Ministry Prepare Final Album And Dub Collection

Industrial rock godfathers Ministry are recording their 11th and final studio album in frontman Al Jourgensen's 13th Planet Studios in El Paso, Texas.

The Last Sucker, due on Sept. 18 via 13th Planet Records, will mark the end of a 26-year career for the band. Jourgensen has been the only constant throughout that time. He's joined in the current lineup by Tommy Victor, Paul Raven and Sin.

First up on the Ministry release schedule, though, is an album of remixes. Rio Grande Dub — a collection of dub remixes from the band's 2006 anti-George W. Bush record, Rio Grande Blood — will be released by 13th Planet on July 10. Clayton Worbeck (Revolting Cocks, Stayte) and John Bechdel (Fear Factory, Prong) are responsible for the remixes.

Houses Of The Mole (2004), Rio Grande Blood and The Last Sucker make up an anti-Bush trilogy of sorts, Jourgensen told Billboard.com.

"Everyone seems to think I write real shitty music when a Democrat's in office. So we'll do that one, and then me and George Bush go riding off hand-in-hand, into the sunset."

Ministry are expected to embark on a fall farewell tour.

Here are the songs on Rio Grande Dub:

"Rio Grande Blood (Rio Grande Dubya Mix)"
"Senor Peligro (La Zona Peligrosa Mix)"
"Gangreen (Kiss Me Goodnight Mix)"
"Fear Is Big Business (Weapons Of Mass Deception Mix)"
"Lieslieslies (Cognitive Dissonance Mix)"
"The Great Satan (What Would Satan Do? Mix)"
"Yellow Cake (Hexafluoride Mix)"
"Palestina (72nd Virgin Mix)"
"Ass Clown (Osama McDonald Mix)"
"Khyber Pass (TX Bush Ranch Mix)"
"Lieslieslies (Known Unknown Lies Mix)"