Ministry’s sixteenth studio album HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES is available via Nuclear Blast Records and all streaming platforms. After teasing album singles and videos for “Goddamn White Trash,” plus “Just Stop Oil,” and “B.D.E.” the band has another new song out titled “New Religion.”
Frontman Al Jourgensen comments on the track, “All traditional faiths seem to pale in comparison to our new ‘Deity’ Media.”
After nine tracks, Jourgensen is understandably irritable about the awful state of the world. He sees the same disaster we all do, and he uses his voice to vent about the state of it.
“New Religion” starts off with the acoustics going on for thirty seconds before the title is screamed. They call this new belief “a twisted vision” with Al Jourgensen seen nailed to the cross. This song seems to challenge social media by shouting “Have my doubts when people shout / Their information”. In addition, the song challenges capitalism by asking “which corporation” ruins the listeners innocence. They chant how wrong it is, and the band encourages the listeners to embrace tradition. This song takes its time to deliver it’s lyrics, and they compare businesses to that of savages that only care about profit. It’s possible that they are referring to the church in general and how hypocritical It is that they ask for money (despite them saying that it’s the root of all evil). The song ends with them saying that “that’s just not right”.
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