Al Jourgesen has just announced that he will be releasing a self titled album for his new project Surgical Meth Machine on April 15th with Nuclear Blast Records.

Jourgesen explained that he thought he was done with music forever after the death of a fellow band member Mikey Scaccia, in his last project Ministry:

 “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 METH MACHINE. It’s not like we’re gonna be on Top 40 radio and on ‘The Voice’ and ‘American Idol’. [Laughs]”

“Going through this album is a really long, strange  journey,” Jourgensen told Alt Press. “The album starts out beating you over the head with some of the fastest stuff that’s probably ever been recorded, at least that’s cohesive. Then, it ends sounding damn near like a lounge act, with me crooning like Wayne Newton or some shit.”

The Album is a mix of  mostly heavily agressive songs but also has a spark to it that you wouldn’t expect from Al. “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.

Surgical Meth Machine
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