Final Ministry Album Out Today: "The Last Sucker" (Ends Bush Trilogy)

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With The Last Sucker Al Jourgensen not only brings his anti-Bush Jr trilogy of albums to a close, but he also shutters the Ministry band/project/death machine for good.

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Samples lifted from Bush Jr speeches had been a staple for seven years by the time The Last Sucker rolled around, but "Death and Destruction" takes a cackle from the President and sonically manipulates it into one of the most unsettling laughs on record. Many more effective moments come from the lyrics and their delivery as Jourgenson screams out tales of young men dying for nothing ("No Glory") and a President out of touch with not only the average American's experience, but also the human experience ("The Last Sucker"). Book ending this pummeling set of bleak songs are two of the best Ministry efforts to date. First is "Let's Go" which is "Jesus Built My Hotrod" remarkably amped-up with Jourgensen absolutely shredding on guitar. At the end is the epic "End of Days, Pt. 1" and "Pt. 2" featuring Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell along with a lengthy sample of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell speech — the "Military-Industrial Complex" one.

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...but with The Last Sucker, Ministry goes out in a blaze of glory.

I'm going to miss Ministry. They're the perfect fit for some of the pissed off moods I get into at times. Perversely, I find that listening to their aggressive music helps to calm me down. :)