Ministry are working on what bandleader Al Jourgensen says will be the long-running industrial-metal band’s “final” album, and the details around the highly anticipated LP are becoming clearer. The band just signed to Cleopatra Records to release the record, which will be Ministry’s 17th studio full-length, and Jourgensen has reunited with Paul Barker, who was in the band for their peak years (1986-2003), to write and record it.
“Looking forward to how this new and FINAL Ministry record comes out,” Jourgensen commented. “Turns out working with Paul is like riding a bike, you never forget how. Buckle up, this is going to be a good one.” He added, “it’s like wrapping a bow on a 40+ year career.”
For his part, Barker said: “After a couple years apart, these new recording sessions started in our tried and true manner: we started going in opposite directions that circled around which inevitably forced us to meet in the middle, much like a particle accelerator!”
Stay tuned for more news on Ministry’s final record.
Ministry will play this weekend’s Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, playing Thursday (October 10th) alongside Slayer, Pantera, Rammstein’s Till Lindemann, Filter, Cypress Hill and many more.
This article was originally published on BrooklynVegan.com and has been edited by Revolver.