Ministry al Jourgensen

UK five CD box set containing a quintet of alums from the Industrial legends, all housed in mini LP sleeves. Includes the albums Twitch, The Land Of Rape & Honey, The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste, In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up (Live), and Psalm 69…

After enduring a year like 2020, no one could have possibly expected Al Jourgensen to stay silent on the maelstrom of the past 12 months. As the mastermind behind pioneering industrial outfit Ministry, Jourgensen has spent the last four decades using music as a megaphone to rally listeners to the fight for equal rights, restoring American liberties, exposing exploitation and putting crooked politicians in their rightful place—set to a background of aggressive riffs, searing vocals and manipulated sounds to drive it home.

Newly uncovered vintage live recordings and unreleased rarities from synth-pop turned industrial metal icons Ministry! Includes a snapshot of Al Jourgensen and the band performing their first ever live show, plus raw demos, alternate mixes and recordings - some of which are appearing here for the first time anywhere!

AmeriKKKant is the upcoming fourteenth album by industrial metal band Ministry, due for release in March 9, 2018. It will be their first release on Nuclear Blast, and will mark the longest gap between studio albums in the group's entire career; at five years, following From Beer to Eternity (2013). AmeriKKKant will also be the first Ministry album without guitarist Mike Scaccia since The Last Sucker (2007); Scaccia died in 2012 but appeared posthumously on From Beer to Eternity.

Guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite has recorded and performed with a large variety of rock acts over the years, including a long tenure with UK gothic rock Legends The Mission, also Peter Murphy of Bauhaus, 3 albums and various tours with Trip hop Svengali Tricky, also electronica pioneer Gary Numan, Ricky Warwick of Thin Lizzy/BSR, plus many more including a single with Al Jourgensen of Ministry, performances with P.J.Harvey, recorded with Roger Daltrey of The Who, members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alanis Morrisette, Revolting Cocks, Ginger of The Wildhearts, Franz Treichler of the Young Gods, Combichrist, Warrior Soul, Prong, plus his recent work on the new album by Black Star Riders (top 10 album in UK) and industrial collaborative Primitive Race.

They may not be as well-known as Ministry or Nine Inch Nails, but Die Krupps has been waving the industrial rock flag since 1980 (in other words, for longer than Al Jourgensen and Trent Reznor). And in 2011, Die Krupps is still going strong, as evidenced by the release of an eight-song EP, Als Wären Wir für Immer. On this release, the group opts to stick to the expected game plan, with a straight-ahead industrial release, there aren't a whole heck of a lot of detours or experimentation here…

Drawing from the pioneering work of artists like Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, and Suicide, the dark avant-industrial group Skinny Puppy formed in 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Originally a duo comprised of former Images in Vogue drummer cEvin Key (born Kevin Crompton) and Nivek Ogre (aka Kevin Ogilvie), Skinny Puppy followed their debut cassette, Back and Forth, with the EP Remission, the first of many recordings with producer David "Rave" Ogilvie, in 1984…

Drawing from the pioneering work of artists like Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, and Suicide, the dark avant-industrial group Skinny Puppy formed in 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Originally a duo comprised of former Images in Vogue drummer cEvin Key (born Kevin Crompton) and Nivek Ogre (aka Kevin Ogilvie), Skinny Puppy followed their debut cassette, Back and Forth, with the EP Remission, the first of many recordings with producer David "Rave" Ogilvie, in 1984…