From Beer to Eternity

In December 2012, Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen, guitarists Mike Scaccia and Sin Quirin, bassist Tony Campos, and drummer Aaron Rossi entered studio sessions and worked on the rough tracks for 18 songs at Jourgensen's 13th Planet Records compound in El Paso, Texas. The sessions turned out to be fruitful, with Jourgensen noting, "We have never, in the history of Ministry, ever had a tracking session like that before. Everything went so smoothly, it was surreal."{{cite web | url=http://loudwire.com/ministry-release-plans-13th-studio-album-from-beer-to-eternity/ | title=Ministry announce release plans for 13th studio album 'From Beer To Eternity' | publisher=Loudwire | date=June 18, 2013 | access-date=August 25, 2013 | last=Hartmann|first=Graham}}{{cite web | url=http://exclaim.ca/News/ministry_detail_from_beer_to_eternity_reveal_new_live_dvd_al_jourgensen_biography | title=Ministry Detail 'From Beer to Eternity,' Reveal New Live DVD and Al Jourgensen Biography | publisher=Exclaim! | date=June 18, 2013 | access-date=August 25, 2013 | last=Adams|first=Gregory}}

Three days after the band had completed the sessions, Scaccia, whom Jourgensen described as the driving force behind the record, died onstage playing with his band Rigor Mortis, due to a sudden heart attack brought on by previously undiagnosed heart disease. Following a funeral in Dallas, Jourgensen and co-producer Sammy D'Ambruoso spent three months in studio to put the final touches on the album.

The cover art and accompanying artwork was created by photographer Allan Amato. The artwork features seven female models, who act as sexualized and "monster-ified" personifications of seven deadly sins. On the artwork, Al Jourgensen stated: {{quote|The Seven Deadly Sins is the intention and the women are not really women. If you look at them, they're not some hot models—I mean, they started out that way, but we completely mutated them just to parody the entire sexuality thing...I guess I'll be taking some heat for being a misogynist by carrying seven women in a bag like they're groupies or something. If I ever saw a groupie look like that on my bus, I guarantee my road manager would have them off the bus within a minute, so it's not a sexual thing. And it's certainly not misogynistic.{{cite web | url=http://loudwire.com/ministry-from-beer-to-eternity-photo-shoot-exclusive-video/ | title=Ministry's 'From Beer To Eternity' photo shoot highlights seven deadly sins – exclusive video | publisher=Loudwire | date=June 28, 2013 | access-date=August 25, 2013 | last=Hartmann|first=Graham}}}}

The album artwork and the title were mocked by Josh Modell of the A.V. Club, comparing it conceptually to the fictional album Smell the Glove by Spinal Tap.{{cite web | url=https://www.avclub.com/whats-worse-the-title-of-the-new-ministry-album-or-its-1798238861 | title=What's worse, the title of the new Ministry album or its cover art? | publisher=The A.V. Club | date=June 18, 2013 | access-date=August 25, 2013 | last=Modell|first=Josh}} In response and as a joke, Ministry posted new cover artwork, titled Whole Lotta Glove.{{cite web | url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-cover-art-for-ministrys-new-album-will-change,99326/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625153540/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-cover-art-for-ministrys-new-album-will-change%2C99326/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 25, 2013 | title=The cover art for Ministry's new album will change because The A.V. Club made fun of it, report Al Jourgensen's dogs | publisher=The A.V. Club | date=June 21, 2013 | access-date=August 25, 2013 | last=Modell|first=Josh}}

A behind-the-scenes video, depicting the creation of the artwork, was released on June 28, 2013.

{{tracklist

| headline = From Beer to Eternity {{nobold|standard edition track listing}}

| all_lyrics = Al Jourgensen

| title1 = Hail to His Majesty (Peasants)

| music1 = Al Jourgensen, Sin Quirin

| length1 = 5:17

| title2 = Punch in the Face

| music2 = Jourgensen, Quirin

| length2 = 5:00

| title3 = PermaWar

| music3 = Jourgensen, Quirin, Mike Scaccia

| length3 = 4:56

| title4 = Perfect Storm

| music4 = Jourgensen, Quirin

| length4 = 4:56

| title5 = Fairly Unbalanced

| music5 = Jourgensen, Quirin

| length5 = 4:15

| title6 = The Horror

| music6 = Jourgensen, Sammy D'Ambruoso

| length6 = 3:33

| title7 = Side F/X Include Mikey's Middle Finger (TV4)

| music7 = Jourgensen, Scaccia

| length7 = 5:14

| title8 = Lesson Unlearned

| music8 = Jourgensen, Quirin, Scaccia

| length8 = 3:16

| title9 = Thanx but No Thanx

| music9 = Jourgensen

| length9 = 8:21

| title10 = Change of Luck

| music10 = Jourgensen, Quirin, Scaccia

| length10 = 7:16

| title11 = Enjoy the Quiet

| music11 = Jourgensen, Quirin

| length11 = 2:39

| total_length = 54:43

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = From Beer to Eternity {{nobold|Best Buy Deluxe edition additional tracks}}

| title12 = PermaWar Remix

| music12 = Jourgensen, Quirin, Scaccia

| length12 = 7:23

| title13 = Thanks for the Dub Remix

| music13 = Jourgensen

| length13 = 4:53

|total_length = 66:19

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = From Beer to Eternity {{nobold|LP edition additional track}}

| title12 = Punch in the Face Remix

| music12 = Jourgensen, Quirin

| length12 = 7:58

|total_length = 62:01

}}

• "Thanx but No Thanx" makes use of William S. Burroughs's poem "A Thanksgiving Prayer", as read by Sgt. Major, who also appeared on Ministry's tenth studio album Rio Grande Blood (2006).{{cite web | url=http://noisey.vice.com/blog/ministrys-last-stand-brings-al-jourgensen-from-beer-to-eternity | title=Ministry's last stand brings Al Jourgensen 'From Beer to Eternity' | publisher=Vice | access-date=August 25, 2013 | last=Wiederhorn|first=John|date=March 2013}}

• Al Jourgensen – vocals (1–5, 7–10, 12–14), guitars (1, 3, 8–10, 12, 13), keyboards (1, 3, 10, 12), harmonica (3, 12), programming (6), bass (9, 13), production, mixing
• Mike Scaccia – guitars (3, 7–10, 12), bass (3, 12, 13)
• Sin Quirin – guitars (1–5, 8, 10, 12, 14), keyboards (1, 2, 14), synthesizer programming (2, 10, 14), bass (2, 14), drum programming (10)
• Tony Campos – bass (1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10)
• Aaron Rossi – drums (2, 8, 14), drum programming (8)

• Sammy D'Ambruoso – keyboards (1), drum programming (1–5, 7, 8, 10, 12–14), synthesizer programming (2, 3, 12, 14), programming (6), backing vocals (10), noises (11), remix (12–14), engineering, production
• Aaron Havill – theremin (4), synthesizer programming (4, 8, 10), programming (6), sampling, synthesizer, backing vocals, engineering, second engineering
• Patty Fox – backing vocals (8, 10)
• Sgt. Major – spoken word (9, 11, 13)
• Hector Muñoz – backing vocals
• Matt Bridges – backing vocals
• Allan Amato – artwork
• Angelina Jourgensen – executive production
• Dave Donnelly – mastering

A remix album titled From Beer to Eternamix was released on November 22, 2025.https://ministryband.bandcamp.com/album/from-beer-to-eternamix

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