Marilyn Manson announced on his Instagram page today (February 17, 2026) the return of Tim Skold to the band following last months departure of Tyler Bates. He did this with two photos of him and Skold together, captioning one with the anticipated announcement: "We are the things of shapes to come. MM + TS." According to the dictionary, "If you say that something is the shape of things to come, you mean that it is the start of a new trend or development, and in the future things will be like this." Tim Skold likewise posted the photo on his Instagram page, after wiping out everything else, including those who he follows, choosing to follow only Marilyn Manson. This indicates that he is all in on his return to the band. Skold was a pivotal member of the band from 2002 to 2008, serving as producer, bassist, and guitarist. He was the primary collaborator on the albums The Golden Age of Grotesque and Eat Me, Drink Me . Tim Skold has been one of Marilyn Manson's mos...
Metal Injection Readers Choose Marilyn Manson's "One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1" for Album of the Year 2024
About a week ago, Metal Injection, an online music publication focusing on hard rock and heavy metal, issued a list of their top 25 albums of 2024, and around the same time opened up a poll for their readers to choose from a long list of albums that came out over the past year. On December 17th the results of their poll came in, and Marilyn Manson's One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1 came out on top of a list of twenty albums. This is interesting especially in light of Metal Injection's official list, which didn't even have Manson in their top 25.