Antichrist Superstar

Grow up

I was truely hoping for more from this album given I had listened to and enjoyed his later work. This album comes across as one big hot distorted mess with nothing discernible to note. 1 Star!

Nope.

Not a fan.

So I guess it's not OK to listen to Marilyn Manson these days. And I was never a fan of his to begin with, so good riddance.

Too hardcore for me

This record stinks. Manson is a POS.

I do not like this. Only made it two songs in before I switched. I don't want it fucking up my Spotify algorithms.

too demonic for my taste

Screaming every song, either with lyrics or instruments. Ahhhhhhhh

OMG the yelling is terrible

Didn't finish but umm not my thing.. very metal

Amazing album

Hi legacy is tainted, but this album is undeniably a classic.

Marilyn Manson is a great artist and very creative

One of the best albums of all time, a staple of my Senior year of High School. First concert I ever went to and still one of the best shows I've yet to see.

This album hits all the high points for me. Sonicly massive. Great song writing. The performances from every member is raw and aggressive in the best possible way.

Antichrist Superstar reminds me of Bowie's '70s era in its commitment to character; of Nine Inch Nails in its sound (obviously); of Queen in its unapologetic grandiosity; yet it is unmistakably a Marilyn Manson album. I've never done a deep dive into his discography, but this work embodies everything about his art that I like. It is an intense mix of subtext and boldness, with memorable vocals and entertaining sound design. It works well as a full story and as separate songs. Now, I'm curious about the other parts of this trilogy.

It's a good album

9/10

Another great album - took goth / industrial metal up a notch, building on the roots of Alice Cooper, KISS and Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor produced the album and co-wrote several songs) The Beautiful People’s pounding double drum beat is so reminiscent of the Glam Rock days.

Verrassend

If your work is subject to this degree of controversy and congressional hearings, you know you're doing something right. You've angered the guilty for calling them out. Let's get this out of the way: Marilyn Manson is a terrible person. He's also an incredibly intelligent person, and along with Trent Reznor (also exceptionally gifted), they made this album which has had an incredible impact on the US and culture: for better and worse. Mostly worse, but it's not really his fault. After the Columbine shooting in 1999, the NRA, Christian Conservatives and right wing politicians all scrambled for someone to blame......because it couldn't be the guns that are the problem in this country, oh no. Luckily for them, this album came out a few years prior and was very popular. The album is a direct attack on Christian conservatives and is a good example of contrarian extremism. That's the entire point, to be extreme in hatred in the other direction. Of course, that means Satanism to Christians and they picketed all their concerns just making up all kinds of stuff that were going on during the concert........of course, none of it was true, but it was a great talking point for Fox News and Christian Conservatives. Manson was an easy scapegoat because of his name and "shock rock" style. Sound familiar? Nothing's changed and now it's 2025 dealing with the same shit. Manson is no longer relevant and there's a school shooting almost every day. The Columbine shooters even hated Manson's music. This was all political theater, and just like all the gullible MAGA morons, they were all too stupid to think for themselves and fell victim to what they heard talking heads on Fox News parrot. You can't listen to this album without all of this underlying context and subsequent controversy, and you STILL see the effects of it in the ratings of this album here. Culturally, it's an important album and it's worth reading all the controversies surrounding it. It's forever linked as "the album that started school shootings" and that label was entirely attached by the media and politicians when the Columbine shooters were open about hating it. Funny how that works. "When you are suffering, know that I have betrayed you." Hard album and it's not wrong. People are evil and the evil manipulate the stupid. The message is to reject Christianity and love people and the planet or the world will be destroyed. God and Satan aren't real. He isn't coming to save us. The idea of Ubermensch developed by Nietzsche, and 30 years later......we have yet to get the message and look where we're at in America? We're fucked.

This isn't really my genre, but I loved it. It was so hard-hitting while still being catchy and melodic in places. Manson's vocals really reminded me of Rob Zombie and even Gavin Rossdale from Bush as times. I really enjoyed this way more than I expected and listened to it twice. Five stars.

By far my favorite by this artist. May even be in my top 15 all-time; definitely in my top 20. This album is perfect from track 1 all the way to track 99, which will scare TF outta ya. especially if you are listening to it at night and have been listening to the first 82 seconds (tracks) of silence in the dark and then track 99 appears. damn! such a great piece of art.

