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...
On December 17th Bam Margera, who has recently remarried and living a life of sobriety, posted a photo on his Instagram with Marilyn Manson, adding the comment: "Swapping art at Marilyn Manson’s." We only have a photo right now of the painting Bam gifted Manson, which apparently was painted on 9/28/24 and contains a coded message that is a little too blurry to decipher for me, so if anyone figures it out, let me know.
