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One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 arrives on 14 August 2026 and completes the two-part project that began with 2024’s Chapter 1. After a period of silence and reinvention, this second chapter sees Marilyn Manson continuing the darker, more reflective direction of its predecessor, blending gothic rock, industrial metal and alternative rock into a record that feels focused on redemption, survival and rebuilding an identity after years of turmoil. Produced once again with longtime collaborator Tyler Bates, the album is positioned as the closing half of a larger personal story rather than just another entry in the Manson catalogue.
The first taste, “Exit Wound,” suggests a record that leans into the dramatic, cinematic side of Manson’s sound — heavy guitars, ominous atmospheres and his now-distinctive mix of vulnerability and menace. The tracklist also hints at a darker, more confrontational mood, with titles like “Unalive,” “The Arsonist,” “Lucifer’s Teardrop” and “Enantiomorph” suggesting themes of destruction, transformation and the battle between past and present selves.
Where Chapter 1 felt like a return to form — bringing back elements of the raw gothic intensity that defined Manson’s most celebrated era — Chapter 2 looks set to push that sound further, with a sense of finality hanging over the project. It’s less about shock value and more about atmosphere: a dark, theatrical record from an artist reflecting on scars, consequences and what remains after everything has been stripped away.
For longtime fans, One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 looks like it could be a closing statement on a particularly turbulent chapter of Manson’s career — dramatic, heavy and deliberately old-school in its approach. Whether it becomes a late-career highlight or simply a fascinating continuation of his mythology, it promises to be one of his most closely watched releases in years.
Tracklist
Unalive
Don't Answer The Door
Front Toward Enemy
All The Vilest Things
None of the Suns
Lucifer's Teardrop
The Arsonist
Exit Wound
Enantiomorph