Wouldn’t give him the shirt off my back, but this album fuckin rocks

I loved this album.

Great and now classic album

This was my everything in the mid 90s. Manson saved my life. Because of their music and look I felt like I belonged. This album holds up due to Trent’s production and Scott’s timeless riffs. Angel With the Scabbed Wings is sunch a banger. So good.

Here's a big one for me. Marilyn Manson was an incredibly important artist in my formative years, at the time his most recent album was 2003's The Golden Age of Grotesque, a sorely misunderstood album that could have gone much further had they commited even more to the cabaret idea. But let's rewind further to Manson's big breakout moment with Antichrist Superstar, an album that scared a living hell out of every religious conservative and made Manson a... well... Superstar. It certainly does not sound all that shocking now, but I'd argue some of the visuals of the era still strike as quite creepy in a surreal kind of way. While musically this may not be my favorite of Manson's albums, there is plenty to love here. Relentlessly dark, gothic, but not always particularly heavy, Manson and the band expertly toe the line between accessibility and chaotic weirdness. Moments like the big singles "The Beautiful People" and "Tourniquet" are great examples of the former, while the title track and the soft but strange "Cryptorchid" would fall in the latter camp, and songs like "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" and "1996" offer some heavier and noisier weight to the album. ("Irresponsible Hate Anthem" is strangely labeled as having been recorded live on Valentine's Day 1997, which was after the album was released.) Then there's the concept. Yes, for those unaware, this is a full-on concept album, a Rock Opera of sorts. Not only that, but the concept extends across three albums, this one, Mechanical Animals (1998) and Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (2000), forming The Tryptich. Each of these album follows a different character who undergoes a sort of internal (or external) transformation and either becomes a shell of his former self or, in the case of this album, an Übermensch-like figure set out to destroy everything and everyone. Given that there's supposedly a greater overarching storyline if the albums are heard in reverse order, to me it seems like the three characters are in fact just different iterations of the same character but in different contexts. While the other two album have themes of the violence, occultism, the vapidity of celebrity and American Pop culture, here the main character The Worm seems to seek to bring about the apocalypse after undergoing his metamorphosis and becoming the titular Antichrist Superstar. To me, these seems motivated as vengeance on what the other characters in the other albums go through in the other albums. At the end of Holy Wood, main character Adam Kadmon plays russian roulette with himself after seeing that his revolutionary movement had turned into just another consumer product. It it unclear whether he dies at the end, so we can assume he returns on Mechanical Animals as Omega, an alien character very similar to Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the album's story is also similarly structured. My read of this album is a "if you can't beat them, join them" situation that, once again, is open-ended and the listener does not know if Omega dies or not, this time of a drug overdose. This leads to The Worm and events of Antichrist Superstar. Manson had planned a novel of the story of The Tryptich, but it hasn't been released nor has it been mentioned in over a decade. Also, given all the allegations against Manson starting in 2020, I would be surprised if it will ever see the light of day. I, too, can't say I listen to Manson that much these days, but I do sometimes return to this album and its more sophisticated sounding follow-ups. It would be 4/5 but because there's no other Manson on the list, it gets a 5/5. Key tracks: Irresponsible Hate Anthem The Beautiful People Tourniquet Antichrist Superstar 1996 The Reflecting God The Man That You Fear

Perfection

This is a fantastic album, it has a vibe that you don’t hear much. Especially from the albums typically suggested on this list.

Wow, man. By far the most controversial album I've listened to so far, and it's not even sort of close. There's so much to say about this guy, it's hard to know where to start, and it's even harder to know how to rate it. Turns out, Marilyn Manson was a pretty shitty guy. Wow. Shocker. But I'm going to separate the art from the artist for a bit. At the end of the day, this thing was freakin one of a kind. He was writing music about things that no one - NO one - would ever think of touching. And he was loud, unapologetic, but most of all, wickedly intelligent about it. It's not brainless "hail Satan" shock-rock, even though every POS, spineless, white American politician tried to make that the narrative. It's something that challenges your thinking, your emotions, and your morals -- is that not the definition of art? Not to mention, this music rocks. Hard. And by the way, I don't think playing Grand Theft Auto and listening to a song a couple times are going to singlehandedly turn you into a national security risk. So, I'm giving this album my most surprising 5 to date. Sue me. May Mr. Manson thoroughly enjoy his court-mandated community service.

