
Evolution is a process which, in my humble opinion, virtually every matter-holding entity, in any universe, is subject to the powers of; in the case of Ministry, one could never have predicted this level of aggression if you had only been subjected to Al Jourgensen’s early singles (from 1980 – 1986). Any semblance of the new romantic, synth-pop foundation from which he sprung are cremated in a metallic blur of growling guitars, industrial drumming, and found sounds like burglar alarms & audio clips from real life riots. Ministry had long been hardening their sound up to this point, but they had never sounded so consumed as they did on this, their strangely-titled fifth album. This song is proving to be prophetic, as globalization has put us all prone at the feet of a new world order…