Premiere\\ MINISTRY: 'PermaWar' Video Released

"PermaWar", the first music video from MINISTRY's upcoming studio album, "From Beer To Eternity", can be seen below. 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, Viet Nam, Afghanistan and Iraq, and a bad acid trip. MINISTRY frontman Al Jourgensen is featured in the video portraying three different personalities, representing three different points of view on America's repetition and persistence of war: the corrupt political leader, the predatory business man, and possibly most dangerous of all, the passive observer.

The "PermaWar" video was shot in July at Jourgensen's 13th Planet compound in El Paso, Texas, produced by Angelina Lukacin-Jourgensen and directed by filmmaker/animator Zach Passero whose credits include MINISTRY's "Lieslieslies", "GhoulDiggers" and "99 Percenters", REVCO's "Fire Engine", and the feature film "Wicked Lake".

MINISTRY's "From Beer To Eternity" is set for a September 10 release (AFM/13th Planet Records), and features the final studio recordings by longtime MINISTRY collaborator guitarist Mike Scaccia.

Sessions for what would become "From Beer To Eternity" began last December at Jourgensen's 13th Planet compound in El Paso, Texas, with Jourgensen (who produced the album, composed the music and wrote the lyrics for all 11 songs), guitarists Mike Scaccia and Sin Quirin, drummer Aaron Rossi and bassist Tony Campos. Rough tracks for 18 songs were finished on December 19, and three days later, the 47-year old Scaccia died from a heart attack he suffered onstage while playing a live show with his band RIGOR MORTIS in Dallas, Texas. Jourgensen, Quirin, Rossi and Campos were absolutely devastated.
"We have never, in the history of MINISTRY, ever had a tracking session like that before," states Jourgensen. "Everything went so smoothly, it was surreal. And Mikey was so on fire and inspired, and really a driving force for this record."
After returning from Scaccia's funeral in Dallas, and shouldering the weight of grief as well as the desire to honor his fallen comrade, Jourgensen locked himself in his studio with his engineer and co-producer Sammy D'Ambruoso for three excruciating months. "There was no choice," Jourgensen says of the bittersweet production process. "During the tracking sessions, Mikey was smiling and going, 'You know what, Al? This is by far and away the best MINISTRY album we've ever done together. This is awesome.'

"I'm super proud of 'From Beer To Eternity', because it's my tribute to Mikey's incredible talent, and I feel it honors him and all of the years we spent together making music."
From the schizophrenic opening cut, the sarcasm-dripping, sound effect-laden "Hail To His Majesty (Peasants)" to the thrash-punk riffs andbooming bass reverberations of "Punch In The Face", to "Change Of Luck", a song that Jourgensen wrote directly about Scaccia's death, "From Beer To Eternity" pulls no punches, sounding at once familiar, yet completely fresh and inspired. The release also includes "Side F/X Include Mikey's Middle Finger / TV4", which old-school MINISTRY fans will recognize as a continuum in a series of TV songs that began in the mid-1990s, and underscores Scaccia's birthright as one of the greatest metal guitarists in the world.

We are all on drugs \\ Ministry: frontman enche a cara, dá fiasco e paga mico

De acordo com a Radio Metal, da França, o Ministry teve que interromper e posteriormente cancelar o show de ontem à noite, em Paris.

O líder do grupo, Al Jourgensen, subiu ao palco completamente alcoolizado e não conseguiu completar a performance, que durou em torno de 50 minutos. Ele acabou sendo hospitalizado posteriormente.

Premiere\\ MINISTRY: 'Ghouldiggers' Video Released

"Ghouldiggers", the new video from MINISTRY, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Relapse", which sold 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 193 on The Billboard 200 chart. Issued on March 26, the CD was recorded last fall at mianman Al Jourgensen's industrial compound studio in with his favorite co-conspirators Mike Scaccia (RIGOR MORTIS), Tony Campos (STATIC-X, SOULFLY), Tommy Victor (PRONG) and Casey Orr (RIGOR MORTIS, GWAR).

