Ministry's final album Hate To Go is out today: 10 tracks, a Paul Barker return and a farewell tour

Ministry's last record is here. Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery) is out today, 30 October 2026, on Cleopatra Records, and it is the 17th and final album from the industrial band Al Jourgensen has led since the early 1980s.

Jourgensen announced the ending in July, saying in the announcement that he is done and proud of what he has accomplished, and that it is time to "herd goats". The band's 45-year run, from synth-pop beginnings to the thrash-and-sampler assault of the late 1980s and 1990s, ends with this album and a tour.

What is on it

The album has 10 tracks on digital and CD: "Crickets", "Voices of Hate", "Clown Car", "We Hate", "Delete", "Grifter", "The White Man Lied", "Singularity", "Burned Out" and "We're Still Here". "The White Man Lied" is left off the cassette and vinyl editions, so check which format you are buying.

Two singles came ahead of release. "Burned Out", the first, arrived in July with a video directed by Joshua Bradford, who used to be in Revolting Cocks. "We Hate" followed on 21 August, also with a Bradford video.

The closer, "We're Still Here", features Paul Barker, the longtime Ministry bassist and Jourgensen's main co-writer through the band's most celebrated years. His return on the final track is the one detail fans of the classic records will circle.

Who plays on it

Alongside Jourgensen, the current band is Monte Pittman and Cesar Soto on guitars, Paul D'Amour on bass, John Bechdel on sampler and synth, and Pepe Clarke Magaña on drums. The album is out on vinyl in several variants, CD, cassette and digital, plus box sets.

The farewell tour

The "Goodbye Europe" run, with Die Krupps as special guest, starts in Utrecht on 2 April 2027. It includes Brussels (4 April), Manchester (6 April), Dublin (7 April), London's Troxy (10 April), Paris (12 April), Madrid (14 April), Berlin (24 April) and Stockholm (29 April), and closes in Helsinki on 1 May. A full US run is listed as still to be announced.

Ministry played Red Rocks on 15 September, Louder Than Life on 20 September, Chicago's Salt Shed on 3 October and Sick New World Texas on 24 October this year.

Where to start

If you want the album's argument in one go, start with the two singles. "Burned Out" is the angriest, a song about a world run by arsonists and war profiteers. "We Hate" sits right behind it.

This is a factual guide, not a review: our verdict will come once the desk has lived with the record. For Ministry's place among our other tour and release coverage, see more stories and the Ministry artist page.