This album, along with the previous "Mind..." and "The land of rape and honey" are the best three works of Ministry. But this is not only "the band's best work". This is one of the most aggressive and powerful albums *ever* for the aggro-industrial sound. For some, this is not industrial. I disagree. A quick comparison to some metal albums shows the difference - even those that Ministry themselves recorded later on ("Filth pig" and the new "Rio Grande Blood"). This is aggressive industrial where screams, samples, thundering drums and razorblade guitars are incorporated to make a stunning declaration of purpose.

Politics, religion, nationalism, ethics and morality, everything is under attack. Noone escapes the rants of Al Jourgensen. His manic singing, screaming, shouting targets everyone and everything in his eyesight. The vision of collapsing America is captured on the videos for "NWO" and "Just One Fix" that became monumental anthems. Even ten thousand years cannot make them seem "dated". "Jesus built my hotrod" joins the hit-list and "Scarecrow" offers a distorted version of rock's own roots.

This is aggro-industrial at its perfect, as few bands and few records can demonstrate. Sadly, Ministry never re-captured the vision of this album (or the previous ones. Lineup changes and various problems led to the uneven "Filth pig" and it would take over a decade before they released something truly worthy. It's ok though. With albums like this, they gained immortality.