Twitch - Ministry

Before Ministry turned into the cyber metal gods they are to day, Ministry had been a rather dubious Electro-pop band more Howard Jones than Depeche Mode. The album that was released under that incarnation With Sympathy is an embarrassing stain that Al Jourgensen has tried to remove through out his musical career. Twitch was Al’s first attempt to distance himself from the new romantic image he has so successfully portrayed on his debut release. The over-riding influence on Twitch is the sound of the then new and underground European Electronic Body Music scene, and in particular Front 242. A band that Al had began to collaborate with on the Revolting ...  Read the complete review

'Twitch' is a bridge between the syth-pop past of Alien Jourgensen's early years and the insanely heavy metal of 'Psalm 69' and 'Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste'. Jourgensen was inspired by the sounds of Depeche Mode's 'Some Great Reward'- esp. 'People are People'- to harden up his sound. 'Twitch' was produced in 1986 by Adrian Sherwood and mister Jourgensen- and here we have the roots of every Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson record made since. In reality, 'Twitch' is the last melodically-inclined Ministry record, as each successive LP became more inaccessible and noisy to the point of being ridiculous. ...  Read the complete review