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In 2012, icons of evil Marilyn Manson issued their eighth album, Born Villain, a surprisingly strong record that redeemed some of the weaker work that they'd been churning out since they reached their zenith of popularity and artistry in the late '90s. The album got closer to the intensity and showmanship of their most over the top days without simply sounding like a band trying to relive faded glories. With follow-up The Pale Emperor, Manson and his band continue to ride that comeback hot streak, this time working in a decidedly more blues-influenced vein, combining a trademark penchant for lyrical darkness with the most unholy type of biker rock for ten songs that swagger and simmer in unexpected ways. The album kicks off with "Killing Strangers," a slow-burning trudge of stomping percussion and sleazy guitar licks, coming off like a far more sedated if somewhat grizzled counterpart to the band's 1996 hit "The Beautiful People." There's still some of the industrial metal backbone that the band developed throughout its career, but even heavier rockers like "Deep Six" and "Warship My Wreck" roll around in dusty tumbleweeds of blues licks, intense percussion, and depraved synthesizers. Many songs for the album were captured in a single take, giving even more cinematic blues ramblers like "Third Day of a Seven Day Binge" and "Cupid Carries a Gun" a heightened sense of abandon and danger. Production is loose and humid throughout, and above all Manson and company sound like they're stepping away completely from the caricature of themselves that started looming on the band's weakest mid-2000s material. Taking their sound in a new, unforeseen bluesy direction accomplishes the near impossible by making Marilyn Manson sound even more sinister than before.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
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Marilyn Manson, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Marilyn Manson, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Marilyn Manson, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Marilyn Manson, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Marilyn Manson, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Marilyn Manson, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Marilyn Manson, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Marilyn Manson, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Marilyn Manson, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Marilyn Manson, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Marilyn Manson, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Marilyn Manson, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Marilyn Manson, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Album review
In 2012, icons of evil Marilyn Manson issued their eighth album, Born Villain, a surprisingly strong record that redeemed some of the weaker work that they'd been churning out since they reached their zenith of popularity and artistry in the late '90s. The album got closer to the intensity and showmanship of their most over the top days without simply sounding like a band trying to relive faded glories. With follow-up The Pale Emperor, Manson and his band continue to ride that comeback hot streak, this time working in a decidedly more blues-influenced vein, combining a trademark penchant for lyrical darkness with the most unholy type of biker rock for ten songs that swagger and simmer in unexpected ways. The album kicks off with "Killing Strangers," a slow-burning trudge of stomping percussion and sleazy guitar licks, coming off like a far more sedated if somewhat grizzled counterpart to the band's 1996 hit "The Beautiful People." There's still some of the industrial metal backbone that the band developed throughout its career, but even heavier rockers like "Deep Six" and "Warship My Wreck" roll around in dusty tumbleweeds of blues licks, intense percussion, and depraved synthesizers. Many songs for the album were captured in a single take, giving even more cinematic blues ramblers like "Third Day of a Seven Day Binge" and "Cupid Carries a Gun" a heightened sense of abandon and danger. Production is loose and humid throughout, and above all Manson and company sound like they're stepping away completely from the caricature of themselves that started looming on the band's weakest mid-2000s material. Taking their sound in a new, unforeseen bluesy direction accomplishes the near impossible by making Marilyn Manson sound even more sinister than before.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:22
- Main artists: Marilyn Manson
- Label: Cooking Vinyl
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(C) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 2015 Hell, Etc under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
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