Ministry - Rio Grande Blood - review
Ministry - Rio Grande Blood - review
Tracklist
01. Rio Grande Blood02. Señor Peligro
03. Gangreen [ft. Sgt. Major]
04. Fear (Is Big Business)
05. Lieslieslies
06. The Great Satan Remix
07. Yellow Cake
08. Palestina
09. Ass Clown [ft. Jello Biafra]
10. Khyber Pass
A review by
jupitreas April 13, 2006
One look at the explicit cover art and we can be sure that this album is not about dragons and/or black-clad maidens thinking about suicide. No - this is protest music. It's a convention. You either appreciate it or you don't. If you do, then you'll be happy to hear that actually, this is as good as it gets - insanely angry and sloganeering, yet musically intelligent. Whether they are out-playing Slayer ("Fear Is Big Business"), blasting ahead like a black-metal band ("The Great Satan"), playing dynamic and smart alterna-metal ("Ass-Clown", "Khyber Pass") or.. simply being Ministry ("Rio Grande Blood", "Palestina", "LiesLiesLies"), the band shows everybody who's boss. The production is great also, as are the individual performances by the all-star lineup (Tommy Victor, Paul Raven, Mark Baker and of course, Uncle Al). It's all fast and aggressive and very powerful; the single weak point of this album is "Gangreen", the obligatory joke-track, which simply isn't funny. Don't worry though, since the thrashy riffing of "Senor Peligro" (Bush's alter ego?) and the pure destruction of "Fear Is Big Business" will totally make you forget that small misstep.
Don't let that 0.5 fool you. This is possibly the best album of the year and an absolute must-have for any self-respecting fan of aggressive metal.
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I love this album... The lyrical theme is brilliant as is the song Lies Lies Lies...
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This is by far the best Ministry cd. Every song is consistently good throughout, unlike their other releases. This album is actually more metal than industrial, and they should continue with this style.
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This really is one damn fine album. I love listening to politically driven music (even if I disagree some of the points being asserted on this album) and this is the grittiest of them all. ... Though I thought track Gangreen was a pretty good song. The legacy of The Ministry lives on!
---- Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem.
By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty.
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Rio Grande Blood is one of my favorite albums by Ministry. Every song is just so great in my opinion. My favorite song on here is 'Gangreen'.
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| Legacy_Of_Kings
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Instead of spamming, you should specify what is it about them that you dont like... Preferably in a proper forum thread and not in the comments of a review.
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I like this stuff. Industrial is not something I know a lot about, but I do ove his anger. 
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what?  "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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I think "Gangreen" is a pretty good song and a brave endeavour. It takes balls to criticize the troops, although I don't agree with equating US marines to unaware tools of the government. I'm sure most soldiers understand when they sign up what they are in for and feel the rewards outweigh the risks. "You syphillitic Siberian sonofabitch!" Overall, I think this is the best Ministry album, just 50 minutes of pure intensity.
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why does this album have the name of my home-town? 
----  ---- member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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I love this album. I absolutely love this album. Ministry RULES!!
---- Freeze! Step away from the hubris.
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The movie Hurt Locker used this album intensively!!
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