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Kerrang!Apr 26, 2012Relapse finds them wielding those familiar sledgehammer beats and streamlined thrash riffs in a most effective fashion. [7 Apr 2012, p.52]
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Metal Hammer (UK)Apr 6, 2012Relapse is Ministry's most varied (and interesting) album in years. [May 2012, p.98]
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Apr 5, 2012Relapse isn't their best work by far, but if you listen to it next to their genuinely great albums like Psalm 69 or The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste, it stands up better than the cranky metal/industrial establishment--who've been dissing it mercilessly--would have you believe.
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Apr 2, 2012While Jourgensen seems re-engaged with his music, he's also more disinterested than ever in the wider pop culture.
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Mar 29, 2012This new material represents not only their most heinous effort to date; it might in fact be among the most appalling things to ever exist, empirically speaking.
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Mar 29, 2012This is a harder and faster-than-usual album from the group, and yet there's also a heavier element of control throughout.
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Mar 29, 2012For this sort-of-but-not-quite comeback album, move right along.
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Mar 29, 2012Sadly, Relapse sounds like an uninspired band ripping off, and attempting to sound like, classic Ministry.
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