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''Houses of the Molé'' is the ninth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry. The album was released on June 21, 2004, internationally, and a day later in the United States, through Sanctuary Records. ==Background== The album is the first part of the band's anti-Bush trilogy, followed by ''Rio Grande Blood'' (2006) and ''The Last Sucker'' (2007). It was released in the run up to the 2004 American presidential elections, with George W. Bush being president at the time of its release. Nearly all songs start with the letter "W" in their title. The first track on the album, "No W", features numerous satirical samples of Bush's speeches, particularly samples in which he spoke of his war on terror. Compared to its subsequent follow-ups, the musical style of the album is less thrash metal-oriented. Al Jourgensen has stated that the name ''Houses of the Molé'' is a tribute to the ''Houses of the Holy'' album, released by Led Zeppelin in 1973. Mole itself is a Mexican sauce made from chocolate that is nearly black in color, an image that Jourgensen believes represents crude oil. This was the first and so far only Ministry studio album to not chart on the Billboard 200. Due to slow sales, the band left Sanctuary. ''Houses of the Molé'' is noteworthy for being the first Ministry LP not to feature longtime collaborator Paul Barker since ''Twitch'' in 1986. It is also the first album to use Ministry's new logo, as well as their first with Mike Scaccia on guitar since 1996's ''Filth Pig''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Houses of the Molé」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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