Name: Sphinctour
Brand: Ministry

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MOVLP3191

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Translucent Red

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-03-03

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Signed copies: No

Supplier US

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Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

8719262025967

Total Cap

Red LPx2

Artist

Ministry

Genre US

Experimental / Avant-Garde / Industrial / Noise

Label US

Music On Vinyl

A vinyl only record label that releases high quality 180g LP and 7" vinyl pressings of titles licensed from a wide range of record companies and artists who control their own repertoire.

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

Ministry, the band that made industrial music safe for headbangers. Thanks to Al Jourgensen and his colleagues, many metal fans started listening to industrial. The headbangers who were turned on to industrial by Jourgensen’s outfit will certainly appreciate this double live album. This collection of live performances from 1996’s Sphinctour, 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 favorites; ''Scarecrow, '' ''N.W.O.'', ''Crumb'', and ''Just One Fix,'', etc.. Sphinctour is an exciting document of Ministry’s 1996 world tour.

Sphinctour

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