Relapse (Ministry album)

Relapse
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 23, 2012 (2012-03-23)
RecordedSeptember–December 2011
GenreIndustrial metal, thrash metal
Length50:07
Label13th Planet
ProducerAl Jourgensen, Samuel D'Ambruoso
Ministry chronology
The Last Sucker
(2007)
Relapse
(2012)
From Beer to Eternity
(2013)
Singles from Relapse
  1. "99 Percenters"
    Released: December 23, 2011
  2. "Double Tap"
    Released: February 24, 2012

Relapse is the twelfth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, which was released on March 23, 2012, through 13th Planet Records. It was recorded in the wake of their three-year hiatus from November 2008 to August 2011 and Al Jourgensen's near-death experience in 2010. Relapse is also the last Ministry album released during guitarist Mike Scaccia's lifetime, although he appeared posthumously on the band's next album, From Beer to Eternity.