After Ministry's second album "Twitch" was released Al Jourgensen was still not satisfied with the industrial-dance sound he created so for his next album he decided to add guitars into the mix. When "The Land of Rape and Honey" was released in 1988 it gave birth to the Industrial-Metal genre and influenced upcoming Industrial-Metal bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Static-X, Fear Factory, and Marilyn Manson. This album and their next album titled "The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste" are cosidered the most important albums in the Industrial-Metal genre and are still Ministry classics to this day. Songs such as "Stigmata", "Flashback", and "The Missing" are instant classics and the song "The Land of Rape And Honey" is both heavy and something you could dance to. This album also introduces Ministry's new bass player Paul Barker into the band. This album is my second favorite ("The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste" is my all-time favorite).

This album is a staple for all Ministry fans and shouldn't be passed up.

this is what i believe to be the album that kicked off the industtial revolution. a must have for metal and industrial

This album is from the old testament of industrial music. Many consider this very album to be the inspiration for many industrial legends who would go on to create their own chapters in history. However, if you've followed the industrial music scene since the mid 80's like myself, you bought this one on vynal years ago. If you are NEW to industrial music, then you MUST own this album! It may seem quite defferent to some younger fans more accustomed to the present day bands that CLAIM to be industrial, but are nothing more than metal bands with a synthesizer or drum machine in the background. This is the real deal folks, what True industrial is all about. Alas, we are a dying breed, so get it while you can.

If you'll permit me to describe Al & Paul's playful and irritatingly sweet-natured goth-pop of old as a waterfight at a Cathloic school fete, then the sheer industrial malevolence of LORAH, for that is her cutely abbreviated name, is something akin to a coke-fuelled shooting rampage at a Texan (or possibly Arabian) military academy.

With half the songs being decent and the rest excellent, Ministry's first "proper" album influenced countless industrial acts to follow, though none have as yet come close to imitating this most abrasive of sonic barrages. The title track and You Know What You Are are particularly violent, consisting of drumming assaults so explosive they'd put an artillery unit to shame. The latter also boasts some frightening gargled vocals through a distortion pedal, barely human but addictive nonetheless.

Other songs which threaten to devastate the tiny Middle Eastern cities of your eardrums include the irate thrashalongs of Missing and Deity. These ignite for the first time the oil fires of uber-processed heavy metal guitars; this particular strain of jet-black smoke would burn for a long time in the desert sky of Ministry's dystopian battleground.


Once the apocalyptic sandstorm subsides, the headache will linger on for a good few weeks. Enjoy it like a rivet.

Quite possibly the best and most influential industrial album ever. When I go to Ministry concerts nowadays I'm usually disappointed that I don't hear more songs from this album. Maybe one song (or two if your lucky). Al Jourgensen is usually too busy playing songs from his most recent albums which will never be as good or as CLASSIC as the songs from this one. Don't misunderstand me, some of his later material is okay, but it will never top Land of Rape and Honey.

This album is one of the top five industrial albums ever. How many bands were influenced by this one since 1988? I'm sure it's a lot. Ministry has had at least three tribute albums for @#$!s sake! Maybe more by now, I don't know. Other old skool bands are lucky to have one! Even if they ARE good.

Hopefully I'm not wasting my time here. If you're reading this review then you ARE familiar with Ministry and probably already have this album. But if you are among the uninformed younger generation that was born after this album was made and you actually think 'Linkin Biscuit' and 'Hootie blew my Fish' is good music, then it's time for you to be educated.

'Land of Rape and Honey' by 'Ministry'. Own it. Buy it, keep it, nuff said.