Houses of the Molé is the ninth studio album by American industrial metal band Ministry, released on June 21, 2004, by Sanctuary Records.

Al Jourgensen describes Houses of the Molé as a "rebirth" album as he started Ministry anew without long time collaborator Paul Barker who left after the Animositisomina tour due to a falling-out.

[2] Mole itself is a Mexican sauce made from chocolate that is nearly black in color, an image that Jourgensen believes represents crude oil.

[5] The Austin Chronicle gave the album a positive review, with reviewer Michael Chamy saying "Houses of the Molé is signed, sealed, and delivered so powerfully that one can overlook the fact that it's basically Psalm 69 or The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste Part II.

"[4] In its review, Rolling Stone said "the album is so densely noisy that you'll need lots of patience to figure out whether Jourgensen is going on about politics, Armageddon or a hangnail.

Later releases feature a Redux version of "No W" (with the "O Fortuna" samples removed), dropped "Psalm 23", and added another (hidden) track titled "Bloodlines".