Marilyn Manson has officially released "Front Toward Enemy" across global streaming platforms. The track serves as the second single from his upcoming album, One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 , due August 14 via Nuclear Blast Records. For casual listeners, it's a welcome return to the aggressive industrial metal that defined Manson's mid-'90s peak. For longtime fans, however, today's release feels like long-awaited vindication. To understand why, you have to go back to late 2024. When Manson ended his four-year public silence with One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1 , he also released the highly limited "Raise the Red Flag" maxi-CD. Hidden on that disc was an exclusive B-side titled in all caps: "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY." For more than a year, the song became something of a holy grail among collectors. Many fans believed it was simply too abrasive to fit the dark, introspective atmosphere of Chapter 1 , and speculation grew that it...
A little over one week since Marilyn Manson released "Raise the Red Flag" on August 16th, it hit 2 million views on YouTube on August 24th.
That same day, during a sold out headline show in Calgary, Alberta at the Grey Eagle Event Centre, he performed his new song before a live audience for the first time as the ninth song following "Disposable Teens".
It was during this show that Marilyn Manson also performed "The Reflecting God" as an Encore for the first time since 2018.
The music video for his previous single released on August 2nd, "As Sick as the Secrets Within", currently has 3.6 million views on YouTube and continues to be performed by Manson after "The Dope Show".
Watch "Raise the Red Flag" and "The Reflecting God" live performance from Calgary below: