MINISTRY: A PUBLIC SAFETY WARNING

Have you ever survived a Ministry set?

If so, you’ve willingly entered a mosh pit of death filled with dreadlocks long enough to legally count as whips. A Ministry concert feels like you accidentally wandered onto the set of The Devil’s Rejects — which tracks, because Rob Zombie and Al Jourgensen absolutely look like long-lost brothers.

Yes, Ministry once flirted with glossy ’80s synth pop (Work for Love). But the band you meet live is all steel, sweat, and sonic demolition. Every now and then they’ll throw in an ’80s cover like DEVO’s “Gates of Steel,” but don’t get comfortable. It won’t stay cute for long. It will be industrialized and metal-ed out.

You came for a concert and leave baptized with a busted lip and PTSD over sirens.