In support of "Relapse", MINISTRY will perform five major North American concerts this June — Denver, Los Angeles, New York and two shows in Chicago — as part of the DeFibRiLlaTouR 2012 world tour.

The band's touring lineup includes:

* Al Jourgensen - Vocals, Guitar
* Mike Scaccia (RIGOR MORTIS) - Guitar
* Casey Orr (RIGOR MORTIS) - Bass
* John Bechdel (KILLING JOKE, FEAR FACTORY) - Keyboards
* Aaron Rossi (REVOLTING COCKS) - Drums
* Sin Quirin (REVOLTING COCKS) - Guitar

SOULFLY bassist Tony Campos will not perform with MINISTRY due to scheduling conflicts.

Thirty years and 12 albums later, as well as a near-death experience in 2010, Jourgensen rises as a phoenix from the ashes with "Relapse" — still angry, still political and very very pissed off. Relapsing back into the music industry after a four-year hiatus, Jourgensen launches his audio assault with "Ghouldiggers", a no-holds-barred metal bullet aimed directly at the pitfalls of the industry he has survived. Everything Jourgensen predicted on "Houses Of The Molé", "Rio Grande Blood" and "The Last Sucker" has transpired and as we approach the Mayan calendar of the End of Days in 2012, Jourgensen, re-invigorated by the global 99 Percenters and Occupy Wall Street movement, navigates through "Relapse" once again as a reluctant prophet accusing, dissecting, cajoling and exhorting greed, corruption and lies.

Reaching back to his punk rock roots, Jourgensen and his MINISTRY pirates cover S.O.D.'s "United Forces" — a track written 20 years ago still relevant today as a call to arms for the unrighteous and to those who feel disenfranchised by the "system" as it stands today.

Rocknews\\ Novo álbum do Ministry nas paradas

“Relapse”, décimo terceiro álbum de estúdio da banda americana, Ministry, vem conseguindo espaço nas paradas desde seu lançamento no dia 26 de Março pela Thirteenth Records de propriedade do frontman Al Jourgensen e pela AFM Records.

Confira algumas das posições que a banda alcançou:
Billboard Top 200: 154
Billboard Independent Rock Chart: 32
Billboard Top Hard Music Chart: 19
CMJ’s Loud Rock Chart: 06

Para divulgar “Relapse” a banda fará 5 shows nos EUA. Confira as datas:
17/06 Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO
21/06 Club Nokia - Los Angeles, CA
23/06 Best Buy Theater - New York, NY
28/06 The Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL
29/06 The Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL


A formação da banda que fará a turnê será a seguinte:
Al Jourgensen – vocal e guitarra
Mike Scaccia (Ministry/Rigor Mortis) - guitarra
Casey Orr (Rigor Mortis) - baixo
John Bechdel (Ministry/Killing Joke/Fear Factory) – teclado
Aaron Rossi (Ministry/RevCo) – bateria
Sin Quirin (Ministry/RevCo) – guitarra

O baixista Tony Campos (Soulfly) não irá fazer os shows devido a um conflito de agendas.

Sites relacionados:
www.facebook.com/Ministry
www.thirteenthplanet.com
www.afm-records.de

Premiere\\ MINISTRY: '99 Percenters' Video Released

MINISTRY's "99 Percenters" video can be seen below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Relapse", which will be released on March 26. The CD was recorded last fall at Al Jourgensen's industrial compound studio in with his favorite co-conspirators Mike Scaccia (RIGOR MORTIS), Tony Campos (STATIC-X), Tommy Victor (PRONG) and Casey Orr (RIGOR MORTIS, GWAR).

Thirty years and 12 albums later, as well as a near-death experience in 2010, Jourgensen rises as a phoenix from the ashes with "Relapse" — still angry, still political and very very pissed off. Relapsing back into the music industry after a four-year hiatus, Jourgensen launches his audio assault with "Ghouldiggers", a no-holds-barred metal bullet aimed directly at the pitfalls of the industry he has survived. Everything Jourgensen predicted on "Houses Of The Molé", "Rio Grande Blood" and "The Last Sucker" has transpired and as we approach the Mayan calendar of the End of Days in 2012, Jourgensen, re-invigorated by the global 99 Percenters and Occupy Wall Street movement, navigates through "Relapse" once again as a reluctant prophet accusing, dissecting, cajoling and exhorting greed, corruption and lies.

