Thursday, June 30, 2005

Live 8 Tracks: Number 3

Live 8 will consume all.

#3: "Stigmata"
-Ministry, In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up [Live] (Sire/Warner Brothers)

In an era (the early 90s) when slackers were en vogue, leave it to Ministry to call "Bullshit". While the album title takes underachievers to task, the music "burning inside" ICYDFLSU is a blitzkrieg of industrial metal laced with bile. Al Jourgensen saves his most caustic remarks for the final track, and "Stigmata" closes with a flourish of "fucks" that are beautiful in their offensiveness. Just listen to it.*

*Not for the faint of heart.

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