New Single Released and New Album Announced June 12th 2026 marks a day of exciting new releases and new announcements for Marilyn Manson ahead of his upcoming summer tour. When the clock struck midnight, the first single off the new album was released titled "Exit Wound", and along with this we were informed not only about the titles of the nine new tracks off the upcoming new album, which is a direct follow up to the previous album and simply titled One Assassination Under God - Chapter 2 , but also August 14th as the release date for the new album. In the morning hours, we also received a message from Marilyn Manson himself on social media together with the release of his new music video for "Exit Wound". Pre-orders for the new album also began along with new merch went on sale. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marilyn Manson (@marilynmanson) The Scar Left After the Spectacle: Reflections on Marilyn Manson's New Single...
27 years ago, in an interview with Rolling Stone (March 6, 1997), Trent Reznor gave a good summary of what Marilyn Manson brought back to the music scene in the 1990's, which not only made him a controversial and misunderstood figure, but unique and successful as well.
When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it. I remember I loved the Clash, but I was an outcast because you were supposed to like Journey. Before that, I loved Kiss. The thing these bands gave me was invaluable - that whole spirit of rebellion. Rock & roll should be about rebellion. It should piss your parents off, and it should offer some element of taboo. It should be dangerous, you know? But I'm not sure it really is dangerous anymore. Now, thanks to MTV and radio, rock & roll gets pumped into your house every second of every day. Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman. That's why I applaud - even helped create - bands like Marilyn Manson. The shock-rock value. I think it's necessary. Death to Hootie and the Blowfish, you know. It's safe. It's legitimate.
Look at Marilyn Manson: They have no qualms about taking that whole thing on. The scene needs that, you know? It doesn't need another Pearl Jam-rip-off band. It doesn't need the politically correct R.E.M.s telling us, "We don't eat meat." Fuck you to all that. We need someone who wants to say, "You know what? I jack off 10 times a night, and I fuck groupies." It's not considered safe to say that now, but rock shouldn't be safe. I'm not saying I adhere wholeheartedly to all that in my own lifestyle, but I think that's the aesthetic we need right now. There needs to be some element of anarchy or something that dares to be different.