The melding of heavy guitars, relentless drum beats, and bone-chilling sampling come together in The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste to create one of the most influential industrial metal albums of all time. This release, the band’s fourth studio recording, solidified their shift into a harder, more guitar-driven sound. In-your-face and complex, Al Jourgensen and company constructed a politically conscious record that is both distinctly danceable and aggressive.