Ministry has set a September 18 release date for its new album, entitled 'The Last Sucker'. The CD, which features a guest appearance by Fear Factory frontman Burton Bell on two tracks ("End of Days Part I" and "End of Days Part II", will be Ministry's final album, and like its two predecessors — 2004's 'Houses of the Mole' and last year's 'Rio Grande Blood' — it will be politically minded blast at the administration of President George W. Bush.

Watch a video message from the group's mainman Al Jourgensen announcing the new album release date at YouTube.

Ministry mainman Al Jourgensen has commented on the band's Grammy nomination in the "Best Metal Performance" category for the song "Lies Lies Lies" off the band's latest album 'Rio Grande Blood'.

This is the fourth Grammy nomination for Jourgensen and Ministry, who were also nominated in 1993, 2000 and 2005.

Said Jourgensen: "Getting nominated for a Grammy is like getting the big, fat, wet kiss from your wrinkly old aunt at Thanksgiving or Chistmas. You appreciate the sentiment, but it's not something I'd wanna have sex with."

The 49th annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on CBS from Los Angeles' Staples Center on Sunday, February 11, 2007

Al Jourgensen (Ministry), Trevor Phipps (Unearth), Mercedes Lander (Kittie), and Dino Cazares (Asesino, ex-Fear Factory) will be appearing on a special edition of MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" as part of a discussion panel on heavy metal "hot topics," including the Sharon Osbourne vs. Iron Maiden fiasco, heavy metal reality shows, the state of metal, and metal blogs. The episode will be airing on Saturday, June 24 during the show's normal time slot, 10:00 p.m. EST. Also scheduled to air during the program's second hour at 11:30 p.m. EST is a 30-minute "Stage Fright" special dedicated to Motorhead. Culled from the spectacular DVD of the same title (released earlier this year on SPV), the program contains a healthy selection of Motorhead favorites along with some backstage interview footage of Lemmy and the band.

MINISTRY leader Al Jourgensen has told Gary Graff of Billboard.com that after MINISTRY finishes its current MasterBaTour, he plans to go right back into the studio for what he says will be "the last MINISTRY album."

"I've got other things to do," Jourgensen explained to Billboard.com. "I just started a label (13th Planet Records), and I want to sign some bands and really build it up like I did with WaxTrax in the '80s, not just a vanity label. I think it's time — and I'll be leaving on the top of my game instead of hanging on too long and doing crappy AEROSMITH and ROLLING STONES albums 30 years later."

Jourgensen, who lives near Waco, Texas, says that like its two predecessors — 2004's "Houses of the Mole" and this year's "Rio Grande Blood" — the final MINISTRY album will be politically minded blast at the administration of President George W. Bush.

"It's a trilogy," Jourgensen said. "The next one's going to be called 'The Last Sucker', and it's also about this corrupt administration. That seems to be my muse; everyone seems to think I write real shitty music when a Democrat's in office. So we'll do that one, and then me and George Bush go riding off hand-in-hand, into the sunset."

Read more at Billboard.com.

A photo of Joey Jordison (drums; also in SLIPKNOT) and mainman Al Jourgensen, taken at the video shoot for the MINISTRY song "Lies Lies Lies", has been posted online at this location. The clip was directed by Zach Passero at the 13th Planet Studios and The Pershing Theatre in El Paso, Texas and features the following lineup:

Tommy Victor (PRONG) - Guitar
Al Jourgensen - Vocals, Guitar
John Bechdel (FEAR FACTORY, KILLING JOKE) - Keyboards
Mike Scaccia (RIGOR MORTIS) – Guitar
Joey Jordison (SLIPKNOT) - Drums
Paul Raven (KILLING JOKE) – Bass

The clip is expected to debut on various outlets mid-June.

"Lies Lies Lies" comes off the group's latest CD, "Rio Grande Blood", which was released in early May. The CD sold just under 7,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at No. 134 on The Billboard 200 chart. The follow-up to 2004's "Houses Of The Molé" was produced by MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen at 13th Planet Studios in El Paso, TX, mixed at The Saltmine in Mesa, AZ, and mastered at DNA Mastering in Studio City, CA. The album features guitarist Victor, Raven and drummer Mark Baker, with guest appearances by Jello Biafra (ex-DEAD KENNEDYS) and Sgt. Major.