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Track: Burning Inside
Artist: Ministry
Album: The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste

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Name: Ministry
Spotify Genres: industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock, ebm, darkwave, nu metal
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Ministry is the brainchild of [a86726]. Beginning in 1981, playing synth-pop with a strong disco influence, they released their first 12" on [l953], before being signed to [l362] and releasing their debut "[Link]," in 1983. After a falling out with the label and the direction of the project, Jourgensen returned to [l953] to release a series of 12" Singles, including "[Link]," which became an instant club favorite and would go on to become one of the band's most popular songs. Jourgensen then signed to [l27031]/[l1000] in 1985. Ministry's second album "[Link]," was produced by [a4969], and had a more menacing sound reflecting Jourgensen's interest in the international EBM (electronic body music) scene of the time. Ministry's third album, "[Link]," (1988), was both a natural evolution of their aesthetic and a sharp break with previous pop tendencies and, with the arrival of [a100041] and other new members, Ministry's sound developed into a crossover between EBM, industrial, and heavy metal. Their experimentation with heavy metal was then continued with the following "[Link]," (1989), where the guitar began to take on much more importance to their sound. Ministry's breakthrough album, "[Link]," (1992), was a very dark, powerful, and violent album, that saw the band moving further into thrash metal while still retaining elements of industrial music and noise. The following records "[Link]," (1996), and "[Link]," (1999), showcased a much more straightforward heavy metal sound, to lower sales than previous records. The band released their first best of collection entitled "[Link]," (2001), and were then dropped by [l1000]. In 2003, the band then moved to [l36259] and released "[Link],". [a100041] left the band in January 2004, leaving Jourgensen to put together a new line-up for "[Link]." After the 2004 "Evil Doer Tour," there was yet another change in personnel with [a68599] founder [a185073] on guitar and [a22534] (who had also played in Prong and in [a=Killing Joke]) on bass. In May, 2006, Ministry released "[Link]," which was quickly followed by what was announced as their final album, "[Link]," in 2007, and a collection of covers entitled "[Link]," in 2008. Despite Jourgensen's claim that the band was over, 2010 saw another collection, mixing covers and remixes, entitled "[Link]." Following a serious illness, [a86726] decided to re-start the band with [a264545] and two new Ministry albums followed, "[Link]," in 2012 and "[Link]," in 2013. Scaccia's death in 2012 had apparently brought a final, definite end to the band with the 2013 album, until early 2017 when Jourgensen began working on a new album, tentatively titled "AmeriKKKant."

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Release: Ministry - Burning Inside
Year: 1989
Genres: Rock
Styles: Industrial Metal

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LYRICS

Will these dreams still follow me
When the dark comes, curing time
Can't you see it off in the sky
It kicks you in the face and sucks you dry
You never had the answers and now you tell me a pack of lies
I really couldn't be bothered with you,
Get out of my face, watch me die
Burning inside! Burning inside!

Absolution and a frozen rule
All the dreams of men below
I try to grab it, but the touch is hot
The mirror collapses, the image may not
I'm scared of the darkness in light
I scare myself because I know I'm right
I see the evil, the savagery
That cuts right through the sky
Burning inside! Burning inside! [x5]

Call me the mantra with a blade in his skin
Holding demons within
I feel the pain as they start to decay
The lesson never fades away
Don't need no shadows, turn them away
Become a man through the window pane
Another slave and a victim of fate
Another lesson in hate
Burning inside! Burning inside! [x5]

Burning inside! [x14]
It's burning Inside!