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Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Start Time: 8:30 PM
Event Type: Special Events, Concerts
Last Updated: March 15, 2012
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Defi Brilla TouR 2012MinistryThirty years and 12 albums into a career of euphoric highs and stupefying lows, Ministry have created Relapse, their heaviest, most eclectic and most inspiring offering to date. The brainchild of frontman Al Jourgensen and his experienced wingmen (or is that wingnuts), the record bursts with the turmoil of a violent political rally and the precision of a marksman at a shooting range.This records really good and I never say that about my own shit, Jourgensen declares. Not only is it the best record Ive ever done, Id put it in the top 50 records of all time. Usually, when I finish a record I never want to hear it again. I cant stop listening to this one, and that says something.With 16 million records sold worldwide, six Grammy nominations under his belt and kudos from industrial bands that have followed in his wake, including Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot and Korn to name a few, Jourgensen has earned the right and garnered the credibility to judge the quality of his own material. Coming five chaotic years and one near-death experience after the release of the bands The Last Sucker, Relapse is less a dramatic comeback than a climactic return. Unapologetic, confrontational and catchy as an influenza epidemic, the album compiles Ministrys strongest sentiments, riffs and refrains and reconfigures them in a way thats utterly brutal, yet undeniably thought provoking, Relapse incorporates elements of thrash, crossover metal, groove metal, angular prog rock, psychedelia and even classic rock.99 Percenters, a rally song for the Occupy Movement, weaves echoing, textural guitars around a chugging main riff, and features roaring vocals, whirring samples and a chant-along refrain inspired by Country Joe McDonalds I-Feel-Like-Im-Fixin-To-Die-Rag, while Double Tap, a song about the assassination of Osama Bin Laden is fueled by a savage thrash riff and blindingly fast double-bass drumming and embellished with Middle Eastern melodies, a fleet-fingered melodic solo and gunshots.The funny thing is I didnt even want to do another Ministry record, Jourgensen says. I was working on my stoner country album by Buck Satan & the 666 Shooters, and [guitarist] Mikey [Scaccia] and I started messing around with these heavy riffs just as a change of pace. And then we realized the stuff we were coming up with were totally Ministry. Mikey was like, Dude, weve gotta do something with this. Weve gotta make another Ministry record. And I went along kicking and screaming.