It’s clear that Al Jourgensen might stopped Ministry’s route but wouldn’t stop his own. He is executive producer in this compilation which is practically the official soundtrack for the “Wicked Lake” movie, directed by Zach Passero, who is responsible for many Ministry videos. It’s a splatter movie with vampires. Many of 13^th Planet records’ artists are included in the soundtrack.

In details: beginning with the debut of the Ascension Of The Watchers, “Numinosum”, a project by vocalist Burton C. Bell (Fear Factory) with dub / post rock directions and two very interesting compositions for those that haven’t heard the album. Finland’s Laika & The Cosmonauts offer surf / rockabilly in the likes of Tarantino movies with the classic Henry Mancini’s “Experiment In Terror” from their 1994 album “Instruments Of Terror”. Revolting Cocks, one of Jourgensen’s projects, queue their two, amazing, industrial rock super tracks that will make you push ‘repeat’ many times and then two from Ministry’s swansong “Cover Up”. “Bang A Gong” (“Get It On” by T-Rex) and “Radar Love” (Golden Earring) are quite known in opposition to the new, unreleased, bone breaker Ministry entitled “Cuz U R Next”. Al also participates in “Decay”by False Icons, his latest featured band in 13^th Planet. It will bring Ministry’s Barker era and it’s not bad at all.

Next in line is the quartet from New York, Prong with their 2 cool groove rock / metal tracks of their last year “Power Of The Damager”. As you know, frontman Tommy Victor was Ministry’s guitarist in their last albums. Nice groove metal by Hemlock in a track from their 1992 album “Shut Down” and an attack by the opening track “Combustion” from Meshuggah’s “Obzen. End of the metal attack with Nulear Blast’s metalcore act Threat Signal. The album’s finale belongs to an instrumental composed by Jourgensen and presented under the Ministry name.

The case is simple. If you’re old Al’s fans you’ll enjoy this CD, full of his label’s attitude (besides Hemlock, Meshuggah, Laika & The Cosmonauts, Threat Signal) and the two, previously unreleased, Ministry tracks. On the other hand, since all songs can be found on the albums, it could work as a 13^th Planet sampler for those that want to know the label or for those that –make the mistake to- want just a spot of these artists in their collection.