http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/ministry/rantology.shtml
[b]on Rantology, the dark, unnerving tone of his earlier work has long since been traded in for the uninspired rantings of a cranky musician trying too hard regain his prominence.
At some point in their career, possibly when Paul Barker left, Ministry stopped being an industrial band and started being a boring thrash band.
the track launches into a cinematic clash of keyboard-strings, operatic vocals, and weak programmed drums.
The one new track here is “The Great Satan”, which further spews venom towards the President with uninspired speed-metal riffing, flat, robotic drumming, and distorted vocals[/b]
Yep.
Great review. They definitely got it right there.
Except maybe for saying Animositisomina sucked…
The rest was blatantly true.
ditto voidhead
LOL, these guys can be really harsh with their reviews but sadly, we all know that this time they are spot on.
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At some point in their career, possibly when Paul Barker left, Ministry stopped being an industrial band and started being a boring thrash band.
They stopped being an industrial band about 10 years before Paul left.
Hmm ok but they stopped being industrial metal when Paul left and they DID become a boring thrash band.
I agree with practically everything that review says. Both Greatest Fits and Rantology are miserable failures. I do like Houses of the Mole, though, even if it is a total rehash of Psalm 69. =\
“houses” has nothing to do with psalm69 at all
Except for the tune “Psalm 23,” and the whole “No W” thing, rehashing the samples from “NWO.” Oh, and “WTV.” There’s certainly no equivalent to “Scarecrow,” or “Corrosion,” or “Grace.”
It was “Grace” that really got me into Ministry, so hopefully we’ll have more stuff like that in the future.
Except for the tune “Psalm 23,” and the whole “No W” thing, rehashing the samples from “NWO.” Oh, and “WTV.” There’s certainly no equivalent to “Scarecrow,” or “Corrosion,” or “Grace.”
It was “Grace” that really got me into Ministry, so hopefully we’ll have more stuff like that in the future.
I hear some similarities between Scarecrow and Worm.
Eventually, Bush quotes some scripture and the song tears into run-of-the-mill open-E riffing accented by the occasional programmed horn and string burst, all of which here sound cheap and generic.
ha! it’s in D! so it’s open-D riffing…