Today, industrial metal legend Al Jourgensen is pleased to announce MINISTRY’s long awaited Moral Hygiene Europe Tour 2022, throughout which the band will present their new album “Moral Hygiene”, that was released last year via Nuclear Blast. On the run of dates, which includes several big festival shows, MINISTRY will be accompanied by two special guests – Finnish goth rockers THE 69 EYES and American industrial metallers 3TEETH.

Tickets will go on-sale on this Friday 25th March @ 11am CET / 10am GMT. 

MINISTRY · MORAL HYGIENE EUROPE 2022 
Special Guests: 
THE 69 EYES
3TEETH

28.10.   DE   Dortmund – FZW
29.10.   BE   Limburg – Sinners Day Festival (Ministry only)
30.10.   NL   Tilburg – 013
31.10.   DE   Frankfurt – Batschkapp
02.11.   UK   London – o2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
03.11.   UK   Glasgow – SWG3 TV Studio
04.11.   IRE   Dublin – National Stadium
05.11.   UK   Manchester – Damnation Festival (Ministry only)
07.11.   FR    Paris – Elysée Montmartre
08.11.   FR    Rennes – Antipode
09.11.   ES    Bilbao – Santana 27    
11.11.   ES    Madrid – But
12.11.   ES    Murcia – Gamma
13.11.   ES    Barcelona – Razzmatazz
14.11.   FR    Lyon – Transbordeur
16.11.   CH    Zürich – Komplex
17.11.   DE    München – Muffathalle
18.11.   IT     Milan – Fabrique
19.11.   SLO  Ljubljana – Kino Šiška         
21.11.   HU    Budapest – Barba Negra
22.11.   CZ    Prague – Forum Karlin
23.11.   PL    Warsaw – Progresja
24.11.   DE    Berlin – Huxleys     
26.11.   DE    Hamburg – Gruenspan
27.11.   DK    Roskilde – Gimle
28.11.   NO    Oslo – Rockefeller
29.11.   SE    Stockholm – Fållan
01.12.   FIN   Helsinki – Black Box

“Moral Hygiene” is MINSTRY’s 15th studio album. It achieved many “best of 2021” year-end lists, including Loudwire, Consequence Of Sound, Punk News and XS Rock (where it was ranked the #1 album of the year). The record features some of the project’s strongest and most inspired material to date, the creative masterwork of founder and creator Jourgensen who spent the pandemic pause ruminating on the new world we as a society have found ourselves in – while pondering just what we are going to do about it.

The 10 tracks are a follow-up to 2018’s lauded “AmeriKKKant” and put forthJourgensen’s societal manifesto and plea for civilization to get back to a set of standards that lives up to and embraces our humanity.
Previous singles have included ‘Alert Level’ (sounding the alarm on the state society is in), ‘Good Trouble’ (a rallying cry to fight for human rights in homage to Civil Rights leader John Lewis),  ‘Disinformation’ (the dangers of consuming mass media without critical thinking) and ‘Search And Destroy’ (the unique take on The Stooges classic). The latter features guitar virtuoso Billy Morrison (BILLY IDOL/ROYAL MACHINES) who is also heavily featured on a number of songs on the album. 

“Moral Hygiene”is available now in CD, vinyl and digital download formats at the following links:
Record label store: www.nuclearblast.com/ministry-moralhygiene 
Band store: https://store.ministryband.com/collections/moral-hygiene

Stream “Moral Hygiene” here: http://nblast.de/MinistryMoralHygiene

MINISTRY will debut the new songs from “Moral Hygiene” on the upcoming Industrial Strength Tour, kicking off March 2, alongside celebrating the 30^th anniversary of seminal album “The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste”. In addition to Jourgensen, the full band includes drummer Roy Mayora, guitarists Cesar Soto and Monte Pittman, bassist Paul D’Amour and keyboardist John Bechdel.
 
