Pitchfork

Industrial metal O.G. Al Jourgensen will put his Ministry project to rest after over a quarter century of recording under the name with various lineups.

Ministry's last album, The Last Sucker, will hit stores via Jourgensen's 13th Planet Records on September 18. The follow-up to last year's Rio Grande Blood, it's the third album in a trilogy "aimed at exposing the foils, failures, and fabrications perpetrated by the George W. Bush administration," according to a press release.

The Bush administration also factors into Jourgensen's explanation of the decision to put a halt to Ministry: "I'd rather be behind the console than behind the mic. Plus, I kinda like the synchronicity of Dubya and Ministry riding off into the sunset hand in hand."

In addition to Jourgensen, the album features contributions from Paul Raven (Killing Joke, Prong), Thomas Victor (Prong), Sin Quirin (The Revolting Cocks), Burton C. Bell (Fear Factory), and engineer John "Bixby" Bilberry.

A Ministry farewell tour will take place next year, and until then, Jourgensen's only scheduled live appearances are with Cheap Trick-- as they perform Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band from start to finish at L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl on August 10 and 11, as part of a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the album's release. Jourgensen and Sin Quirin will aid the band in performing a version of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (actually off Abbey Road) that Jourgensen re-arranged himself.

The Last Sucker:

01 Let's Go
02 Watch Yourself
03 Life Is Good
04 The Dick Song
05 The Last Sucker
06 No Glory
07 Death & Destruction
08 Roadhouse Blues
09 Die in a Crash
10 End of Days (Pt. 1)
11 End of Days (Pt. 2)