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Ministry announce final album and 2027 farewell tour
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Industrial metal pioneers Ministry have announced that their forthcoming album, Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery), will be their final release, with a farewell tour planned for 2027. Founder Al Jourgensen, the group’s only permanent member, said he is ready to end the project after more than four decades, closing a career that helped establish industrial metal and brought Ministry major success in the 1990s.
The 10-track album is due on 28 October via Cleopatra and includes the new single “Burned Out”, which uses sampled news reports to address contemporary political and humanitarian crises. It also features “We’re Still Here” with former member Paul Barker; the 2027 European tour includes UK dates in Manchester, Nottingham and London, alongside a Dublin show.
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In short
- Ministry will end after one final album and 2027 tour.
- Hate To Go is released on 28 October.
- The farewell tour includes four UK and Irish dates.
How this story developed
- 4 months ago Ministry have said their 10-track album Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery), due via Cleopatra on 28 October, will be their last, with Al Jourgensen ending the industrial metal project after more than 40 years and planning a 2027 farewell tour including UK and Irish dates.
Explained simply
Ministry is an American band formed in Chicago in 1981 by singer and musician Al Jourgensen. It began with electronic music before developing a heavier sound that combined distorted guitars, drum machines and politically charged lyrics, helping to define industrial metal.
Jourgensen has been Ministry’s central figure throughout its history, while the band’s wider line-up has changed several times. Paul Barker was a key collaborator during the group’s most commercially successful period, including the 1992 album Psalm 69.
The band became influential well beyond its own record sales, shaping later heavy and electronic acts. Its final album and planned farewell shows mark the end of a project that has lasted for more than four decades.
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Originally published by Stereogum as “Ministry Announce Final Album Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery): Hear “Burned Out””.