Ministry return with its fourth live release Enjoy The Quiet - Live at Wacken 2012 in August. The recording is taken from the band's August 3, 2012 appearance at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany. The massive festival gig was the band's last stop on their tour in support of Relapse, and includes the last pro-shot footage of guitarist Mike Scaccia performing with Ministry. Enjoy The Quiet will debut at this year's Wacken Festival (August 1st - 3rd) and will be released on CD, DVD, deluxe 2CD/DVD (includes bonus CD), Blu-Ray, vinyl, and digital download on August 13th. Check out the trailer below:
The tracklisting for Enjoy The Quiet - Live At Wacken 2012 is posted at the bottom of the page.
Ministry is also releasing its final album From Beer To Eternity on September 6th, with the album's first single, "Permawar," to drop in late July (pushed back from June). Ministry began working on the album in December, just days before Mike Scaccia's death. According to Al Jourgensen, the December session was like no other session:
"We have never, in the history of Ministry, ever had a tracking session like that before...everything went so smoothly, it was surreal. And Mikey was so on fire and inspired, and really a driving force for this record."
Months later, Jourgensen decided to finish up the album, and though it was a bittersweet experience, he says he's proud of the result:
"I'm super proud of From Beer to Eternity because it's my tribute to Mikey's incredible talent, and I feel it honors him and all of the years we spent together making music.”
Read more about From Beer To Eternity here.
Finally, don't forget about the book that will most likely be the best read of 2013: Al Jourgensen's autobiography, The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen, is due to be published on July 9th. Read more about the book here.
Enjoy The Quiet - Live At Wacken 2012 tracklisting
01 Ghouldiggers
02 No “W“
03 Rio Grande Blood
04 LiesLiesLies
07 99 Percenters
08 Life Is Good
09 Waiting
10 Relapse
11 New World Order (N.W.O.)
12 Just One Fix
13 Thieves
Bonus Disc Live at Wacken 2006 (bonus material from deluxe 2CD/DVD)
01 Fear Is Big Business
02 SeƱor Peligro
03 No W
04 Rio Grande Blood
05 The Great Satan
06 Waiting
07 LiesLiesLies
08 Worthless
09 Wrong
10 New World Order (N.W.O.)
11 Just One Fix
12 Thieves
13 Khyber Pass
14 Psalm 69
Read more about Enjoy The Quiet - Live At Wacken 2012 here.