Reaching back to his punk rock roots, Jourgensen and his MINISTRY pirates cover S.O.D.'s "United Forces" — a track written 20 years ago still relevant today as a call to arms for the unrighteous and to those who feel disenfranchised by the "system" as it stands today.

Cited as the driving force behind a cross-section of metal genres from industrial's NINE INCH NAILS and STATIC-X to nu metal's KORN, LINKIN PARK and LIMP BIZKIT, and receiving six Grammy nominations for "Best Metal Performance", Jourgensen returns with his greatest achievement to date with "Relapse".

"Relapse" track listing:

01. Ghouldiggers
02. Double Tap
03. FreeFall
04. Kleptocracy
05. United Forces
06. 99 Percenters
07. Relapse
08. Weekend Warrior
09. Git Up Get Out 'n Vote
10. Bloodlust
11. Relapse Defibrillator Mix (Special Limited Edition)

WACKEN 2012 \\ Ministry: confirmando presença no Wacken Open Air 2012

MINISTRY, SCORPIONS, HAMMERFALL, AMON AMARTH e GAMMA RAY são bandas recém confirmadas para a edição do ano que vem do festival Wacken Open Air, que acontecerá de 2 a 4 de agosto de 2012 em Wacken, Alemanha. Também agendados estão U.D.O. e CRADLE OF FILTH.

A turnê de "despedida" do MINISTRY, "C-U-LaTour", começou na América do Norte em 26 de março de 2008 e foi concluída em Chicago em 12 de maio de 2008. A última data da jornada ocorreu em 18 de julho em Dublin, Irlanda. Durante a performance, o mainman do MINISTRY Al Jourgensen reafirmou várias vezes que de fato seria o último show do MINISTRY. Em virtude da grande demanda por ingressos uma apresentação extra foi incluída no Tripod em 19 de julho de 2008. "Adios... Puta Madres", um álbum ao vivo contendo material obtido da turnê final do MINISTRY foi lançado em 2009 em CD e DVD.

Quando perguntado em uma entrevista em 2007 antes do "C U LaTouR 2008" se haveria uma grande reunião do MINISTRY em 15 anos, Jourgensen disse, "Acho que não, meu amigo. Antes de mais nada, com quem eu vou me reunir? Eu sou a banda. Então, a não ser que eu faça uma reunião comigo... Seja como for, não. Eu tenho muitas outras coisas acontecendo. Literalmente eu estou com a agenda cheia pelos próximos 15 meses. Eu sei exatamente o que farei nos próximos 15 meses, e além disso tenho uma gravadora (Thirteenth Planet Records), tenho um monte de outras bandas que tenho de tomar conta. Não teria tempo, necessidade ou vontade de fazer acontecer esse tipo de redundância."

Traduza\\ SEPULTURA Completes Recording New Album; Lays Down MINISTRY, THE PRODIGY Covers

Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA have finished recording their new album at Trama Studios in São Paulo, Brazil with producer Roy Z. (JUDAS PRIEST, HALFORD, BRUCE DICKINSON, HELLOWEEN). According to Rock Em Geral, 13 tracks were laid down during the sessions, including cover versions of MINISTRY's "Just One Fix" and THE PRODIGY's "Firestarter", both of which are expected to be made available as bonus tracks on various special-edition releases. The band has yet to reveal the title for the album, which is said to contain some of SEPULTURA's most personal lyrics to date. Among the songs that will appear on the effort is "Born Strong", the subject matter of which is said to deal with balancing road life with raising a family as well as the bandmembers' experiences as musicians and as people.




Comentários: Covers do Ministry e Prodigy? Será que o disco novo terá influências industriais?