Last month, MINISTRY premiered the music video for the new track ‘Search And Destroy’ via Rolling Stone. The song is a unique take on The Stooges’ hit that offers a uniquely slowed down tempo and frontman Al Jourgensen’s guttural howl that amplifies the song’s wartime critique. In this new video…
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Uncle Al Wants You To Vote! Ministry Launches 2020 Campaign With Autographed Memorabilia, New Political Playlist & Revisiting AmeriKKKant Album
With one of the most important elections in American history on the line this November, Ministry and creator Al Jourgensen are launching a 2020 campaign to inspire fans to get election ready and look forward to receiving a range of autographed memorabilia from Ministry’s acclaimed 2018 anti-Trump album AmeriKKKant. Says…
Ministry & Dying Fetus – Tampere Finland
MINISTRY and DYING FETUS The 17th of June 2019 PAKKAHUONE TAMPERE FINLAND The long time US industrial metallers Ministry recently toured by crisscrossing Europe and of course arrived at Finland, not Helsinki, but instead Tampere. Ministry have only visited at the Finnish metal/rock festivals several times, not ever having done…
Ministry + 3TEETH @ SWG3, Glasgow
Ministry + 3TEETH @ SWG3, Glasgow Wednesday 3rd July 2019 Review By Pete Mutant Ministry were back in Glasgow, a town they have frequented on many occasions; not even a whole year ago in fact. Last year, on the 18th of July, Ministry were at there very same venue as…
Ministry unleash a new video “Victims Of A Clown”
Ministry have filmed a music video for the track ‘Victims Of A Clown’. Produced and directed by Chris Roth and Steve Roth of The Other House Productions, the clip can be viewed below. Chris Roth commented: “For the ‘Victims Of A Clown’ video, we strived for a drastic stylistic departure…
Copenhell Festival 2017 at Refshaleoen Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhell Festival 2017 Refshaleoen, Copenhagen, Denmark 22-24/6 – 2017 Live pictures and review by: Anders Sandvall Guest contributor: Ulrika Henriksson
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2017
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2017 Once again, the Finnish Metal-Rules.com two-man team made their annual road trip to Sweden Rock. The 2017 lineup presented a wide range of metal and hard rock as usual. Over 70 bands offered one hell of an experience for the attendees during the four-day festival. Sweden…
AL JOURGENSEN Creates Comic Book Series, Becomes Super Hero
You’re a legendary, pioneering rock star, you’ve headlined sold-out gigs all over the world, indulged in every rock’n’roll decadence imaginable, survived drug addiction and alcohol abuse, crossed paths with the likes of Madonna, Courtney Love, Robert Plant and Johnny Depp, and released a revealing and critically-acclaimed autobiography. You’ve done all…
MINISTRY To Release 13th Studio Album FROM BEER TO ETERNITY On September 10th
Al Jourgensen, six-time Grammy nominated godfather of industrial metal, will release his band Ministry’s 13th studio album, From Beer To Eternity, on September 10 (AFM/13th Planet Records). Pre-order info is available here. As fans of the band know, after last year there wasn’t going to be another Ministry album, but…
MINISTRY’S “PERMAWAR” Music Video: A Psychedelic Statement On America’s Litany Of War
“PermaWar,” the first music video from Ministry’s upcoming studio album From Beer To Eternity, is making its premiere today on Loudwire and Noisecreep simultaneously. The digital single is currently available exclusively in the iTunes store. The “PermaWar” video is a amalgamation of provocative news images culled from World War Two,…
GWAR/MINISTRY Bassist CASEY ORR Pays Tribute To MIKE SCACCIA
Bassist Casey Orr (MINISTRY, RIGOR MORTIS, GWAR) has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding the passing of MINISTRY and RIGOR MORTIS guitarist Mike Scaccia: “How do I say goodbye to Mike Scaccia? How do I say goodbye to my best friend, my bandmate, my songwriting partner, my mentor, and…
The guitarist of Ministry and Rigor Mortis Michael “Mike” Scaccia dies
The guitarist of Ministry and the legendary Rigor Mortis, Michael “Mike ” Scaccia, has passed away last night after the Bruce Corbitt’s 50th B-day show. Reportedly, Scaccia had a heart attack after the show. Mike’s brother, Bruce Corbitt, wrote the following on Facebook: “My brother is gone! The only reason…
Getaway Rock Festival 2012 at Gasklockorna in Gavle, Sweden
Getaway Rock Festival Gasklockorna, Gavle, Sweden 5-7/7 – 2012 Reviewed and live pictures by: Anders Sandvall Guest contributor: Ulrika Henriksson This is a review of the third edition of Getaway Rock Festival that was held in Gavle, Sweden during three hot days in July. The festival has a new organizer…
Ministry’s Al Jourgensen Hospitalized; Gig Cancelled 1/2 through
Ministry Front man Al Jourgensen collapsed on-stage during the live Ministry performance and was rushed to hospital via ambulance where he was examined by numerous physicians and diagnosed to have had a full-system collapse due to extreme dehydration and heat exhaustion intensified by the lack of ventilation on stage at…
Tuska Open Air Metal Festival – Helsinki Finland June 27-29, 2012
Tuska Open Air 2012 Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland June 27-29, 2012 The Tuska Open Air Festival is definitely a real metal festival institution amongst all other metal festivals in Europe. This current area, Sivulahti, almost located in the heart of Helsinki, only a few kilometers away from the downtown, is a…