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Ministry lands with Cleopatra

Posted by Loren on October 10, 2024

Ministry lands with Cleopatra
Ministry lands with Cleopatra

Ministry, the seasoned industrial project helmed by Al Jourgensen, has announced they've signed with Cleopatra Records for what they say will be their final studio album. While the lineup continually shifts, the next record will feature mainstays Jourgensen and Paul Barker.
 
“After a couple years apart, these new recording sessions started in our tried and true manner: we started going in opposite directions that circled around which inevitably forced us to meet in the middle, much like a particle accelerator,” Barker says in a statement from the label.

Ministry lands with Cleopatra
Ministry lands with Cleopatra

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