The Land of Rape and Honey represented Ministry's stylistic breakthrough, combining assaultive percussion, samples, synths, and (sometimes) crunching guitars with distorted, barking vocals. For all the emphasis on the group's metal/industrial fusion, it's really only the first three (and best) tracks on Rape and Honey -- "Stigmata," "The Missing," and "Deity" -- that employ guitars extensively. The remainder of the album merely suggests heavy metal aggression through its electronic and sampled elements; it is far more industrial in feel, even though it's just as dark. Ministry was the industrial band that, more than any other, appealed to metal fans, and it was The Land of Rape and Honey that began to lay claim to that status.
In case you can't make out what the image above is, i'll clarify: it's a dead guy. Dead guys are not really what comes to mind when you think of 80's videos, but hey, we're talking about Ministry after all. "The Land Of Rape and Honey" sounded completely unlike anything else when it came out in 1988, and although the most famous track was "Stigmata", my personal fave is this track, "Flashback"....
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Since I've thought of this song for TWO blog comments so far today, this song is screaming for embedding. Kills me to see Al Jourgansen without the LONG beard and without the sunglasses. Doesn't look very threatening until he opens his mouth."YOU'VE RUN OUT OF LIES!!!"
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Since I've thought of this song for TWO blog comments so far today, this song is screaming for embedding. Kills me to see Al Jourgansen without the LONG beard and without the sunglasses. Doesn't look very threatening until he opens his mouth."YOU'VE RUN OUT OF LIES!!!"
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In case you can't make out what the image above is, i'll clarify: it's a dead guy. Dead guys are not really what comes to mind when you think of 80's videos, but hey, we're talking about Ministry after all. "The Land Of Rape and Honey" sounded completely unlike anything else when it came out in 1988, and although the most famous track was "Stigmata", my personal fave is this track, "Flashback"....
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Ministry sings the following genre(s): Alternative Metal , Industrial Metal More videos from Ministry: MINISTRY: Stigmata MINISTRY: Jesus Built My Hotrod MINISTRY: No W MINISTRY: Fire Engine MINISTRY: Lies Lies Lies
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| 1 Stigmata |
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| 2 The Missing |
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| 3 Deity |
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| 4 Golden Dawn |
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| 5 Destruction |
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| 6 Hizbollah |
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| 7 The Land of Milk and Honey |
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| 8 You Know What You Are |
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| 9 I Prefer |
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| 10 Flashback |
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| 11 Abortive |
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