Witness the intensity of industrial metal icons Ministry commanding the Ronnie James Dio Stage at Bloodstock Open Air 2025 on August 9 in Catton Park, Derbyshire, England.

Captured live in front of a full festival crowd, this performance of “Jesus Built My Hotrod” delivers raw energy, heavy riffs and an electrifying atmosphere that had metal fans in the UK and beyond buzzing all weekend.

In 2025, for the first time ever, Ministry shared an official music video for the eternal hit, “Everyday Is Halloween”.

Originally released in 1984, Al Jourgensen’s rally cry for the goth community and misunderstood creatures of the night has remained a cult classic over the decades and is finally being given the visual treatment it deserves.

Says Jourgensen, “I’m amazed and honored that folks are still listening to this song 40 years on.

Fly that freak flag proudly.” “Everyday Is Halloween” is one of the cuts on the new album, The Squirrely Years Revisited, out now via Cleopatra Records that sees Jourgensen making peace with the past.

After the incredible reception to Ministry’s With Sympathy and Twitch-heavy set at Cruel World 2024, Jourgensen decided it was time to reexamine his long-dormant synth pop hits and give them a fresh polish 40 years later.

Featuring nine tracks (three additional bonus tracks on CD), The Squirrely Years Revisited offers reworked versions of not only “Everyday Is Halloween,” but also “Work For Love,” “I’m Not An Effigy,” and “I’ll Do Anything For You.” The Squirrely Years Revisited follows the release of Ministry’s 16th studio album in 2024, HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES, and comes ahead of the final new studio album from Ministry in 2026, a record that has Jourgensen teaming up with Paul Barker once again.

The Squirrely Years Revisited is available in all formats including digital, CD and 4 different vinyl configurations.

Order digital copies of the album here https://orcd.co/ministry_thesquirrelyyearsrevisited, order CD/vinyl copies here https://cleorecs.com/search?q=ministry+squirrely+years+revisited.

“Work For Love” “Here We Go” “All Day” “Everyday Is Halloween” “Revenge” “I’m Not An Effigy” “I’m Falling” “Same Old Madness” “I’ll Do Anything For You” “Just Like You” (CD only) “We Believe” (CD only) “Over The Shoulder” (CD only) Born in 1981 in Chicago, Ministry has been the lifetime passion project of founder Al Jourgensen, considered to be the pioneer of industrial music.

In its early days, Ministry was identifiable by its heavy synth-pop material in line with the new sounds and technology that were being developed in the ‘80s.

Ministry’s output began with four 12” singles on Wax Trax! Records in 1981 before the first LP With Sympathy in 1983 via Arista Records.

As time progressed however, so did Ministry, quickly developing a harsher, and more stylized sound that the band soon became infamous for on seminal albums Twitch (1986), The Land of Rape and Honey (1988), and The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste (1989).

With the release of Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and The Way to Suck Eggs (1992), Ministry hit an all-time high in the mainstream musical realm and received its first Grammy nomination.

In total, Ministry has been nominated for a Grammy award six times.

Eight more albums would follow before an indefinite break in 2013, only to be unearthed again in 2018 with AmeriKKKant, continuing to reflect Jourgensen’s views on the frightening state of society and politics.

The 2021 album Moral Hygiene marked a new creative era of Jourgensen and the band.

Ministry’s 16th studio album, HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES, was released March 1, 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records."