Hiu, schon sehr gut, düster, art, hart! Produced by Trent Reznor.., auch interessant wie er die eigene witchhunt mit seinem Künstlernamen vorweggenommen hat. c

Excellent album, not the best he's done, but still good

I remember this being released and the hype about it. It was a great album then, it's great now. Always loved "Tourniquet", enough to give it 5 stars. I saw MM at Big Day Out festival in Milton Keynes back in 1999, was a great day. Bit strange, but a great show nonetheless.

FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!! uh 5 stars hands down!! Love this album so much. Even read the autobiography he wrote around this album.

Et dejlig grimt album fra den tid hvor, hvis man ikke købte albummet, så hørte man det aldrig. Hvorfor det også kun er Beautiful People fra det her album jeg kender. Det var til gengæld en favorit på mit MTV i 90erne. Efterfølgeren var et af de albums jeg købte, og hørte rigtig meget. Havde 15årige mig købt Antichrist Superstar er jeg ikke i tvivl om at det også havde været en favorit dengang. Måske står det også the test of time bedre end den mere glammede Mechanical Animals. Det tror jeg lige jeg vil undersøge på senere i dag. PS: Jo mere jeg høre det her album, jo mere tydelig bliver Trent Reznors indflydelse på det. Det burde næsten indgå i NIN’s diskografi.

Look, regardless of what you think of Marilyn Manson as a person or his style of music, There is absolutely no denying that he truly makes some of the best music of his kind and Antichrist Superstar shows that off perfectly. This album has just about everything i love about industrial metal. Its dark, haunting, aggressive, heavy and has some good electronic elements which add so much to the music. It could also be really catchy when it wanted to (I'm looking at you Angel With The Scabbed Wings). The lyrics here are also incredibly good as well with some pretty deep lines throughout a lot of the songs. This album is an easy favorite for me. Best Song: Angel With The Scabbed Wings Worst Song: Mister Superstar

I can always get behind a concept album critiquing the fascism of the American conservative and christian right. Nearly 30 years old, and these messages are needed now more than ever. Who ever would have thought the words, "Well, Marilyn Manson tried to warn us" would be a thing? Anyway, politics and social commentary aside, this album is dynamite. It's MUCH harder than I think I realized, without sacrificing melodies. The Trent Reznor influence is strong in this one, and it remains, I believe, the bands best work.

Not everyone's cup of opium, but it's certainly mine. Saw them live back in 1999, weird as fuck but great musicians. I realise he's "cancelled" and mostly hated, but "it's just rock and roll and guitars".

Me surpreendeu positivamente, até enrolei para escutar o álbum, mas quando escutei, não consegui parar.

9/10

Much noise, but louder than Oli ;)

Produced by a future Oscar-winning Soundtrack dude!

Creep show album cover. I didn't pay any attention to this when it came out. So this is my first listen. Better than Nine Inch Nails but not as good as White Zombie is what I am hearing. Solid album and pretty good for industrial groove nu metal. The Beautiful People is a banger. I put on some 963hz meditation frequencies after this to balance out.

A classic!!

4.6 Firstly I'll get out of the way that Warner is a prick of the highest order. I have immense hatred for the guy. I was also OBSESSED with this album as a teenager. It's hard to go into this without those biases but I'm trying regardless, if we were rating albums based on whether the person was a bellend or not then a good number of these would be in a lot of trouble. John Lennon, Hendrix, etc. So the album itself, is really... really good actually if you're into industrial rock, shock rock, whatever you want to call it. Trent did a fantastic job on the production, it sounds as good and heavy as the downward spiral. The opener, dried up, tourniquet, mister superstar, angel, 1996, reflecting god, are all stand out songs in the entire genre nevermind his career. Hate the guy, wished he vanished off the face of the earth after Holy Wood but god damn this album is brutally good.

