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Album Review:

HopiumForTheMasses (2024)

Jeff Podoshen – Metal Injection, February 28, 2024

It’s an election year in the United States. Just in time for the big Biden/Trump showdown, our favorite Uncle Al is back with another record filled with scathing political commentary. This latest endeavor by the folks at Ministry is another barn burner that will undoubtedly satisfy long-time fans and relentlessly annoy those in the MAGA hat crowd.

HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES is the title of this newest LP and musically it’s all you might expect from Chicago’s Native Son. It’s riffs upon riffs, with punchy keys and synths and a heavy driving bass. Now, if you’re a fan of Ministry you’ll know that Al Jourgensen and company have mellowed just a bit in terms of heaviness. Psalm 69 or The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste this record is not. However, more in line with 2021’s Moral Hygiene, we get a record that is catchy as all hell and accessible for many… [+]

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How on Earth did all this happen? Plagues of militantly stupid Stupid How could peoplе go along with this? It’s stupid It’s stupid You might also like New Religion Ministry TV Song 1/6 Edition Ministry Cult of Suffering Ministry We’re headed right for a collision, baby

Scamming on the punk scene Oi, oi, oi Ain’t proud of you boys at all

Wake up and smell the musk Democracy turns to dust War on women, war on drugs War on voting, war on fun

We’re headed right for a collision, baby

We won’t stop ’til we find a way to deworm your fucking mind

We must confront our enemy We must confront our enemy We must confront our history

Alt-right Alt-Reich Alt-right Alt-Reich Alt-right Alt-Reich Alt-right Alt-Reich Make America hate again Make America hate again Do unto others what we know is wrong Stupid It’s stupid

We’re headed right for a collision, baby

Save America, for what?

We must confront our enemy We must confront our enemy We must confront our history

You have sixty seconds remaining Nazis, Nazis, Nazis (repeat)