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MINISTRY main man Al Jourgensen’s new project, SURGICAL METHMACHINE, is set to release the self-titled debut, which was recorded primarily at Jourgensen’s home studio in Los Angeles, California with his longtime engineer Sam D’Ambruoso, on April 15th worldwide. In anticipation of the release, Uncle Al is treating fans with the premiere of the official video for new track ‘I’m Invisible’. Watch the video over on TeamRock now:
Commenting on the video, Al states: “Hello folks, thought y’all might like to see some home videos of my last Las Vegas vacation. WARNING: do not attempt to view this unless sufficiently high!”
 Pre-order Surgical Meth Machine on Limited Edition Neon Pink Vinyl exclusively from the Nuclear Blast store: http://nuclearblast.
The track list for ‘Surgical Meth Machine‘ racks up as follows:
01. I’m Sensitive
02. Tragic Alert
03. I Want More
04. Rich People Problems
05. I Don’t Wanna
06. Smash And Grab
07. Unlistenable
08. Gates Of Steel
09. Spudnik
10. Just Go Home
11. Just Keep Going
12. I’m Invisible
In an October 2015 interview with In The Loop magazine, Jourgensen stated about how the idea for SURGICAL METH MACHINE came about: “You know, [guitarist] Mikey [Scaccia] died a couple of years ago, from MINISTRY, and I just figured, like, nah, it’s time to quit. I don’t want to have John Bonham’s kid playing drums for us and having replacement parts forever; that’s just not my scene. So I just figured, ‘All right, let’s stop this. Let’s do some other stuff.’ And not only that. I found that it was really unburdensome to not have the MINISTRY moniker or expectations and just do something like whatever the fuck we want. I mean, the band’s name is SURGICAL METHMACHINE. It’s not like we’re gonna be on Top 40 radio and on ‘The Voice’ and ‘American Idol’. [Laughs]”He continued: “I understand it’s not a real commercial project for us, it’s not gonna put bank in my wallet, but it was a lot of fun to do, in that sense – of just not having the constraints of the expectations of what you’ve done for twenty years. So this is… It’s kind of new stuff. It’s pretty cool. It sounds like kind of MINISTRY, but it’s a different level. It’s like I literally just put my foot on the gas pedal for this record.” According to Jourgensen, the sound of SURGICAL METH MACHINE’s debut release leans heavily on the aggressive side, but fans can also expect to hear a few surprises. “There’s a couple of real poppy things on there, which brings me full circle, because, literally, I don’t give a fuck anymore”, he said.”So I’m actually almost acknowledging that first horrible pop record I did in 1983. I’m crooning on some songs, I’ve got some pop songs on there, and then there’s just brutal assault for the rest of it. It’s a very dichotomous record, but it’s me, and I’m acknowledging everything that’s been me through, like, the last 35 years. Let’s just throw my balls on the table and hope somebody doesn’t have a meat cleaver running.” MORE ON ‘SURGICAL METH MACHINE‘:
ALBUM TRAILER #1: Watch as Al discusses signing to Nuclear Blast and how this project differs to Ministry: https://youtu.be/6R-AZkADwyM
ALBUM TRAILER #2: Watch as Al discusses the album artwork and the band’s name: https://youtu.be/Gnd7FrPlra8
ALBUM TRAILER #3: Watch as Al discusses the drumming on the new album, working on music without his Ministry comrades and more: https://youtu.be/wQv10VmwFtI
ALBUM TRAILER #4: Watch as he shares his thoughts on the music industry now and how it was back in the day, here: https://youtu.be/f3WNCXPqmbI
Listen to new track, ‘Tragic Alert’: https://youtu.be/ljgs9Bbe_wU
Al commented: “I hope you enjoy this soundtrack to the New World Order…you should, y’all helped create it!”
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