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I used to have a couple of Ministry CDs years ago but eventually sold them because I wasn't totally into industrial music at the time. Now MANY years later I heard music from 'The Last Sucker' & I was sucked right back in! Now I have a bunch of Ministry's CDs (including the 2 I sold) & man I really feel I missed out on some good music all of those years! Let me just say that 'Filth Pig' was my first Ministry album, so I'm sure most fans would say "no wonder you didn't keep listening"....now I actually dig the album more than I did before but after listening to a few others & 'Rio Grande Blood,' I'm just hooked into Ministry like I never stopped listening to them! Compared to the slow paced 'Filth Pig,' 'Rio Grande Blood' is on the TOTAL OPPOSITE side....fast & furious & ANGRY industrial metal! This album is indeed part of a trilogy of Ministry CDs that are devoted to slamming Bush & it is so intense it makes you want to hate the Bush administration even if you don't! The drumming is the best part of this anger filled opus...especially the double bass drumming. Killer music to pump you up folks!Read full review
Ive heard this is the last Ministry album... I sincerely hope it is not... this is the last in a trilogy of albums from alan jourgensen and crew, and i think perhaps the best of those albumns... its full of all the bile we are used to, regarding the aspects of living in a corrupt bush society, but it also has the feel and hooks of earlier ministry albums... the only negative song, in my opinion, is the cover of the doors roadhouse blues... its an interesting take on it, but it feels misplaced in this albumn, and in its location on the album... i would have thought it better as a hidden track or something like that.... overall, i think most ministry fans would like, and should have this album....
This is supposed to be the last Ministry CD and also the finale in the anti-Bush trilogy begun with Houses of the Mole & Rio Grande Blood. It sounds pretty much like a continuation of those previous two releases - heavy, industrialized rockabilly spliced with ominous sounding Bush soundbites and Al Jourgensen screaming over it. Maybe not quite as good the third time around - but still heavy enough and relevant to be well worth listening to.
One of Ministrys better albums. Full of the vitrol you'd expect from Al & friends. The third in his anti-Bush trilogy. The cover of "Roadhouse Blues" is excellent!!! The last song "End of Days" recites Eisenhowers speech about the industrial/military complex, and is a valid as today as it was then. It's supposed to be the last MInistry album, though there is a album of just cover songs out, so technically, this is the last album of original Ministry music. It's up there with "Psalm 69" and "The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste". If you like them at all, I'd recommend this album. If you support Bush (why anyone would is a mystery to me, but anyway) you would be wise to skip this CD.....
I love the album, especially the "Death and Destruction" track. I like Ministry in general, and I'm expanding my collection of all their music. The sound is raw, distorted, digital, fast and heavy, just like I like all my music. I've liked Ministry since they came out in the 80's and continue to marvel at their progression in sound over the years. Their albums get better and better with each new one, sounding heavier and crunchier than the last......... I would reccomend this to anyone who likes their music loud, heavy and different.
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