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The end of legendary industrial metal band Ministry<\/a><\/strong> is near, but not without one more record.<\/p>\n In an interview with Loudwire<\/a><\/em>, Ministry<\/a><\/strong> frontman Al Jourgensen<\/strong> said the band is plotting one final record after Hopiumforthemasses<\/em> featuring former member Paul Barker<\/strong>. As Ministry<\/a><\/strong> fans know, Barker<\/strong> played for Ministry<\/a><\/strong> between 1986 and 2003, performing on everything from The Land Of Rape And Honey<\/em> to Animositisomina<\/em>.<\/p>\n “We have one more new record coming out,” said Jourgensen<\/strong>. “And we’re recruiting an old mate from the early days. Paul Barker<\/strong> is going to rejoin the band and we’re going to record together and that will be our last one.”<\/p>\n On the end of the band, Jourgensen<\/strong> elaborated: “There comes a point in time musically when anything from here is going to be downhill. I see so many bands do that. I don’t need the money. I don’t need the whatever. It’s a good time to stop. I just turned 65, which means I’m getting my mailbox stuffed with AARP shit. I took my piercings out. I took my dreads out. I decided at 65, I’m going to become an adult.”<\/p>\n No word on if Ministry<\/a><\/strong> is still planning to re-record and tour on their long-hated 1983 debut album With Sympathy<\/em>. In a 2023 interview with Yahoo! Entertainment<\/em>, Jourgensen<\/strong> noted that Ministry<\/a><\/strong> would only re-do the album if the band could “make it sound the way I want it.”<\/p>\n “My hatred for this record was so deep. As a matter of fact, the two-inch [master] tapes of it, the actual two-inch tapes, I had a barbecue party and I burned them on a barbecue. So, there’s no existing original With Sympathy<\/em>‘s. I just burned them.”<\/p>\n “We’re doing ‘Revenge’\u2026 this version that we have, it’s going to be different. Let’s turn it from this synthpop thing into a metal arena-rock song\u2026 and then we’ll take it from there and see where it goes\u2026 If we can make it sound the way I want it, when I originally came up with these songs, then yes, I will do [a full tour behind the release]. If not, I won’t. \u2026 So, we’re working our way towards putting a bow on the whole thing and calling it a career. And then everyone can leave me the fuck alone so I can do what the fuck I want.”<\/p>\n And frankly, I hope they do re-record the record \u2013 the live version of “Revenge” sounds great.<\/p>\n \n