Special guests THE MELVINS and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will share the stage nightly as the tour’s special guests. Due to overwhelming demand, MINISTRY added 13 new dates with the tour now running through April 18. The full schedule is below with tickets on sale now

March 2022
2 Columbus, OH @ Express Live!
4 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
5 Cincinnati, OH @ Madison Theatre
6 Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
8 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
9 Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
11 New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
12 Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theater
13 Portland, ME @ State Theatre
15 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
16 Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Riverworks
18 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
19 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
20 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
22 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
23 Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
24 New Orleans, LA @ Fillmore*
26 Dallas, TX @ Amplified Life
27 Austin, TX @ Emo’s
28 San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theater
29 Houston, TX @ House of Blues
31 Chicago, IL @ Riviera

April 2022
1 Cleveland, OH @ The Agora
2 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
3 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall
5 St Paul, MN @ Palace
6 Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
7 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
9 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
10 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
12 Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
13 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
14 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
16 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
18 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
*Indicates a date THE MELVINS are not performing

For tickets and more information, visit http://www.ministryband.com/tour.

Just weeks after MINISTRY’s latest album “Moral Hygiene” was added to many “best of 2021” year-end lists, including Loudwire, Consequence Of Sound, Punk News and XS Rock (where it was ranked the #1 album of the year), Al Jourgensen and co. are sharing the latest taste of the record with the new track ‘Believe Me’ alongside a warped psychedelic video that will have viewers questioning just what to think or feel (a clear nod to the times we are living in now).

The video was a departure from the two previously released professional videos from the album and became a total DIY effort, with each of the band members (also including drummer Roy Mayora, guitarists Cesar Soto and Monte Pittman, bassist Paul D’Amourand keyboardist John Bechdel) gearing up for the upcoming tour at home and purchasing an inexpensive green screen to contribute their parts to the performance footage that was then melded together. MINISTRY hopes to encourage other artists to do the same during these difficult times when budgets are tight and still have fun with the creative process.

“Moral Hygiene” is MINISTRY’s 15^th studio album and features some of the project’s strongest and most inspired material to date. It features the creative masterwork of founder and creator Al Jourgensen who spent the pandemic pause ruminating on the new world we as a society have found ourselves in – while pondering just what we are going to do about it.

Stream “Moral Hygiene” here: http://nblast.de/MinistryMoralHygiene

The 10 tracks are a follow-up to 2018’s lauded “AmeriKKKant” and put forthJourgensen’s societal manifesto and plea for civilization to get back to a set of standards that lives up to and embraces our humanity.

Previous singles have included ‘Alert Level’ (sounding the alarm on the state society is in), ‘Good Trouble’ (a rallying cry to fight for human rights in homage to Civil Rights leader John Lewis) and ‘Search And Destroy’ (the unique take on The Stooges classic), the latter of which features guitar virtuoso Billy Morrison (Billy Idol/Royal Machines). Morrison is also heavily featured on a number of songs on the album. The record also includes a collaboration with Jello Biafra (Jourgensen’s cohort in side project LARD) on ‘Sabotage Is Sex’.

“Moral Hygiene”is available now in CD, vinyl and digital download formats at the following links:
Record label store: www.nuclearblast.com/ministry-moralhygiene 
Band store: https://store.ministryband.com/collections/moral-hygiene

MINISTRY will debut new songs from “Moral Hygiene” on the upcoming Industrial Strength Tour, kicking off March 2, alongside celebrating the 30^th anniversary of seminal album “The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste”. Special guests THE MELVINS and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will share the stage nightly as the tour’s special guests. Due to overwhelming demand, MINISTRY added 13 new dates with the tour now running through April 18. The full schedule is below with tickets on sale now.

March 2022
2    Columbus, OH @ Express Live!
4    Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
5    Cincinnati, OH @ Madison Theatre
6    Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
8    Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
9    Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
11  New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
12  Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theater
13  Portland, ME @ State Theatre
15  Boston, MA @ House of Blues
16  Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Riverworks
18  Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
19  Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
20  Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
22  Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
23  Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
24  New Orleans, LA @ Fillmore*
26  Dallas, TX @ Amplified Life
27  Austin, TX @ Emo’s
28  San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theater
29  Houston, TX @ House of Blues
31  Chicago, IL @ Riviera
 
April 2022
1    Cleveland, OH @ The Agora
2    Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
3    Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall
5    St Paul, MN @ Palace
6    Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
7    Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
9    Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
10  Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
12  Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
13  Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
14  San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
16  San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
18  Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
 
*Indicates a date THE MELVINS are not performing

For tickets and more information, visit www.ministryband.com/tour.

In celebration of the release of brand-new album “Moral Hygiene” – out TODAY via Nuclear Blast – MINISTRY release the explosive new music video for the latest single, ‘Disinformation’ about the slippery slope we find ourselves in when consuming mass media without critical thinking. See it here:

“Moral Hygiene” is MINISTRY’s 15th studio album and features some of the project’s strongest and most inspired material to date. It features the creative masterwork of founder and creator Al Jourgensen who spent the pandemic pause in 2020 ruminating on the new world we as a society have found ourselves in – while pondering just what we are going to do about it.

