great songs: Ministry "Deity"

no guru · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:43 am

from: The Land Of Rape And Honey (1988)

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http://hyperupload.com/download/02a3b9e042/03_Deity.mp3.html

Could have picked any track off this album, since they're all strong. One of the angriest albums ever, it completed the jolting transformation of the group from synth to industrial metal. An eye-and-door opener for so much of what was to come, even if what-was-to-come-industrial didn't always measure up.

So many groups have imitated and emulated over the years, it's remarkable the rage and propulsion are as strong as ever.
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eyes open
empty as halos
he comes for me
deity

help- what's the matter?
looking for someone?
he comforts me
deity

resurrection
coming in stereo
if you say so
he comes for me

let's pray
to tv divinity
he covets me
deity

resurrection
coming in stereo
if you say so
deity

resurrection
coming in stereo
if you say so

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south pacific · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:45 am

That album is personal favorite of mine. Blistering in it's intensity, it was a gateway for all things not mainstream to me.

Al needs to relisten to this and start doing something else musically. He's been in a serious rut for awhile now.

Sketch · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:56 am

Great album.

nick · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:04 am

loved this record. i guess i still do, since we havent technically had a falling out. like, it hasnt stolen my woman or nuthin'.

d · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:51 pm

I loved this album when it first came out, and yes, "Deity" was always one of those songs you could crank in the car while driving 50 mph over the speed limit.

Unfortunately, Al never seemed to grow from this period, as I always felt like the subsequent albums sounded like rehashed "Land of Rape and Honey" and "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste."

Stone red's dark sunshine · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:17 pm **Posts:** 1096

Weird. I just listened to The Land of Rape and Honey yesterday for the first time in probably five years. "Deity" is a classic, but there are a ton of good songs on there. Unfortunately, there's only so much you can do with that style, so their albums after that sound like more of the same.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:40 pm

CONNECT THE GOD DAMN DOTS! WHO AM I TRYING TO IMPRESS? WHO COULD CARE LESS!?!?!?!?!?!?

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:40 pm

'Scarecrow' is the best Ministry song ever IMO.

Sketch · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:42 pm

NOTHINGFACE Wrote:

CONNECT THE GOD DAMN DOTS! WHO AM I TRYING TO IMPRESS? WHO COULD CARE LESS!?!?!?!?!?!?

I almost posted this.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:49 pm

This is a great album.
I like Psalm 69 too.

KPH · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:50 pm

I was more of a "Mind" guy, but this was definitely a fav. in early high school.

I've had an odd compulsion to listen to that and "In case..." recently. I'm actually in a pretty good mood these days, so this kinda surprises me...

Verbal Intercourse · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:52 pm

I've only heard the version from In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up. "Stigmata" is cooler, especially when he starts his "fuck everything" rant.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

Verbal Intercourse Wrote:

In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up.

shit I haven't heard that album in a decade. I forgot how much I like it.

Sketch · **Posted:** Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:58 am

the redworm Wrote:

Verbal Intercourse Wrote:

In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up.

shit I haven't heard that album in a decade. I forgot how much I like it.

My favorite Ministry album actually.

great songs: Ministry "Deity"

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