After more than four decades of grinding guitars, mechanical beats and apocalyptic noise, Ministry is calling it quits. The pioneering industrial band has announced that its 17th studio album, Hate To Go (Take Out or Delivery), will be its final release. The album is set to arrive on Oct. 30 via Cleopatra Records and will feature the band’s new single, “Burned Out,” a title that feels like the last sparks from a machine that’s finally run out of steam.
“I’m f***ing done,” frontman Al Jourgensen said in a statement, according to Rolling Stone. “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.” Jourgensen added that after such a long career, he feels at peace with bringing Ministry’s recording journey to an end. “It’s been quite a ride, but I’m completely at peace with the fact that it’s done,” he said. “It’s time to herd goats.”
Hate To Go (Take Out or Delivery) will feature one final collaboration with longtime Ministry member Paul Barker on the closing track, “We’re Still Here.” The album also includes contributions from Jourgensen’s current lineup, including guitarists Monte Pittman and Cesar Soto, bassist Paul D’Amour, sampler and synth player John Bechdel and drummer Pepe Clarke Magaña.
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Following the album’s release, Ministry will embark on an international farewell tour in 2027. The Goodbye Europe Tour will kick off April 2, 2027, in Utrecht, Netherlands, with special guests Die Krupps. Additional European dates have been announced, and a U.S. leg is expected to follow.
Founded by Jourgensen in Chicago in 1981, Ministry became one of industrial music’s most influential acts, releasing 17 studio albums along with live records, side projects and documentaries. For fans of the band’s punishing sound, Hate To Go (Take Out or Delivery) marks the end of the line and one last gasp of industrial noise from a group that helped build the genre.
