MINISTRY — With Sympathy (review)

MINISTRY — With Sympathy album cover Album · 1983 · Non-Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
martindavey87
The 1983 debut album by industrial metal pioneers Ministry, ‘With Sympathy’, for whatever reason, was released in Europe under the name ‘Work For Love’. I don’t know why, nor do I know why the track list was rearranged, with one song even being given a new name. But what I do know, is that I’m too cheap to find a CD copy of ‘With Sympathy’, as they are very rare to find, and very expensive. While still fairly costly, ‘Work For Love’ was much more affordable.

Regardless of titles, the main thing is the music, and what a surprise I got with this one. Known for their relentless guitar riffs and jackhammer beats, this first album by Ministry is more in the vein of synth pop or new wave. It’s more of an 80’s dance album than the furiously aggressive metal I was expecting.

But you know what… it’s still pretty damn catchy!

The songs can get a bit samey, the lyrics a bit goofy, and band founder Al Jourgensen sings with a fake accent, but ultimately, they’re still pretty decent. ‘Work For Love’, ‘Do the Etawa’ (a re-titled ‘What He Say’), ‘Say You’re Sorry’, ‘Revenge’ and ‘I Wanted to Tell Her’ are all particular highlights, but in all fairness, the album is fairly short and flows quite nicely. Now… onto the heavier stuff…
Share this review
more

Review Comments

Post a public comment below | Send private message to the reviewer
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

Review Index

Member Zone

Username:
Password:
Stay signed in

Metal Subgenres

Artists Alpha-index

MMA TOP 5 Metal ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
METALLICA
Buy this album from our partners
Paranoid Heavy Metal
BLACK SABBATH
Buy this album from our partners
Moving Pictures Hard Rock
RUSH
Buy this album from our partners
Powerslave NWoBHM
IRON MAIDEN
Buy this album from our partners
Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW
Buy this album from our partners

New Metal Artists

New Metal Releases

Unatøned Groove Metal
MACHINE HEAD
Buy this album from MMA partners
Inverted World Death Metal
CANCER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Exhumed Vol. 2 Deathcore
COMMON THIEVES
Buy this album from MMA partners
Lungsplitter Sludge Metal
LUNGSPLITTER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Control Death Metal
LANDFILTH
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Metal Online Videos

The Original Alice Cooper Group - Black Mamba (Official Video)
ALICE COOPER
Tupan· 1 day ago
Common Thieves - No Quarter (Official Visualizer)
COMMON THIEVES
Bosh66· 3 days ago
Common Thieves - Null & Void (Official Music Video)
COMMON THIEVES
Bosh66· 3 days ago
Common Thieves - Collapse
COMMON THIEVES
Bosh66· 3 days ago
Common Thieves - 1978 (Official Music Video)
COMMON THIEVES
Bosh66· 3 days ago
More videos

New MMA Metal Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Metal News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us
Become a Facebook fan RSS Feed