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Peter Hook and Ministry cover Captain Beyond’s ‘Dancing Madly Backwards’

Peter Hook and Ministry have teamed up for a double A-side split single vinyl release where Hooky and Al each give their interpretation of 70s Space Rock band Captain Beyond’s…

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Ministry to release limited edition vinyl ‘Live Necronomicon’

Ministry is streaming a new live album on their Bandcamp page. The LP, Live Necronomicon is set for release on September 1st. The concert that is sourced for the record is taken same…

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Ministry’s Trax! Rarities out now! | Listen to the unreleased Twitch Era “I See Red” off of the double LP

[dropcap]Industrial[/dropcap] legends Ministry via Cleopatra Records has released a follow-up to last year’s Wax Trax! Records era Trax! Box set with the new Trax! Rarities limited edition clear 2 LP that includes…

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The Tumultuous Relationship Between Ministry’s Al Jourgensen and With Sympathy

Every Ministry fan knows Al(ain) Jourgensen has had a tumultuous relationship with his first LP, With Sympathy. Since its release, May 10th, 1983, Jourgensen has been combating the very existence…

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Skinny Puppy | Rabies

[dropcap]On[/dropcap] November 21st 1989, Skinny Puppy released their 5th studio album Rabies, an album that was produced by Ministry’s Al Jourgensen resulting in a more guitar driven sound that caused some to…

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Ministry | The Land of Rape and Honey

On October 11th, 1988 Ministry released their 3rd studio album The Land of Rape and Honey—their first album to develop their now trademark industrial-rock style. The album title comes from the slogan of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, whose…

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Adrian Sherwood releases second volume of unreleased and rare tracks

[dropcap]Adrian [/dropcap]Sherwood’s second collection of productions and remixes marks the mixologists’ temporary shift away from reggae after the murder of friend, collaborator and mentor, Jamaican singer, DJ and Producer, Prince Far…

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Video Archive

“With Sympathy” Era Ministry—Live at First Avenue (1983)

With Uncle Al’s appearance in recent years at Lethal Amounts commemorating his “With Sympathy” past—and the corresponding release of the Trax! Box through Cleopatra Records, we thought we would dust off…

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Nine Inch Nail’s “Head Like A Hole” Has Its Origins with Ministry

Back in 1990, Ministry’s Al Jourgensen debuted his 1000 Homo DJs and released a cover of Black Sabbath’s “Supernaut”, and at the time rumours flew around that the track featured Nine Inch…

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Unreleased

Al Jourgensen debuts rare and unreleased ‘With Sympathy’-era “Synth-Pop” Ministry song ‘Anything For You’

A few months back the unreleased “Same Old Madness” was included on the reissue of Ministry’s classic Twelve Inch Singles 1981-1984. Unfortunately, it was not the version from the music video, but…

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