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[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, Billboard has confirmed.
In a statement to Billboard, the label said it “heralds a new phase in the career of this iconic metal artist,” but did not provide further details about the deal. On Wednesday (May 15), the label shared a Manson video on Instagram that seemed to tease new music.
The deal was first reported by Rolling Stone.
The news comes after Manson (real name Brian Warner) was fired from his former record label, Loma Vista Recordings, after he was accused of sexual abuse by ex-girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood and several other women. It was announced more than three years after. Following the allegations, Manson was fired by his agency CAA and his longtime manager Tony Ciulla.
After Wood previously revealed that she had been sexually abused by an anonymous assailant, she released a statement on Instagram on February 1, 2021, naming Manson as the perpetrator, in which she The rocker revealed he started “grooming” Manson when he was a teenager. He subjected her to “horrific abuse” over the years, she said. After she went public, at least a dozen women came forward with similar accusations. They also include three ex-girlfriends, Game of Thrones stars Esme Bianco, Ashley Morgan Smithline and 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 launched a criminal investigation into reports of domestic violence made by Manson between 2009 and 2011. The findings were submitted to the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office in September 2022, and prosecutors at the time said: More evidence was needed before criminal charges could be considered.
Manson was also sued by several alleged victims, including Bianco, Walters, Jane Doe, Smithline, and a second Jane Doe who claimed Manson sexually assaulted her when she was a minor. . Lawsuits filed by two of the women, Walters and Smithline, were later dismissed, and Manson reached a settlement with Bianco and the first Jane Doe. Ms. Smithline later recanted her own claims, claiming that Wood and others “manipulated” her into publicizing her “false accusations of abuse” against Manson. Last December, an appeals court reconsidered Ms. Walters' case and ruled that the trauma she claimed to have suffered may have suppressed her memories of the alleged abuse, resulting in California The two-year statute of limitations was allowed to be invalidated.
Manson denies all of the women's claims.
Although he hasn't released an album since 2020's We Are Chaos, Manson's career seems to be gaining momentum. In March, he announced his first live dates in nearly five years, including a 30-date arena/amphitheater tour with Russian deathcore band Slaughter to Prevail and Five Finger Death Punch starting in August. announced that he would embark on the