Ministry is an American industrial metal band from Chicago, Illinois that was founded in 1981 by producer, singer, and instrumentalist Al Jourgensen. The band originally formed as a synth-pop outfit with their albums “With Sympathy” and “Twitch.” On their their album “The Land of Rape and Honey” and subsequent releases, they moved into a heavy metal direction and had many different line-up changes throughout the years. With the release of 2006’s “Rio Grande Blood”, Ministry has also taken a thrash metal approach in their music.