Marilyn Manson has broken his social media silence in a short yet cryptic message posted to his social media platforms today, but what exactly does it mean?
Manson, real name Brian Warner, shared a close up black and white photo of himself to Instagram along with a vague caption that read:
“Never-ending Astral Vampire. Prepare…”
While he didn’t specifically say what fans should be preparing for, many believe the mysterious message means we can expect to hear some new music from the ‘SAY 10’ singer imminently, with the forthcoming album being a follow-up to 2017’s ‘Heaven Upside Down’.
It comes after Manson seemed to confirm the upcoming record on collaborator Shooter Jennings Instagram page which showed a photo of him posing next to a Rolling Stone cover featuring the rocker, with the caption: “Just waiting for this finished masterpiece to be released.”
In the comments for the post, Manson confirmed that the album was finished, and referred to the new project as a “masterpiece” in a hashtag.
“Love my Shooter, Misty & Pancake,” he wrote, calling the record a “masterpiece album” and adding that “shit is gonna get real”.
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Manson has been teasing fans since February, when he posted the Latin phrase “Omnes surdus es et nunc audite me…” on his Instagram page, which roughly translates to “All deaf and now you hear me,” along with the hashtags #2020 and #youhavenoideawhatiscoming.
Speaking with Revolver last year, Manson revealed: “It’s still to be determined, but I think it’s the album that should be called Marilyn Manson. I’m in a mode in life where I wanted to tell stories with this record, and it’s sort of like a wax museum of my thoughts, a study of the chamber of horrors in my head.
“All the romance and hope you can have in the world, here in the End Times where it can be a different kind of apocalypse for each person listening to the record.
“I tried to paint it with words, and Shooter with sounds, so you can see and hear all of your longing, your passion and despair. That’s sort of a dramatic explanation of it, but it is full of drama.
“I wouldn’t compare it to any of my other records, but you hear a bit of everything — it’s like I’ve focused everything into one spot, finally,” he added.
Check out ‘God’s Gonna Cut You Down’ by Marilyn Manson:
