Today, August 14, 2026, Marilyn Manson officially releases One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 , the long-awaited second half of the story that began with 2024's Chapter 1 . The nine-track album brings the One Assassination Under God era to its conclusion, with Manson once again inviting listeners into a world of death, resurrection, darkness, light, conflict, fallen angels, revenge, wounds, and ultimately love. When the album was announced, Manson described Chapter 2 as the record that would “complete my story,” saying that he used “each stone that was thrown” at him to sharpen his edges and that he had “outgrew purgatory.” Those words provide an intriguing lens through which to approach the album, particularly after the themes established on Chapter 1 . But the release isn't limited to the music itself. Manson has also unveiled a new music video for “Unalive,” directed by Anthony Silva , a longtime collaborator dating back to Manson's Phantasmagoria project for...
What Evan Rachel Wood Said About Marilyn Manson's 2007 'Heart-Shaped Glasses' Music Video Before 'Phoenix Rising' in 2022
Evan's Obsession With Nabokov's Lolita On July 7, 2009, after the second breakup of Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood, when she was dating Shane West, Vanity Fair published an interview with Evan Rachel Wood to promote her film Whatever Works . Whatever Works is a film directed by Woody Allen and is about a middle-aged, misanthropic divorcé (Larry David) from New York City who surprisingly enters a fulfilling, Pygmalion-type relationship with a much younger, unsophisticated Southern girl (Evan Rachel Wood). During this interview, Evan was asked about Nabokov's Lolita , since the film is about the relationship of a young girl and a much older man, and she talked about her obsession as a young girl with Nabokov's Lolita . It is clear from the interview that Evan did not view her relationship with Manson as being in the "Lolita-like" territory, since she does not even mention him. Instead she viewed her relationship with Manson as being between two consentin...