Filth Pig - Ministry

Ministry after the release of Psalm 69 seemed destine for mega stardom on a level with their other industrial rock peers Nine Inch Nails. The crossover than Ministry had achieved had left in its wake a thousand wannabes armed with a sampler and rock hard guitar sound. However with the release of Filth Pig, Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker decided to move away the sound they had created with A Mind is a terrible thing to taste and Psalm 69 and move Ministry away from the copycats and into less commercial realms. The first thing you notice about Filth Pig is that it all seems a lot slower and heavier than previous Ministry releases. Where as the bulk of Psalm 69 ...  Read the complete review

Ministry hit the big-time with Psalm 69, and whilst that is a fantastic album which has been much duplicated by shitty techno-metal bands since, Filth Pig captures the unapologetic ugliness that Al Jourgensen's work has always promised. Denounced by some as unlistenable, unlike the majority of Ministry's previous output Filth Pig oppresses rather than steamrollers the listener with its heaviness. It is extremely sad and depressing, without being melancholic, and at times you literally feel the pain. The 'industrial' elements on previous records have been cast away in favour of a live sound, which truly sounds like being in the same room as the ...  Read the complete review