Ministry - Tapes of Wrath
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Movie Reviews of Ministry - Tapes of Wrath
Movie Review: The best!
Summary: 5 Stars
I own over 100 DVDs and I watch this one the most. It has all the music videos ever put out by Ministry so far. As an added bonus, it also includes two music videos by the Revolting Cocks. Revolting Cocks is a side band started by Ministry. Unfortunately, this DVD has no features other than the music videos. Many people complain that this DVD is NOT recorded in Dolby Digital 5.1. Those people are stupid! Only movies sound good in 5.1. Music is only Mono when we hear it live and it is quite okay to hear it in Stereo instead of 5.1. This DVD is a must own for any Ministy fan.Movie Review: Definitely worth buying!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This video collection is awesome..something I have been waiting for quite some time. The quality and sound is more than I expected...I was not disappointed...in watching the videos I could see the stages in which Al mutated beginning with Over the Shoulder in the mid 80's up to Bad Blood in the 90's and beyond...in listening and watching this DVD, you simply must turn up your home theater system and wake up the neighbors, in addition to popping open some brewskis! I did!! A real must have for the Ministry fan!!Movie Review: Sweet Piece of Shiny Plastic
Summary: 5 Stars
This DVD brought back many memories of me as a early teen drinking Jolt and watching MTv's Headbangers Ball. (which in its self was worth the $$ lol) This DVD is packed with all your fav ministry videos and with Awsesome audio and razor sharp video. Spark, Drop or Roll and toss this DVD on the tube man! A must have for that True ministry fan from way back when!Movie Review: Wow
Summary: 5 Stars
All I cna say is WOW! Being a huge fan I was most impressed by this DVD. We have been waiting for something like this to be released. I don't need to expound any further really. All fans buy this, get your credit card and buy it now.Movie Review: Truth in shredding
Summary: 4 Stars
With a name taken from John Steinbeck's famous novel "The Grapes of Wrath", this 66-minute DVD disc achieves two aims simultaneously: Ministry's first, career-spanning "Greatest hits/Best of.." package and the band's first video clip compilation, also featuring two masterful bonus cuts from Al's side project RevCo. It opens with the extended mix of "Over the shoulder", originally appearing on the CD release of Ministry's 1985 album "Twitch". This is the only clip on this DVD which really remains in the world of narrative video, moving between various obscure scenes where you can see two boys stealing a car and then cruising through the city at night, a burglar who gets into a supermarket, and a man who cooks a decidedly ugly meal made of fried eggs with two inch nails covered in engine oil. Al's 'pineapple haircut' needs to be seen, and the music with its clanging, nerve-racking percussion and manic singing makes the whole thing pretty claustrophobic. Furthermore, this video displays a somewhat warped vision of the man-machine-interface: The car ends up in the shredder, but the roles of the human beings in this story remain unclear. The camera work is highly professional and accomplished, making "Over the shoulder" one of the best videos in this selection. The next few tracks are also taken from Ministry's pre-"Psalm 69" output, including the title track of "The land.." as well as "Stigmata", "Flashback", and "Burning inside". "Flashback", in particular, provides a rather fractured, hyperkinetic style with speeded-up images of thunderstorms and, again, nighttime urban landscapes; though it often suggests the extreme speed rather than musically putting it into action. "Burning inside" and "The land.." offer some footage of live performances while stylistically remaining a little unfocused and not as gripping as "Over the shoulder". However, the fragments of several stories about 'burning' and riots as well as the band's martial outfits mirror the audio very well. So, after releasing a couple of albums and singles which are undisputed stars in the industrial firmament, what did Al and Paul do next? Suddenly, the duo's contemporaries like Nitzer Ebb and Skinny Puppy were no longer valid comparisons - with 1992's "Psalm 69", the new and commercially very successful Ministry had more in common with heavy metal acts. At their most catchy and melodic, Ministry were the industrial ZZ Top, but that's not exactly indispensable. "Jesus built.." is indeed very different from the band's previous output, using episodes from old black-and-white movies interspersed with studio shots of the band. "N.W.O." and "Just one fix" (featuring a keyboard player, although such an instrument fails to surface in the mix!), well, these two clips are primarily a repetitive circle of violent images, as well as a detailed portray of the band's dress code. Look at the kinky hats and all the sunglasses. However, at times it's only the sociocritical message that stops Ministry from being a highly cliched metal outfit which is only good for moshing and air-guitaring. "Lay lady lay", originally written by Bob Dylan, is a more mood-setting and relaxing, if unremarkable effort. "Reload", the only track from 1996's "Filth pig" album on this DVD, comes across with a very muddled sound and has little to offer, but 1999's "Bad blood" is a terrific video: Ministry explain the pathological distinction between 'normal blood' and 'bad blood' in a visually and musically very attractive design. After this, RevCo's "Cracking up" provides stark contrasts to the brashness of the rest of the material; with its cartoon-like interweaving loops and spirals, this video is of course tailor-made for the DVD format. The song itself is a nice, almost radio-friendly tune which recalls funk-rock from the likes of Happy Mondays and Chilli Peppers. Another cover version surfaces with "Do ya think..", accompanying a somewhat frightening video which appears like a confluence between David Lee Roth's "California Girls" and Aphex Twin's "Come to daddy".
Overall, the picture quality varies from perfectly clear ("Over..", "Flashback", "Bad blood", RevCo) to rather grainy and blurred; the sound quality (Linear PCM Stereo) is, for the most part, quite fine but not always a substitute for an audio compact disc. One thing which is annoying is the fact that there's no bonus material on this DVD, especially since Al and Paul have always liked to comment on their work and the American system in general. Apart from these flaws, this is a great collection due to the wide range of styles which are covered both visually and musically. Fans will find this is an irresistible item, and if you haven't bought any Ministry album yet, then this compilation might convert you to one of industrial-rock's most important bands.