Ministry: Animositisomina : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone

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After 1999's self-parody "Dark Side of the Spoon," Ministry looked ready for the scrap heap, having been sold for parts to the acts they had influenced. But with its ninth studio album, the quintessential industrial-metal act returns to eat its young -- and pays homage to its forefathers. Songs such as "Unsung" showcase a reapplied talent for twisting archetypal metal riffs into new shapes. And throughout, the band exposes its post-punk roots, caustically covering a Magazine song and sounding like a bionic Joy Division on "Shove." As the palindrome album title suggests, Ministry have turned a bleak ending into a wonderfully bleak new beginning.

ROBERT CHERRY
(From RS 917, March 6, 2003)

(Posted: Feb 11, 2003)

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