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Dissecting Marilyn Manson's Music Video "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY"

  A Different Kind of Comeback At first glance, Henri Alexander Lévy's music video for Marilyn Manson's "Front Toward Enemy" appears surprisingly restrained. Considering the title and the confrontational tone of the song, one might reasonably expect a visual statement built around warfare, retaliation, or public vindication. Instead, the music video repeatedly turns away from those expectations. It lingers on a child dressed in military attire, a motionless body on an examination table, shelves of psychology books, childhood trophies, playground equipment, and a cabinet filled with carefully arranged artifacts. None of these images directly illustrates the lyrics, yet none of them feels arbitrary. By the time the music video ends, it becomes clear that Lévy is asking the viewer to consider something more complicated than revenge. That immediately distinguishes the video from the song itself. Borrowing its title from the M18A1 Claymore mine, whose front face bears th...

Marilyn Manson Celebrated "Undependence Day" on July 4th By Sharing New Photos



Marilyn Manson shared new photos taken by his wife Lindsay on his social media pages on July 4th, which he captioned with "Undependence Day". 

 
Lindsay also shared a series of photos on her Instagram page for July 4th which featured two of Manson captioned "M by the window", two of Lindsay, two of Paeonias, two of Dahlias and centered by a blue and gold arrangement.