Ministry

Ministry is one of the most influential and popular industrial rock groups, injecting large doses of punky, over-the-top aggression and roaring heavy metal guitar riffs into sample-heavy electronic rhythms. Until Nine Inch Nails crossed over to the mainstream, Ministry did more than any other band to popularize the genre, finding favor with metal and alternative audiences outside of industrial's cult fan base. That's not to say Ministry have a commercial or generally accessible sound: they are unremittingly intense, abrasive, pounding, and repetitive, and not always guitar-ori...