With the release of One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 , Marilyn Manson shifts gears entirely. As he explicitly noted during the rollout, while his previous chapter focused on personal rebirth, Chapter 2 is a manifesto of vengeance. This is reflected in the opening track "Unalive," accompanied by a music video directed by Anthony Silva. Rather than a simple performance piece, the project functions as an intricate, multi-layered psychological ritual where the tools of a public execution are turned back upon the prosecutors. A deep decoding of the video's visual timeline alongside the track's lyrical progression reveals what looks to me as a hidden structure: Manson is running a highly technical manifestation ritual designed to retroactively rewrite his narrative history, establishing a real-world algorithm that functions entirely off-camera. The Setting and the Initial Spark The video anchors itself in a desolate physical space of total destruction: a run-down ho...
Ashley Walters Case Against Marilyn Manson Revived Under New California Law, Previous Dismissal Reversed
As has been previously reported in the ongoing saga of the Ashley Walters case against Marilyn Manson, on December 16th 2025, a summary judgment was granted to Marilyn Manson which brought the case to an end through a dismissal. Immediately after the summary judgment, Ashley Walters promised to appeal the ruling, so on January 7th 2026 she filed a Motion for Reconsideration, where she invoked the new California law known as AB 250 which went into effect after the dismissal on January 1st 2026, which gives a two-year revival window for otherwise time-barred claims of sexual assault. On January 26th 2026, Judge Steve Cochran reversed his previous ruling to dismiss the case and granted a revival of the case to Ashley Walters based on the new law. "I do think the statute revives the claim. You’re [heading toward trial] all over again,” said the Judge according to Rolling Stone . From the date of this ruling in favor of Walters, she now has 15 days to file an amended complaint. During ...