4.5/5 Loud. Passionate. Melodic. Excellent. This album beats a lot of other hard rock due to its vulnerability and variation. Irresponsible Hate Anthem 4/5 The Beautiful People 5/5 Dried Up, Tied And Dead To The World 5/5 (FAV) Tourniquet 3.5/5 Little Horn 2.5/5 (LEAST FAV) Cryptorchid 4.5/5 Deformography 4.5/5 Wormboy 3.5/5 Mister Superstar 4.5/5 Angel With The Scabbed Wings 5/5 Kinderfeld 4.5/5 Antichrist Superstar 5/5 1996 4/5 Minute Of Decay 5/5 The Reflecting God 4/5 Man That You Fear 5/5

Super good

This dude is awesome

Hahaha I enjoyed this way more than I was expecting, it gets a huge nostalgia bump but even then it's such a fun concept album. I love the opener with the line "I wasn't born with enough middle fingers", The Beautiful People is a pretty great track, but the whole album just works.

By all accounts, Brian Warner as a person - 0. Antichrist Superstar as an album - 5.

Such a great and complex rock opera. There was no other album out there that was quite this ambitious about entropy, from the repurposed Kabbalah references that litter the album, to Jesus Christ Superstar references repurposed. A worthy spiritual successor to David Bowie's DIAMOND DOGS, Nine Inch Nails THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL, and the character of Alice Cooper. All made into something new, chaotic, and beautiful. Brian Warner portrays the supernatural Antichrist antihero supernatural presence that is birthed on this album. A presence that doesn't have a grudge against any particular group or people, but rather has an obsession with destroying all of humanity itself. He takes the piss out of everything under the sun, including himself. Trent Reznor and Dave "Rave" Ogilvie's (producer of highly influential industrial act Skinny Puppy) production is glorious. A beautiful balance of glam, metal, hard rock, post punk, thrash, electronic, industrial music that tells the first tale in the rock opera trilogy. Warner's vocal delivery explores all the dynamics, from whispers to blood curdling screams. ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR was a reprieve from a sea of borings albums at that time that were predominantly hip hop, grunge, and ska. My favorite tracks include "The Beautiful People", "Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World", "Tourniquet", "Cryptorchid", "Wormboy" , "Mister Superstar", "Angel With Scabbed Wings", and "Kinderfeld". This album's recording would also produce the incredible non album release tracks "Long Hard Road Out of Hell" and my favorite that ended up on the LOST HIGHWAY soundtrack, "Apple of Sodom". Ahhh, misanthropy at its best. Chef's kiss!

Whatever your feelings on the guy himself, this album stands as an achievement.

Wait, it's good? Since when is the shock jock producing interesting harmonically pleasing amazing chord progressions? huh.

Wicked

It is noisy but very good!

Love this album.

4.5

Love Manson's music but have stopped listening due to several SA allegations

Took a rib out to suck my own dick and listen to this

This album was phenomenal. I think it deserves my first 5 star.

Love Manson’s old stuff.

zamn

👍🔥

Loved it surprisingly

Super

pretty cool

Melhor indicação até agora. Amo esse álbum, mas já conhecia esse muito bem kkkk.

A more modern Alice Cooper. John 5 is worth 4 stars by himself.

This is pretty good rage rock. Heavy but catchy the way it should be. It is a bit too long and a few songs sound like filler

This is #day679 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… Marilyn Manson is kind of like one of those scary monster characters from childhood. At least if you grew up in the '90s and spent your teenage years in the early '00s. He was always there: in music magazines, on TV, on the radio. And, as an alternative kid at heart, I didn't really mind it. This is a great record and a true snapshot of its time. I'm giving it a 4 out of 5. Looking forward to #day680.

Some bangers here but the album is just bloated at an hour and eleven minutes.

