Album info, tracklisting and cover artwork for new Ministry album, The Last Dubber via Ministry’s myspace

MINISTRY’S THE LAST DUBBER AVAILABLE SEPT. 15

Remix album of final Ministry release (The Last Sucker) coming

from Al Jourgensen’s 13th Planet Records

Aug. 4, 2009 (El Paso, Texas) – Ministry, arguably the most influential industrial band to date, punctuated the close of their 30 year recording career with 2007’s The Last Sucker. Now comes the remix album, The Last Dubber, an appropriately beguiling album that dabbles in both trance and metal.

The Last Sucker was greeted with a chorus of glowing reviews including Pitchfork proclaiming it “Ministry’s most exciting record since Psalm 69,” and Spin said Jourgensen “can still pile on the jackhammer beats and clever samples.” Following the album’s release Jourgensen and company embarked on the C U LaTour, which wrapped around the globe with sold out shows at each stop and is documented in the recently released Adios… Puta Madres DVD/CD.

The Last Dubber track listing is:

1. Let’s Go (La Fin Du Monde Mix)

2. Watch Yourself (The Clocks Strike Thirteen Mix)

3. Life is Good (Neuroplasticity Mix)

4. The Dick Song (Straight Outta Lincoln Mix)

5. The Last Sucker (Icke Mix)

6. No Glory (Sandpaper Condom Mix)

7. Death & Destruction (A Vote of Non-Confidence Mix)

8. Die In A Crash (Point of Impact Mix)

9. End Of Days Part 1 (One Less Sparrow Mix)

10. End Of Days Part 2 (Extreme Mayan Makeover Mix)

11. Let’s Go (Dawn of Oblivion Mix)

12. The Last Sucker (Hardware Revamp Mix)

All tracks remixed by Clayton Workbeck of RevCo with the exception of “Let’s Go (Dawn of Oblivion Mix)” by John Bechdel (Killing Joke, Ministry, False Icons) and “The Last Sucker (Hardware Revamp Mix)” by DJ Hardware….

The Last Dubber is the fourth in a series of remix records from Jourgensen’s 13th Planet Records. The previous albums being: Prong’s Power of Damn MiXXXer, RevCo’s Cocktail MiXXX, Ministry’s Rio Grande Dubya and RevCo’s Sex-O MiXXX-O (which is set for a Sept. 29 release).

via Ministry announces The Last Dubber – Ministry’s MySpace Blog .

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Wolves In The Throne Room – Two Hunters

“I Will Lay Down My Bones Among the Rocks and Roots”
More album and band info on their Southern Lord page
You can also download this song from the WITTR page on Southern Lord

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