Live at Hindley St Music Hall in Adelaide: MINISTRY 'Farewell Australia'

With a history built upon 17 studio albums, 8 live releases, 8 side projects, multiple touring campaigns across 5 continents, an autobiography, 2 documentaries, the administration of last rites no less than 3 times, and the countless numbers of devoted acolytes and fans, the aural and charismatic magus of Ministry is boarding up the door in his psychic studio for the final time. Fortunately, Jourgensen is leaving us with one final sonic salvo: The final Ministry LP, Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery) that enters the world October 30 via Cleopatra Records. Expect pointed commentaries, the return of longtime associate Paul Barker and adventures in Ai, all delivered with the patented whiplash urgency listeners have come to recognize, respect, and break the occasional bone over.

But before the tour bus drives back to Jourgensen’s house to drop him off one last time, he’s got plenty of seething to share on Hate To Go. In addition to four startling videos (“We Hate, “Singularity”, “Burned Out” and “Crickets”), Ministry will go out on its largest touring campaign ever for most of 2027. What happens next? Who cares! It’s out of Al’s hands. Maybe Gen Z will finally stop blocking their notifications and heed the call. Perhaps the more culturally strident members of Gen X will leave their couches to lead the charge for a just America. So here’s a “heads up” to all the headbangers, rivetheads, goths and post-punks (as well as the casual listeners out there): The man who drafted the schematics for the warheads used in the consciousness-opening, fascist-fighting, industrial-metal continuum is out of here. Pete Townshend once posited that if you want to stay honest, you need to stay angry. With Hate To Go, all that’s left for Jourgensen to do is cut the ropes and drop the curtain.