In a recent interview with Metal Edge, Ministry frontman and multi-instrumentalist Al Jourgensen confirmed that the band has been in the studio recording their follow-up to last year's Moral Hygiene, to which eight tracks have already been recorded and Jourgensen has described the sound of the album as "arena rock".

Jourgensen said: "We have eight songs recorded right now, and even my engineer went, 'This is total arena rock, dude'. And I really feel like after that one, we have one more in us, which would be our 19th album. I don't think I'm gonna hit 20, but I'm pretty certain we're gonna have 19 by the time we're done. So we'll see. I mean, who knows, man? The world is just in such a state of fucking flux. You don't know what's gonna happen next fucking week. But this new record, it's fun stuff."

When asked if he was ever a fan of "arena rock" or "hair metal" back in the 80's, Al said: "No, not at all. I didn't know any of... to this day, outside of "Girls, Girls, Girls" or something, I couldn't even name you a Mötley Crüe song. That's not something that I would listen to. I'm sure it's really great and all that, but when I say arena rock, I don't mean that this album's going to be a hair-band fucking album. I mean, it's Ministry, right? I'm just saying that the chord progressions and the sound of it is just much more… we don't go off on eclectic tangents as much. These are hard-hitting beats that are in your face, and that you could visualize 20,000 people knowing the lyrics to the songs and chanting along. So the music lends itself more towards a larger stadium atmosphere."

Source:	metaledgemag.com
Band profile:	Ministry