Ministry – The Land Of Rape And Honey (New Vinyl) (Deluxe Edition)

NEW DOUBLE LP

New sealed copy. 2024 Rhino Records Rocktober deluxe edition reissue. 

The Land of Rape and Honey is the third studio album by American industrial metal band Ministry, released on October 11, 1988, by Sire Records. This is the first Ministry album to include bassist Paul Barker and marks a departure from the band's previous two synthpop and EBM records. It incorporates heavy metal guitars and industrial music influences, and Al Jourgensen uses distorted vocals in his natural accent, rather than the faux British accent of previous albums. The resulting sound was influential in the industrial metal genre and is Jourgensen's favorite Ministry album. The album was certified gold by the RIAA in January 1996.

The album title comes from the slogan of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, whose motto at that time was "The Land of Rape and Honey", a reference to the agricultural products rapeseed and honey. The band chose the name after seeing the slogan on a souvenir mug.

TRACKLIST:

1 Stigmata (Updated Mix)
2 The Missing
3 Deity
4 Golden Dawn
5 Destruction
6 Hizbollah
7 The Land of Rape and Honey
8 You Know What You Are
9 I Prefer
10 Flashback
11 Abortive
12 Stigmata (Remix)
13 Tonight We Murder