Stream “Moral Hygiene” here: http://nblast.de/MinistryMoralHygiene

The 10 tracks are a follow-up to 2018’s lauded “AmeriKKKant” and put forth Jourgensen’s societal manifesto and plea for civilization to get back to a set of standards that lives up to and embraces our humanity.

Previous singles have included ‘Alert Level’ (sounding the alarm on the state society is in), ‘Good Trouble’ (a rallying cry to fight for human rights in homage to Civil Rights leader John Lewis) and ‘Search And Destroy’ (the unique take on The Stooges classic), the latter of which features guitar virtuoso Billy Morrison (Billy Idol/Royal Machines). Morrison is also heavily featured on a number of songs on the album. The record also includes a collaboration with Jello Biafra (Jourgensen’s cohort in side project LARD) on ‘Sabotage Is Sex’.

“Moral Hygiene” was recorded with engineer Michael Rozon (also behind the boards on “AmeriKKKant”) at Scheisse Dog Studio, Jourgensen’s self-built home studio and creative lab. As with all MINISTRY albums, all songs are written and performed by Al Jourgensen. Additional contributions come from Billy Morrison (Billy Idol, Royal Machines), Cesar Soto (Man The Mute), John Bechdel (Killing Joke, Fear Factory), Roy Mayorga (Stonesour, Soulfly, Nausea), Paul D’Amour (Tool, Feersum Ennjin), Arabian Prince (N.W.A.), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys) and sitar player Flash.

Here is what media has had to say about “Moral Hygiene”:

“MINISTRY’s new LP ‘Moral Hygiene’ is one of their best … ‘Moral Hygiene’ has quickly become one of my favorite records of 2021 … MINISTRY mastermind Al Jourgensen has come back to embrace some of the soundscapes found in the band’s earlier releases.” – Metal Insider

“’Moral Hygiene’ is truly an album for its time. … It is fresh, relevant, and stacked with incisive socio-political commentary from one of extreme music’s veterans of discontented rage. … Exciting, angry, and unapologetic: exactly how we like our MINISTRY.” – Hysteria Magazine

“Having bands like MINISTRY around is still pretty critical when it feels like the social contract is hanging together by a thread. … What Jourgensen has been able to do … is make each MINISTRY album a statement about the world we live in now and what we should do to make it better. The music is as abrasive and confrontational as ever.” – Wall Of Sound

“Moral Hygiene” is available now in CD, vinyl and digital download formats at the following links:
Record label store: http://www.nuclearblast.com/ministry-moralhygiene
Band store: https://store.ministryband.com/collections/moral-hygiene

In addition to four decades of incredible original material that spawned a whole new genre of music, industrial mainstays MINISTRY and creator/frontman Al Jourgensen are also well known for a series of memorable cover songs from BLACK SABBATHS’s ‘Supernaut’ to Bob Dylan’s ‘Lay Lady Lay’. The newest tribute is a take on THE STOOGES’ ‘Search And Destroy’ offering a uniquely slowed down tempo and Jourgensen’s guttural howl that amplifies the song’s wartime critique.

Rolling Stone has premiered the music video for the new single, directed by the iconic Dean Karr (Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Dr. Dre, Velvet Revolver, Rob Zombie) here.

Watch the video for ‘Search And Destroy’ here:

Featured on the song is Billy Morrison (Billy Idol, Royal Machines) who worked closely with Jourgensen to hone MINISTRY’s version, an idea they came up with after teaming up on the track in a moment of accidental kismet at the Above Ground benefit concert in Los Angeles in 2019.

Recalls Jourgensen:“We rehearsed it and the song was perfect but the show was running late and by the time we got on stage, I was in half time and singing the lyrics twice as slow. Fortunately Billy and Dave Navarro are professionals and they realized what was going on and sort of covered for me but I felt horrible. Billy thought it actually sounded really good in half-time so he came to me with the idea of going into the studio and recording it that way. And I figured I owed him one.”

