show
the core trilogy of Ministry is some of the best metal albums that you could find in the metal scene
waiting for the new Fear Factory album, it should be great as usual, even without Burton Bell, but still
It’s like Al just discovered Tumblr. He was cooler when he was in heroin
I'm a big fan of the newer Ministry but this is a lame follow up to Moral Hygiene, and second to last album. Three strong tracks isn't good enough following that epic album.
Kinda think Ministry are abit mid overall, they do have some cool stuff, but really i think there better experienced live, great live band.
What a frustrating band. Great albums followed up by horrible albums. Al's conspiracy bs presented as revelation, banality presented as poetry. Seen them live twice and they were great both times but, Boi, they make it hard being a fan.
Ministry gets objectively terrible after the mid 2000s and arguably even before that. But i love all of their stuff minus Relapse
I'm sorry but Houses is far from their best - I was surprised at how ordinary metal it was.
I LOVE the new Ministry album! 🤘🏻
Haven’t been worth a shit since Rio Grande!
I’m all for political lyrics but done of Al’s current takes are too establishment cringe
Agree 100%...he became what he was against for so long. Reminds me of Neil Young
I like the information presented in this video. But the half mask you wear is off putting. Either wear a full mask or no mask. And if you're wearing a full mask, why bother being on screen at all?
If you're hiding horrible acid burns on your face or some such, don't. That's way more metal. Wear those scars loud and proud!
I’ve made it this far. You’ll get used to it… or not. 💀
Trump 2024
Ministry was great in the 90s right up until the point where Paul Barker left the band. Back in 2013 or thereabouts, Al announced that Ministry was done. Frankly, he shound have kept his word. Ministry is a joke now.
Paul Barker's solo projects are the true ministry continuation. He was fun live too when I saw him with skinny puppy