The Land of Rape and Honey

by Ministry

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 October 1988
  • Label: Sire
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:41
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: Kevin Ogilvie, Grand Wizard K-Lite, Paul Barker, William Rieflin, Angela Lukacen, Chris Connelly, Al Jourgensen, Mars Williams, Mike Scaccia

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Completely shedding their early synthpop aesthetic, Ministry unleashed a terrifying, mechanical barrage of distorted samples, relentless drum machines, and heavy, thrashing guitars. This violently abrasive album essentially created the definitive template for industrial metal, melding dancefloor rhythms with pure sonic aggression. It is a remarkably misanthropic, raw, and angry assault on the senses that perfectly captures the paranoia of the late Cold War era.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, violence, industrial, political, abrasive

Tracklist

  1. Stigmata - Update Mix (5:44)
  2. The Missing (2:55)
  3. Deity (3:23)
  4. Golden Dawn (5:42)
  5. Destruction (3:30)
  6. Hizbollah (3:59)
  7. The Land of Rape and Honey (5:12)
  8. You Know What You Are (4:45)
  9. I Prefer (2:16)
  10. Flashback (4:48)
  11. Abortive (4:23)

Credits

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