Supernaut

This is a four-song release by Ministry leader Al Jourgensen and sundry like-minded co-conspirators. The title track is a nitrogen-fueled cover of the Black Sabbath song, notable for Jourgensen's harsh vocals and trademark crushing drum and guitar production. Track two is an amusingly scathing social statement of sorts, a repetitive rhythm and noise construction over which a "bad cop" caricature yells one profanity after another at hypothetical teen-age victims (probably Ministry fans). "Apathy" and "Better Ways" are gravelly electro-post-punk ventures that oddly anticipate the overall sound of Ministry albums created years later. --Mark McCleerey