Dark Side of the Spoon

Reseña del editor Out-of-print in the US! DARK SIDE OF THE SPOON opens with Al Jourgensen screaming "I just shot a man to death" over grinding guitar riffs and an unrelenting, martial beat. Clearly, these godfathers of industrial rock show no signs of mellowing as they near their third decade of sonic terrorism. Longtime fans can rest easy, there are no attempts at mainstream crossover here-no string sections or sentimental ballads. True to form, Ministry delivers cut after cut of manic alienation. The savage, repetitive guitar patterns consolidate hard rock, punk and heavy metal into a new, uncompromising paradigm. Jourgensen revels in his angst, using it as a cathartic tool of expression. His tortured, filtered vocals bespeak a lifetime spent observing mankind's most heinous atrocities, but his knack for studio manipulation and sonic architecture makes the whole thing quite palatable, if not accessible. Tienda To hear longtime Ministry mainstays Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker tell it, Dark Side of the Spoon is some sort of lighthearted comic romp. Getting there was anything but; virtually completed in 1997, most of the original Spoon was scrapped and rerecorded the following year for an eventual 1999 release. But longtime Ministry devotees needn't worry that Jourgensen and Barker have traded in the band's formulaic hard-edged mix of heavy-riffing guitars, percussion loops, and techno-industrial flourishes for a dash of Noël Coward. In fact, aside from the song titles--"Nursing Home," "Eureka Pile," "Vex and Siolence"--listeners without a lyric sheet handy are going to be hard-pressed to enjoy the witticisms present in the album's typically overwrought, electronically subverted vocals. And who knows? Maybe if one sang Gilbert and Sullivan through a distorted megaphone in an echo-prone parking structure, it would sound just like this. Allow us the liberty of mixing our equestrian metaphors: Spoon only proves how tough it is to paint a horse of a different color when you're a one-trick pony. --Jerry McCulley

Detalles del producto Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Idioma : Inglés Dimensiones del producto : 5,5 x 4,94 x 0,45 pulgadas; 3,11 Onzas Fabricante : Warner Bros UK Código SPARS : DDD Producto en Tienda desde : Junio 8, 1999 Etiqueta : Warner Bros UK ASIN : B00000J7J9 Número de discos : 1 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº113,039 en CDs y Vinilo (Ver el Top 100 en CDs y Vinilo) nº1,162 en Metal Alternativo (CDs y Vinilo) nº10,132 en Rock Alternativo (CDs y Vinilo) nº50,885 en Rock (CDs y Vinilo) Opiniones de clientes: 4.6 4.6 de 5 estrellas 125 calificaciones Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Idioma : Inglés Dimensiones del producto : 5,5 x 4,94 x 0,45 pulgadas; 3,11 Onzas Fabricante : Warner Bros UK Código SPARS : DDD Producto en Tienda desde : Junio 8, 1999 Etiqueta : Warner Bros UK ASIN : B00000J7J9 Número de discos : 1