Ministry

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Amanda Edwards, Getty Images Ministry's Al Jourgensen has always been a lightning rod in the industrial metal scene. Still, he has inspired everyone from Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor to Slipknot's Corey Taylor to Linkin Park's Chester Bennington ...

If "eternity" seems like too long, then would you settle for September? That's when Ministry will be releasing their thirteenth studio album, 'From Beer to Eternity.' Frontman Al Jourgensen says that while concluding Ministry's career had been discussed, after the events of the past year he had no real choice other than to record this disc...

Stop us if you've heard this one before, but Ministry are breaking up...again. No, really? Yep. But this time, it's with a much heavier heart. Band leader Al Jourgensen, who broke up the group with a considerable amount of fanfare in 2008, only to resurrect it a few years later in 2011, is ending things for the second time...

Facebook Rigor Mortis and Ministry guitarist Mike Scaccia collapsed on stage and died during a Rigor Mortis performance in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday night (Dec. 22). The 47-year-old veteran guitarist was performing with the band, which he formed back in 1983, as part of a 50th birthday celebration for singer Bruce Corbitt, when he reportedly fell into a seizure and was rushed to the hos

Redferns / Getty Images This year's Wacken Open Air was struck by tragedy, Contact Music reports, as a man died of carbon monoxide poisoning at the German heavy metal festival. The victim, whose name has not been released, apparently fell asleep in a canvas tent containing a power generator...

Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen was hospitalized last night in Paris after playing an abbreviated 50-minute set at the Batacian, Blabbermouth.net reports. The industrial metal legend appeared "rather intoxicated," according to RadioMetal...

"I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything" -- Eddie Vedder, accepting a Grammy for Pearl Jam's 'Spin the Black Circle,' 1996 I tend to take the Pearl Jam Attitude toward the Grammys, but it's still fun to sit back and watch people who know nothing about metal try and hand out awards for "Best Performance" every year...

Well, that's what we call planning in advance. Ministry, who broke up and even embarked on the C-U-La-Tour victory lap in 2008, have announced that they will play the annual Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany in 2012, which takes place August 2nd through the 4th...

X Japan leader Yoshiki is launching another auction to benefit victims of the earthquake that devastated coastal areas of Japan in March. All proceeds from this auction will benefit Japan Relief. New items are being added weekly, so Noisecreep recommends that you check back as often as you can...