News / Records
No more Ministry after this

Posted by Loren on July 26, 2026

No more Ministry after this
No more Ministry after this

Initially forged in 1981, Ministry will conclude as a band following the Oct. 30 release of Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery), coming on Cleopatra Records. The album's release will be followed by US tour dates atn the Goodbye Europe Tour in 2027.

The first single is streaming now.

The band's discography includes 17 studio albums, 8 live releases, 8 side projects, an autobiography, 2 documentaries, and more.

“I’m fucking done. 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," honcho Al Jourgensen says in a press release.

tracklist:

1. Crickets    
2. Voices of Hate    
3. Clown Car
4. We Hate   
5. Delete       
6. Grifter       
7. The White Man Lied*     
8. Singularity
9. Burned Out          
10. We're Still Here (ft. Paul Barker)
*does not appear on cassette or vinyl editions

MINISTRY U.S. 2026 DATES

September 15 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks
September 20 Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life
October 3 Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed
October 24 Fort Worth, TX @ Sick New World Texas
 
MINISTRY GOODBYE EUROPE 2027 TOUR

April 2 Utrecht, NL @ Ronda
April 3 Saarbrücken, DE @ Garage
April 4 Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
April 6 Manchester, UK @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
April 7 Dublin, IE @ 3Olympia
April 9 Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
April 10 London, UK @ Troxy
April 12 Paris, FR @ Bataclan
April 14 Madrid, ES @ La Riviera
April 15 Barcelona, ES @ Paral-lel
April 17 Lausanne, CH @ Docks
April 18 Munich, DE @ Tonhalle
April 19 Vienna, AT @ Gasometer
April 21 Prague, CZ @ Forum Karlín
April 22 Warsaw, PL @ Progresja
April 24 Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
April 25 Hamburg, DE @ Grosse Freiheit 36
April 26 Copenhagen, DK @ Amager Bio
April 27 Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller
April 29 Stockholm, SE @ Fållan
May 1 Helsinki, FI @ House of Culture

No more Ministry after this
No more Ministry after this

Related news stories

The Dead Boys Bootleg Series

Posted in Bands on March 19, 2026

3 days of Milwaukee Metal

Posted in Shows on January 31, 2026

Two new Dickies

Posted in Records on June 1, 2025

Related album reviews

Ministry

Relapse
13th Planet (2012)

Al Jourgensen has managed to create a genre early on in his career and according to most has never quite surpassed the classics of the genre he helped to create. In a sense it would be a hard task for anyone to do such a thing. Imagine a 50 something year old man trying to recreate "Thieves" would that be … Read more

Ministry

Rio Grande Blood
13th Planet (2006)

Al Jourgensen doesn't wear his heart on his sleeve; he rips it out of his chest and smothers the bloody, still-beating remains in the face of anyone and everyone he can get his hands on. Since forming the industrial power-house that is Ministry, Jourgensen has been the driving force behind album after album worth of seething, stomping anger. In a … Read more

Related features

United Ghosts

One Question Interviews • April 27, 2019

United Ghosts SPB: What was your first tape, record, or CD (as applicable)? Axel: Best of The Beatles 67-70 (the blue double album) I was about 9 and growing up in a tiny town in Germany where there wasn't a record shop, but the appliance store had a shelf with … Read more

Ministry

One Question Interviews • July 12, 2014

Al Jourgensen (Ministry) SPB: Is there a sample you’ve tried to get the rights to use but were denied? Jourgensen: ALL OF THEM.... Just kidding. Actually the biggest sample pain in the ass was on Houses of the Molé with the use of Carmina Burana on “No W.” It was … Read more