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Ministry au MTelus

Sat 17 May 2025 • 07:30 pm Alternative / metal industriel
MTELUS - Montréal De 70,25$ à 252$
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Ministry est l’un des groupes de rock industriel les plus influents et populaires, injectant de fortes doses d’agressivité punk et de riffs de guitare heavy metal tonitruants dans des rythmes électroniques chargés d’échantillons. Avant que Nine Inch Nails ne devienne grand public, Ministry a fait plus que tout autre groupe pour populariser le genre, séduisant les fans de metal et d’alternatif au-delà du cercle restreint des adeptes de l’industriel. Cela ne signifie pas pour autant que Ministry propose un son commercial ou accessible : leur musique est intensément abrasive, martelante et répétitive, avec une importance parfois égale accordée aux échantillons, synthétiseurs et effets sur bande qu’aux guitares et voix distordues. Cependant, que ce soit en studio ou sur scène, le groupe produit un son écrasant qui surpasse la plupart de ses contemporains des genres musicaux agressifs. De plus, le fondateur et leader Al Jourgensen confère au groupe une aura plus stylisée et théâtrale que d’autres groupes industriels, souvent plus anonymes en comparaison avec son look de cowboy/biker vêtu de cuir et les tactiques choc de vidéos comme “N.W.O.” et “Just One Fix”. Ministry a débuté au début des années 1980 comme groupe de synth pop, avec le classique des clubs gothiques “(Every Day Is) Halloween” annonçant la direction plus sombre et agressive que prendrait bientôt leur musique. Psalm 69, certifié platine en 1992, a représenté l’apogée de leur popularité, et le son du groupe s’est rapproché du metal avec Filth Pig en 1996 et Houses of the Molé en 2004, l’un des nombreux albums visant directement le président George W. Bush de l’époque. Malgré plusieurs annonces de séparation, Ministry a continué, tournant sporadiquement et sortant des albums comme Hopiumforthemasses en 2024.

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-oriented (samples, synthesizers, and tape effects are a primary focus just as often as guitars and distorted vocals). However, both live and in the studio, they achieve a huge, crushing sound that puts most of their contemporaries in aggressive musical genres to shame; plus, founder and frontman Al Jourgensen gives the group a greater aura of style and theater than other industrial bands, who seem rather faceless when compared with Jourgensen’s leather-clad cowboy/biker look and the edgy shock tactics of such videos as “N.W.O.” and “Just One Fix.” Ministry started in the early 1980s as a synth pop band, with the goth club classic “(Every Day Is) Halloween” pointing to the darker, more aggressive direction their music would soon take. 1992’s platinum-selling Psalm 69 represented the peak of Ministry’s popularity, and the band’s sound moved closer to metal with the 1996 follow-up Filth Pig and 2004’s Houses of the Molé, one of several albums aimed specifically at then-President George W. Bush. Despite several announcements that the band was breaking up, Ministry have soldiered on, touring sporadically and releasing albums such as 2024’s Hopiumforthemasses.

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