Marilyn Manson, 'The High End of Low' (Interscope)
The overlord of the overblown justifies his sleaze.
By Doug Brod 05.11.09 5:11 PM
Not that anyone but that kid serving you at TCBY was counting -- but after a seven-year break, goth rock's funniest creep welcomes back guitarist Twiggy Ramirez for this collection of 15 necromantic vamps, mass-murder ballads, and stormtrooper anthems (including the stupendous "Arma-goddamn-mother-fuckin-geddon," where Manson's glorious glam roots are showing). While it's still easy to dismiss his shock tactics as puerile and insensitive (if you're gonna sing about someone "pretty as a swastika," they'd better be really ugly), he hasn't sounded this vital -- and tuneful -- since Mechanical Animals. Oh, the horror!
I think this could be an important article for this particular music journalist. But only in the respect that this album made be the definitive one for this artist.
Devon Sartori, Toronto
Doug you are soo wrong about this album and are disgrace to this magazine. This is the worst Manson album to ever hit his fans ears and will undoubtedly flop. He screamed that now that twiggy was back that this was going to be as heavy as "Antichrist Super Star' but instead we get some synth pop crap. You call this tuneful have you lost your mind, or are too busy trying to please interscope a and r to tell the truth. Ugh man your inability to to tell the truth disgusts me. YOU SIR ARE A DISGRACE TO ALL!!!
I stopped listening to Manson when he appeared on stage with Eminem.
What crap!
I do agree with you
!! This is one of the greates pieces of postnewrock era! Manson is a Genius, this work its a prof of it ... maybe ages later u will recognize it like this ... lucky me I enjoy these 15 necromantic vamps, mass-murder ballads, and stormtrooper anthems!!!!
Jose
pretty good album, a real surprise coming from marilyn manson and twiggy ramirez.
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