Rio Grande Blood [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Ministry

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2006)
• Original Release Date: May 2, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Megaforce
• ASIN: B000F3AAZW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,608 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
With Rio Grande Blood (5/2/06 - 13th Planet Records/Megaforce), Ministry's chief executive madman Al Jourgensen harnesses bunker-busting guitar missiles, drums which pummel like carpet bombs and audio samples ripped from today's headlines promulgating the grim reality of the State of the Union. Rio Grande Blood is an industrial guerilla Patriot Act admonishing conformity and embracing the concept that national pride takes many forms and questioning authority in a free society should not come at the price of being labeled as seditious with fear of imprisonment. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Return to Form Continues, May 3, 2006

By	Longly (Tejas) - See all my reviews

Building on the work the did a couple of years ago on _Houses of the Mole_, Ministry continues to dig deep into their bag of industrial/speed/death/electronic/metal tricks and licks. For whatever the reasons, a Bush presidency seems to bring out the best in them as these last two albums have an intensity and focus that were lacking on most of the albums that followed _Psalm 69_ like _Dark Side of the Spoon_, and _Animositisomina_ (or however that last one is spelled). As someone who is 41 and has been listening to Ministry for almost 20 years, I can't wait to see them this Sunday night at the Ridglea Theater in Fort Worth, Texas, as they kick off this tour! Do I dare tempt the fate and destiny of the free world by hoping for a Jeb Bush presidency just to see if Ministry can keep it up?

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ministry's best album of the this decade, May 3, 2006

By	Self Induced (Drexel Hill, PA) - See all my reviews

this is the 2nd Ministry album released since long time collaborator Paul Barker left the band. this is also their 3rd full-length studio album since being dropped by Warner Bros records. this shows that nothing can stop Al Jorgensen and his industrial metal onslaught. its hard to believe that its been 18 years since Land Of Rape And Honey was released. but after all this time, Al can still pull off a brutal, confrontational Ministry album like Rio Grande Blood. under his rule, Ministry has evolved into more of an actual band, rather than a one-man industrial entity involving drum machines, samples, and various programming. Rio Grande Blood is even more in your face than their last album, Houses Of The Mole', both musically & politically. even the album cover is more intense (and bound to cause more controversy). but there's no such thing as bad press. this album gets my vote as one of the best metal releases of 2006.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ministry of truth will rise..., May 2, 2006

By	DIABOLIC888 (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

As one can tell by the cover, Rio Grande Blood is very politically based lol. And why not, this is our world and the evil-doers should be exposed. Rio Grande Blood is a good after coming of Houses of the Mole. Heavy, angry and just good industrial ministry pleasure. And Filth Pig is actually the line that seperated the real Ministry fans from the so-called Ministry fans, Filth Pig was amazing especially with tracks like "Lava" which they play amazing live. In fact the Filth Pig tours around 1996 were some of the best. Dark Side of the Spoon and Filth Pig showed that you don't always have to be very thrash agressive or fast paced with the guitars and can therefore be more slow calculated and dark. Which Al showed on dark side with "Whip and Chain". Your always going to have the people that just love the speed, and you'll have the people who love speed and or all the above. Rio Grande Blood is definitely speed, but also has it's good industrial darker moments, I think it's one of Ministrys heaviest albums. But with all Ministry albums you always get a mix of both. Overall a very satisfying release from Ministry.