Marilyn Manson – Devils, Vampires Rub Elbows On New Album
Billboard.com reports: MARILYN MANSON’s obsession with the dark recesses of human behavior is at the forefront of his new album, “Eat Me, Drink Me,” due June 5 via Interscope. The 11-track set is led by “If I Was Your Vampire,” which can be sampled from MANSON’s MySpace.com page.
“Eat Me, Drink Me,” which was primarily recorded by Manson with guitarist/bassist Tim Skold, comes in the wake of the artist’s high-profile divorce from model Dita Von Teese. Throughout, Manson is at turns angry (”The Red Carpet Grave,” where he sings, “I can’t turn my back on you when you walk away”) and reflective (”They Said Hell’s Not Hot,” featuring the lyric “I kill myself in small amounts / In each relationship it’s not about love / just another funeral and just another girl left in tears”).
A number of tracks have a swagger often buried in the noisier elements of MANSON’s recordings. “Just a Car Crash Away” builds slowly to an impassioned ending, while “Heart Shaped Glasses” is a jumpy rocker with a hint of GANG OF FOUR-style post-punk guitar work. Vestiges of his old style crop up on “Are You the Rabbit?,” which has the album’s dirtiest industrial groove.
Manson and his band, which will include former PRODIGY member Rob Halliday on bass, will hit the road beginning May 26 at the Pink Pop festival in Landgraaf, Holland. Dates are on tap through early July; North American shows have yet to be announced.
In addition, work continues on the film “Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll,” in which Manson will star as the “Alice in Wonderland” author and also direct.
Here is the track list for “Eat Me, Drink Me“:
1. If I Was Your Vampire
2. Putting Holes in Happiness
3. The Red Carpet Grave
4. They Said Hell’s Not Hot
5. Just a Car Crash Away
6. Heart Shaped Glasses
7. Evidence
8. Are You the Rabbit?
9. Mutilation
10. You and Me and the Devil
11. Eat Me, Drink Me
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Glad to know he’s not going more pop. The Golden Age of Grotesque was terrible.
the golden age of grotesque was great for the simple fact that he once again managed to write an album that sounded nothing like anything else in the music world. it wasn’t as heavy, or even as dark, but it was just as original as the rest.
“Heart Shaped Glasses†is pretty damned popish.
That’s going to be all over the radio.
I am still very curious about this, and will surely pick up a copy.
I too am curious. I didn’t care for The Golden Age Of Grotesque though. Not because it wasn’t a good album but, when compared to his other albums like Mechanical Animals and Holywood, TGAOG seemed like a step back in terms of lyrics.
To me, his newer sound seems to take TGAOG and expand upon it even more. This new album is definitely going to be different, just like all his past albums. I preferred “If I Was Your Vampire” over “Heart Shaped Glasses” but I can see why the later was released as the first single. This album is going to be interesting none the less.
He’s gone emo!
manson has went emo i agree but really he always has been with the videos like saint cutting himself and crying and shit hes always been emo srry to tell anyone who thought he hasnt
but eat me, drink me will be his greatest cd release ever and it will be hard to top