Al could bring back Paul, Connelly, the ghost of Bill Rieflin, and anyone else that was involved in the classic era, but nothing could help him write less than cringe worthy lyrics in the 21st century.
Al could bring back Paul, Connelly, the ghost of Bill Rieflin, and anyone else that was involved in the classic era, but nothing could help him write less than cringe worthy lyrics in the 21st century.
Resurrect the more processed/distorted vocals of yore and he can recite cereal ingredients for all I care!
But seriously, I’ll start getting excited about an all-star “final” album when it’s confirmed in the upload queue…
New album is dogsh** unsurprisingly. What a travesty of a band.
I bet Paul B is laughing his ass off.
BDE is probably one of the worst songs they've ever done.
Yep agreed. Its as bad as anything off From Beer....
Its fairly pathetic that Ministry albums get released at all, and purely on the basis that the Ministry name released some incredible albums in the 80's/early 90's. If a new band came along and sounded like Hopium, they wouldn't get signed, never mind to a label like Nuclear Blast.
Honestly, I don't like being excessively negative towards bands but the fall from grace Ministry have had is just so glaringly obnoxious that its insulting to new bands trying to get signed.
I can't believe I pre-ordered this trash. This is certainly worse than Beer to Eternity.
I get like second hand embarrassment listening to new Ministry songs, and it's been that way for years. My wife and I were contemplating going to Cruel World in a few months just to have fun at festival with a bunch of music in that style and revisiting Twitch and With Sympathy only solidifies how much the only Ministry era I like was their full 80s run. I don't even care for Psalm 69 that much, honestly. The further they got into metal, the more I get disinterested.
I quite liked Moral Hygiene, thought it was a step in the right direction, this aint. Al reckons they never retread old ground in terms of formula but yeah. Same old same old..
Just got blown away by FLA and Gary Numan, who I've now finally seen after a decade of trying to attend shows. Was amazing.
Ministry are halfway through their setlist. I haven't sought out anything off the new album. First time hearing any of it.
These songs are boring. And I could go to the butcher 's and come away with less ham in my fists.
Ed: Before starting NWO Al cracked a few jokes, thanking us for sitting through the new stuff, and saying it was now time to reward us with doggy treats for the rest of the night. Lol, glad he has a sense of humor about it.
Last edited by Shadaloo; 03-17-2024 at 09:10 PM.
Yeah, this album is weak. The songs seem half-assed and yeah he's always been political since the beginning, but sing a song about a scarecrow or sumpthin' will ya?
Probably the shittiest album aside From Beer To Eternity and/or Relapse.
Did everyone else want to hear an over-the-top cookie monster cover of Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) as much as I didn't?
Wait no more: https://cleopatrarecords.bandcamp.co...marilyn-manson
I don't even know what's worse - the actual content of this album, or its subject matter
edit: I didn't realize this cover was actually out years ago, originally from the 2011 album (sigh) Very Best Of Fixes & Remixes
Just sitting here appreciating that the Ultimate Rarest Trax compilation has the Shasta commercial as a hidden track tacked onto the end, and ignoring the new album.
Video from Cruel World's set. Only With Sympathy and Twitch tracks with Charlie Clouser on keyboards too!
Holy shit, this is awesome! Loved the new version of "Effigy (I'm Not An)"
EDIT: Just read the Rolling Stone interview , it's a great insight on why he decided to rehash these songs and to do a final album with Paul; sadly it seems he might be having health issues:
Yeah, that's not cool, but i'm happy he's reliving his past coming full circle.I’m not divulging my medical records, so there might be underlying reasons why it’s also time to go. I’ll just put it at that...
Last edited by henryeatscereal; 05-12-2024 at 03:24 AM.
It’s pretty rare that I’m bummed i missed a festival performance. But this one bummed me out. Looks so rad.
Shoulda had them play at night tho. Come on, these daylight performances aren’t helping anyone…at a goth show…
This is absolutely awesome, hopefully Al tours this shit.
Did anyone get an AUD from the performance?
edit: Watched all the videos, looks like everybody is having a blast. All Day nearly made me cry, thanks guys.
and I totally want to be Charlie during Over the Shoulder. Dude looks like he is having the time of his life up there.
Last edited by SM Rollinger; 05-12-2024 at 10:44 AM.
I thought the Twitch sounded great, and about 2/3rds of the With Sympathy stuff was cool ... I really don't like the new arrangement for Effigy, but it's neat to hear the rest of those songs.
any one got a lossless on this tape? (its an AUD)
Would love to have an audio rip of this as well.
Finally!
it warms the heart