MINISTRY - release new single!
With a new election on the horizon and America still on the brink, MINISTRYâs Al Jourgensen has re-entered the studio to create his missives that will become material for a to-be-announced new album on Nuclear Blast Records. The first taste comes today with the bold new track âAlert Levelâ accompanied by a provocative lyric video, created by Agent Ogden.
See the video on Nuclear Blastâs YouTube page: https://youtu.be/qctA4yGMXWA
Hear Jourgensen discuss more about âAlert Levelâ on Bill Burrâs latest episode of his âMonday Morning Podcastâ: https://billburr.com/monday-morning-podcast-4-20-20/
With the release of âAlert Level,â fans are asked to be a part of the larger conversation by answering the question posed by the songâs central message, âHow concerned are you?â Fans should upload videos, 30 seconds or less, to their social media profiles with the hashtag #MinistryAlertLevel. All the members of MINISTRY will be watching from home and selecting the videos most meaningful to them, which will be later shared.
MINISTRY also encourages fans to voice their concerns by voting in the upcoming 2020 elections and has partnered with Head Count to help voters to become registered in time. More info can be found here: http://ministryband.com/vote
âAlert Levelâ will be included on MINISTRYâs upcoming 15th full-length release and the follow-up to the acclaimed 2018 record, âAmeriKKKant,â which was a return to form for the industrial juggernaut and garnered international tour dates, a collaboration with Wax Trax! and a support slot on Slayerâs final tour.
Order the band's latest album »AmeriKKKant«: http://nblast.de/MinistryAmeriKKKant
The song is the first new material from Jourgensen in two years and has a timely message as Americaâand the global populationâfaces epidemics, environmental crises, political corruption and one of the biggest elections of our lifetimes.
Regarding âAlert Level,â Jourgensen says, âWe finished the song in January and it sounded great during rehearsals for our Australia/Japan tour dates, before we went into quarantine. The original plan was to finish the new record before the July âIndustrial Strengthâ US tour so we could have an Election Day release, but in lieu of the circumstancesâand how relevant the song feels for these bizarre timesâwe decided to release âAlert Levelâ now. Considering that this song features the question âHow concerned are you?â Iâll be interested to see how folks answer it themselves.â
