Name: Sphinctour
Brand: Ministry

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MOVLP3191C

Colour

Colour details

Translucent Red&nbsp;

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Double 180 Gram Vinyl. Individually Numbered. Housed in Gatefold Sleeve.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

1000

Release date

2023-03-03

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Little Amber Fish

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

8719262025967

Total Cap

Red LPx2

Artist

Ministry

Genre GB

Experimental / Avant-Garde / Industrial / Noise

Label GB

Music On Vinyl

Ministry is the brainchild of Al Jourgensen. Beginning in 1981, playing synth-pop with a strong disco influence, they released their first 12" on Wax Trax! Records, before being signed to Arista and releasing their debut "With Sympathy," in 1983. After a falling out with the label and the direction of the project, Jourgensen returned to Wax Trax! to release a series of 12" Singles, including "Everyday Is Halloween," which became an instant club favorite and would go on to become one of the band's most popular songs.

Jourgensen then signed to Sire/Warner Bros. Records in 1985. Ministry's second album "Twitch," was produced by Adrian Sherwood, and had a more menacing sound reflecting Jourgensen's interest in the international EBM (electronic body music) scene of the time. Ministry's third album, "The Land of Rape and Honey," (1988), was both a natural evolution of their aesthetic and a sharp break with previous pop tendencies and, with the arrival of Paul Barker and other new members, Ministry's sound developed into a crossover between EBM, industrial, and heavy metal.

Their experimentation with heavy metal continued with subsequent albums like "The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste" (1989) where guitar took on much more importance to their sound. Ministry's breakthrough album, "Ps

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Sphinctour is a collection of live performances from 1996 and emphasizes material from Filth Pig and Psalm 69. Both albums are for fans who like their industrial laced with a huge dose of alternative metal, and the same goes for Sphinctour. It includes all the fan favourites; "Scarecrow, " "N.W.O.", "Crumb", and "Just One Fix," a.o. Sphinctour is an exciting document of Ministry's 1996 world tour.

Sphinctour

Music GB