[Trigger warning: this article contains descriptions of domestic violence, as well as sexual and physical abuse.]
Marilyn Manson has signed a record deal with indie metal label Nuclear Blast. Advertising sign has confirmed.
In a statement sent to Advertising sign, the label said it “heralds a new phase in the career of this iconic metal artist,” though declined to elaborate on the nature of the deal. On Wednesday (May 15), the label share a video Manson's Instagram that appeared to tease new music.
Rolling rock was the first to report the signature.
The news comes more than three years after Manson (born Brian Warner) was dropped from his previous record label, Loma Vista Recordings, after his ex-girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood and several other women accused the rock musician of sexual abuse. Following the allegations, Manson was also fired from his agency, CAA, and his longtime manager Tony Ciula.
After previously revealing that she was sexually assaulted by an unnamed assailant, Wood named Manson as the culprit on February 1, 2021, via a statement on Instagram, in which she shared that the rocker began “grooming” her when she was a teenager and was “abusing her horribly.” for years. After it went public, at least a dozen other women came forward with similar allegations, including three more ex-girlfriends: Game of Thrones starring Esme Bianco, Ashley Morgan Smithline and a Jane Doe. Manson's former personal assistant, Ashley Walters, also accused him of sexual assault.
Following the charges, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department opened a criminal investigation into reports of domestic violence committed by Manson between 2009 and 2011. The findings were submitted to the Los Angeles District Attorney's office in September 2022, though prosecutors said at the time they needed more evidence before they could consider criminal charges.
Manson was also sued by several of his alleged victims, including Bianco, Walters, Jane Doe, Smithline, and a second Jane Doe who claimed Manson had sexually assaulted her while she was a minor. Lawsuits filed by two of the women—Walters and Smithline—were subsequently dismissed, while Manson settled out of court with Bianco and the first Jane Doe. Smithline later recanted her claims, claiming that Wood and others had “manipulated” her into “publicly spreading false accusations of abuse” against Manson. Last December, an appeals court revived Walters' case, ruling that the trauma she claims to have suffered may have led her to repress memories of the alleged abuse, thereby allowing her to bypass California's two-year statute of limitations.
Manson has denied all of the women's allegations.
While he hasn't released an album since 2020 We are Chaos, Manson's career seems to be on the rise. In March, he announced his first live dates in nearly five years, revealing that he and Russian deathcore band Slaughter to Prevail would embark on a 30-date arena/amphitheater tour with Five Finger Death Punch beginning in August.
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