MARILYN MANSON 'ONE ASSASSINATION UNDER GOD- CHAPTER 1' (opaque red vinyl) LP

A1. One Assassination Under God
A2. No Funeral Without Applause
A3. Nod If You Understand
A4. As Sick As The Secrets Within
A5. Sacrilegious
B1. Death Is Not A Costume
B2. Meet Me In Purgatory
B3. Raise The Red Flag
B4. Sacrifice Of The Mass

“One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1” the 12th album by Marilyn Manson featuring the singles “As Sick As The Secrets Within”, “Raise The Red Flag” and “Sacrilegious” will be released worldwide on November 22nd, 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Review by Phil Rozier for MPM

Right then, now listening to One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1, I’m probably one of the most excited and in disbelief humans on the planet.  In the late 90’s, I was late teens in age.

I met Marilyn Manson at a festival when I was fortunate enough to get given some back stage passes.  Nothing was exchanged between infatuated teenager and superstar to be, other than a passing nod, but even then, I remember thinking ‘this is unbelievable’.

Not long after said exchange, I was at the Astoria in London.  A triple headliner on a Friday night.  Coal Chamber.  Bolt Thrower.  And there he was again, Marilyn Manson, accompanied by his equally as intriguing band.  The presence, image, actions and music, was something I still hadn’t got comfortable with.  Excited by, inspired by, but at the same time uncomfortably shocked by.  Even to this day, the experience of seeing the back lit, shrouded by plumes of dry ice, Manson attached to angel wings being elevated to the front of stage, is something of a teenage highlight.