Ministry
With 'Psalm 69,' Ministry Set the Bar for Depravity
Looking back at the drug-fueled work of vulgarity, 25 years after its release.
Despite Mounting Death Toll, Alberta Still Won’t Declare a Public Health Emergency over Fentanyl
One prominent Alberta addictions doc calls the province's reasoning "nonsense."
Inside the RNC’s Satanic Airbnb
It's hard to imagine the delegates for Donald Trump sleeping in this decrepit, "haunted" funeral home that has a bloody statue of Jesus fucking Mary Magdalene.
Listen to Head Wound City's Ripping Cover of Ministry's "Just One Fix"
The only Record Store Day release you need.
How Skinny Puppy's 'Too Dark Park' Made Me Confront Sickness and Discomfort in Electronic Music
Even today, Canadian band Skinny Puppy's 1990 album continues to unsettle.
Be Goth Once More For Ministry's Unreleased 1983 Demo "The Game Is Over"
The nu-wave revival can't come soon enough.
Before They Were Metal
Making fun of metal bands is good. Making fun of metal bands that used to be glam is great.
The Punk Rocker Who Made Chicago House Happen
Trax Records' first lady Screamin' Rachel on the birth of Chicago house music.
Outtakes from 'Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen'
This is probably NSFW, but, like, whatever.
Nivek Ogre Is Totally Doomed
Nivek Ogre (né Kevin Graham Ogilvie) is best known as the guttural screech that is synonymous with Skinny Puppy, who arguably invented electro-industrial in the early 80s. I recently spoke with Ogre about such joyful matters as the Fukushima meltdown...
Keep Your Feelings Out of Industrial, Pansy
Reviewing Ministry’s 'The Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Taste' in 1989, Robert Christgau wrote that industrial is “objective; it doesn’t imply a subject.” That pronouncement made sense until NIN came along and spread their boring narcissism all over...