Oh, this should be fun… or pure torture… time will tell. Interesting. First, separating my opinion about the album from the controversy around Brian Warner is necessary. I refuse to rate an album on perceived positive or negative qualities of its creators. I love early Red Hot Chili Peppers. Even my teenage self knew that Anthony Kiedis was cringey af. Or how about Mick Jagger? Never accused of rape, just an unapologetic, debaucherous rock star whose sexual exploits are glorified. Truth be told, I have no doubt that Brian is a sick individual. But the first part of this album is… awesome. Sorry. The first thing of which I became aware was Trent Reznor’s obvious sound. At this time, 96, I really wasn’t paying much attention to NIN anymore and I certainly wasn’t giving ANY mind to Marilyn Manson. But I had loved Downward Spiral when it came out. I remember feeling like it was an ending. And it was for Trent and I for some time to come. He went his way, I went on to Radiohead, Massive Attack, the back catalog of the Pixies, and Aphex Twin. So, Antichrist Superstar: it’s really too bad these guys were doing so much heroin at this point. This album has such potential. I am sure, having listened to some interviews and placing this album in the context of time, not because of anything said directly, that this album is on the path of Trent’s Downward Spiral. He wasn’t going to bottom out until 2000, but the fraying is already evident. By the second half it really starts to feel bloated and all the potential of the concept starts to crumble. But man, that beginning… I mean in the privacy of my headphones this is a workout album par excellence. I would never subject husband or dogs to such, but… sorry, I gave The Marshall Mathers LP a 4 too. 4 Boolean: True. Sorry. But it’s true.

I wasnt looking forward to this what with Brians allogations of assault and the fact its over an hour of screamy heavy raaaa hate the world lyrics and look at me I'm a deprived demon. However its got good riffs a hard bassline and real quality in places. I am not a metalhead but can appreciate good music and talent and there is a lot of that here. I have to detract the album from the contoversy. Once you have done that its pretty good for what it is . not my genre but it has something that draws you in. I remember The Beautiful People which is the highlight track still

i'd be lying if i said i didn't enjoy the hell outta this

Detaching the art from the artist (and Reznor is super prominent here anyway), I thoroughly enjoyed this weird, twisted, and energetic work. Could've been shorter though, some tracks are fillers.

i enjoyed this

Marilyn Manson could really just say slurs like that in 1996 huh? This was, unfortunately, really a bit of me and I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to (especially as gym music) loved the nihilistic concept and how batshit the whole thing turned out, other than the glaringly obvious it’s also aged pretty well after 30 YEARS?? loved that, but trust me I feel VERY dirty rating Marilyn Fucking Manson anything even remotely positive, but here we are.

Watch out for Wormboy when listening to this album. Otherwise you’ll end up Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World.

This was my first time listening to a Manson's album. I gotta say I'm shocked. I didn't expect to like it that much.

Sick album overal. The riffs are epic

3.5

Kinda really enjoyed this album it went hard

Shocked by how much this rocked. As a child of the 90s, Manson was everywhere for a couple years, and every parent’s worst nightmare. The aesthetic, the anti-Christian themes, and general abrasive approach was like intense and super risky at the time. Having not heard this whole album for at least 20 years, I eye-rolled hard when I saw 17 tracks. But it rules. The songs more than hold up, they actively kick ass. On a list that only has one NIN and no Rammstein or Godflesh, this was the blast of industrial metal I needed to hold me over.

I know that this is Marilyn’s second record, and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails produced the album. The only song I know is “The Beautiful People,” and I heard it’s a bit of a concept album like Trent’s “The Downward Spiral.” “The Beautiful People” I think is a critique on Hollywood culture and celebrities.

Separating art from artist (which you really have to do to find any worth in MM’s music), I think this is still a very effective album that transitions mainstream rock from the shouty angry post-grunge era into the more industrial, alternative and nu metal era of the late 90s. For a brief moment, he was a very exciting and very unique voice in rock.

I've never listened to this in full. He was one of the big names at the time I became a rock and metal fan though. Can't help but appreciate it, despite the whole edgy teen shock factor thing and the fact it's aged badly olus allegations. The Beautiful People is still really fun, the rest is alright. Not to be taken super seriously.

used to love this one. Wondering how much this holds up!

3.5 or 4??? I hate this guy but I can’t lie, the album is good.

I can separate the art from the artist, but I understand how many can’t, especially for a niche, intentionally antagonistic genre. I can see Reznor’s fingerprints all over the best moments here. It’s overlong by design and loses a star for that, but that chorus in Reflecting God has me punching the air thirty years later if you can make it that far

Certainly hard to separate the music from an artist with tons of baggage. The album itself has quite a bit of incessant screaming, runs about 30 minutes too long, but there are some pretty solid tracks in the mix.

