"Your time on this planet has passed … we are in control," a cyborg announces on "Singularity", the new MINISTRY single. It is the third preview of "Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery)", the final MINISTRY album, out October 30 on Cleopatra Records, and it follows "Burned Out" and "We Hate".
The video was directed by Ben Garcia of Rage4Order Designs in coordination with Al Jourgensen and Joshua Bradford, formerly of REVOLTING COCKS.
Jourgensen has been explicit that this is the end, and not in the way bands usually mean it. "I'm fucking done," he said. "I'm proud of what I've accomplished. I'm amazed at the path that it's taken, from 'With Sympathy' to where we're at today, and all points in between. It's been quite a ride, but I'm completely at peace with the fact that it's done. It's time to herd goats."
That path is worth stating plainly. MINISTRY began in Chicago in 1981 as a synth-pop act, four 12-inch singles on Wax Trax! before the 1983 Arista debut "With Sympathy" — a record Jourgensen spent decades disowning. The turn came with "Twitch" in 1986, hardened on "The Land Of Rape And Honey" (1988) and "The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste" (1989), and broke through with "Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs" in 1992. Six Grammy nominations, 17 studio albums, eight live releases, eight side projects and, by the band's own count, last rites administered three times.
"Hate To Go" carries one final collaboration with Paul Barker, the bassist who co-shaped the band's imperial period, on closing track "We're Still Here". The rest is the current lineup: guitarists Monte Pittman and Cesar Soto, bassist Paul D'Amour, sampler and synth player John Bechdel, and drummer Pepe Clarke Magaña.
"Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery)" track listing:
- Crickets
- Voices of Hate
- Clown Car
- We Hate
- Delete
- Grifter
- The White Man Lied *
- Singularity
- Burned Out
- We're Still Here (feat. Paul Barker)
* Does not appear on the cassette or vinyl editions
The album comes on CD, cassette, digital and a spread of vinyl variants — green and black splatter, silver and black splatter, coke bottle green — plus two box sets pairing a picture LP, a 7-inch and a CD.
The goodbye tour starts in April 2027 in Europe with DIE KRUPPS, followed by a full United States run. Before that there are a handful of 2026 dates left, including Chicago's Salt Shed, Louder Than Life, Sick New World Texas and Australia's Good Things.