For the music video, filmed in a desert wasteland in a remote part of Los Angeles where airplanes are retired, Jourgensen learned how to operate an antiquated war weapon and wore an arsenal of heavy artillery to get into character. He says, “It was the smoothest shoot I’ve ever done and one of the memories I’ll take to my grave.”

‘Search And Destroy’ will appear on MINISTRY’s upcoming 15th studio album “Moral Hygiene”, which will be released via Nuclear Blast Records on October 1. With some of MINISTRY’s strongest and most inspired material to date, the 10 tracks are a follow-up to 2018’s lauded “AmeriKKKant” and put forth Jourgensen’s societal manifesto and plea for civilization to get back to a set of standards that lives up to and embraces our humanity.

“Moral Hygiene” will be available in CD, vinyl and digital download formats. Pre-orders are available at: http://www.nuclearblast.com/ministry-moralhygiene
Pre-Save the album here: http://www.nblast.de/MinistryMoralHygiene

After incubating for the larger part of 2020 – at time when creative mastermind Al Jourgensen was able to ruminate on the new world we as a society have found ourselves in – the time has finally come for MINISTRY to unleash their much-anticipated 15th studio album.

Aptly titled “Moral Hygiene”, the album will be released via Nuclear Blast Records on October 1st. With some of MINISTRY’s strongest and most inspired material to date, the 10 tracks are a follow-up to 2018’s lauded “AmeriKKKant” and put forth Jourgensen’s societal manifesto and plea for civilization to get back to a set of standards that lives up to and embraces our humanity.

“The good thing about literally taking a year off from any social activity or touring is that you really get to sit back and get an overview of things as they are happening, as opposed to being caught up in the moment. And what I saw with how we handled several public crises – from the pandemic to racial injustice to who we vote in to lead our country – is that times are changing, and society needed to change to get away from the idea that has permeated us of take care of yourself, fuck everything else. Now more than ever we need moral hygiene,” says Jourgensen of the new album. “It consumed me as I wrote this album. It’s not some pious term. It’s what we have to return to in order to function as the human species on this planet. And I’m proud to have had such great guests on this album to help cement that message like Billy Morrison, Jello Biafra and Arabian Prince.”

In conjunction with today’s album announcement, the latest track ‘Good Trouble’ is also released. The song, inspired by the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and the activist work of the late Congressman John Lewis, is accompanied by a new video that includes sampling from last year’s demonstrations in Los Angeles as captured by Jourgensen and his partner Liz Walton.

See the video for ‘Good Trouble’:

“Moral Hygiene” also includes the previously released ‘Alert Level’ that sounded the alarms about our collective dissonance towards the pandemic, climate change and the man formerly in the White House, bolstered by the song’s overarching question posed to listeners: “How concerned are you?”

The new album also adds perspective to the countless lives that were tragically lost to the COVID-19 pandemic on the haunting track ‘Death Toll’ while ‘Disinformation’ describes the too frequent willingness to accept everything – even mistruths – as fact.

Other musical jewels on the upcoming release include a collaboration with Jello Biafra (Jourgensen’s cohort in side project LARD) on ‘Sabotage Is Sex’ and a unique take on The Stooges’ ‘Search And Destroy’ that features guitar virtuoso Billy Morrison (Billy Idol/Royal Machines). Morrison is also heavily featured on a number of songs on the album.

“Moral Hygiene” was recorded with engineer Michael Rozon (also behind the boards on “AmeriKKKant”) at Scheisse Dog Studio, Jourgensen’s self-built home studio and creative lab. As with all MINISTRY albums, all songs are written and performed by Al Jourgensen. Additional contributions come from Billy Morrison (Billy Idol, Royal Machines), Cesar Soto (Man The Mute), John Bechdel (Killing Joke, Fear Factory), Roy Mayorga (Stonesour, Soulfly, Nausea), Paul D’Amour (Tool, Feersum Ennjin), Arabian Prince (N.W.A.), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys) and sitar player Flash.

“Moral Hygiene” will be available in CD, vinyl and digital download formats. Pre-orders are available at: http://www.nuclearblast.com/ministry-moralhygiene

Pre-Save the album here: http://www.nblast.de/MinistryMoralHygiene

“Moral Hygiene” track listing:
1. Alert Level
2. Good Trouble
3. Sabotage Is Sex
4. Disinformation
5. Search and Destroy
6. Believe Me
7. Broken System
8. We Shall Resist
9. Death Toll
10. TV Song #6 (Right Around The Corner Mix)