As Ghosts is to black metal so MM is to industrial. Good fun but feels like cosplay of the real thing . Give me front line assembly or scraping fetus any day

Mixed feelings about liking this way more than I thought I would. I've always dug The Beautiful People but never really listened deeply to his albums. Love the sound! But now that he's problematic it's a problem

Pretty solid industrial metal album that is more controversial than it honestly should be. The anti religion gimmick is good for drumming up engagement, but I don't think it's so pervasive that it should stop anyone from giving this album an honest try. Drags a bit after the first couple songs but picks up by part 3 for a very engaging finish. Top tracks: Tourniquet, Kinderfeld, Antichrist Superstar

Pretty good! Fairly edgelordy but still pretty enjoyable musically.

You just absolutely cannot capture the mid 90s cultural feel without the intrigue and outrage over this band and album, especially being from South Florida like I am. Marilyn Manson was something EVERYONE was talking about, whether it was going to a show, that he was the literal actual devil, or that he had undergone a dubious medical procedure in order to achieve autofellatio. Huge cultural impact. Cannot be overstated. I never was super into the band, other than a few of their BANGER singles that got MTV/radio play; I was more of a grunge guy at the time. Honestly, I feel like I have missed out on this album. It's a lot better than I thought it would be. I'm astonished at the rating I'm giving this, based on my preconceptions. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This album a day experiment has been super interesting! I’m determined to listen to at least the main body of each album. Which leads to experiences like today: If this album had come on via shuffle, I’d have skipped it, because I don’t like screamo. That opinion holds. But this album held so much more than screaming for me! It rocked! I enjoyed it way more than I anticipated. I might even find myself playing it again! (Also, having left religion years ago, the moral panic over this kind of music seems so overblown. Yes, he was being subversive. But how did anyone believe this was going to “corrupt the youth”?) 7/10 Quite Likeable

Buenísima y desgarrador

Ignoring the creepy elephant in the room This album should be exactly the kind of music I love, and I mostly do like it, but it feels bogged down a bit by length and a lot by cringe nihilism edginess Also bro mentoined his ribs 💀

Classic industrial metal anthems throughout.

I don't know other Marylin Manson works, but this is pretty solid. There's too much because each song is so different.

Day 207 First time listening to a Marilyn Manson album and enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. Highlights Deformography The Reflecting God Man that you Fear

Nice intro to this guy

Considering how often I've seen or heard of Marilyn Manson, it feels that the only song I've heard from them is The Beautiful People. Honestly, I liked this way more than I expected.

I want to give this a 0 because of the artist, but this was a formative album for me

Um belo rock. E é bom atribuir musica a um nome que ja tinha ouvido falar

Ooooh another spicy artist. Like Kanye, ya gotta separate the art from the artist. This is a highly influential album from a highly influential arrist, like it or not. Manson challengeer societal norms and this album is full of bangers. Unfortunately Manson is a part of a pivotal time in my life, when i was going through a crisis of faith and realizing that the first couple decades of my life were wasted being brainwashed in a cult. As i spiraled, i discovered Manson's music and a lot of it resonated with me, particularly anything involving calling out Christianity's hypocrisy. He has since proven to be a pretty terrible person, and i hate that i resonated with some of his music. In the end though, im a much better person than i was before, and i really dont know why im putting this in my review.

This should be an interesting exercise in objectivity, separating the art from the artist in the wake of fresh suspicions of Warner having connections with Epstein. Before this album, my experience was limited, including the 'Tainted Love' cover, which I abhorred in comparison to Marc Almond's original with Softcell. I'd be a liar if I said I didn't like the opening track "Irresponsible Hate Anthem". It has all of the aggression and speed I love in this genre, so felt like a strong way to start the album, straight into "The Beautiful People" with it's iconic guitar and bass riffs and Warner's sinister vocals; I also enjoyed this. For similar reasons as stated for The Beautiful People, I enjoyed "Dried Up, Tied and Dead to The World", "Tourniquet", "Little Horn", "Angel with Scabbed Wings"* and "Antichrist Superstar". I appreciate the thematic break "Cryptochid" tried to create, but ultimately did nothing for me. It was such a departure from the increasingly heavy delivery of each track (especially coming straight from Little Horn, it was too jarring. For the reasons I didn't like Cryptochid, I enjoyed "Deformography"! Not really sure how to explain myself here, apart from the fuzzy guitar riffs scratching my brain itch, as well as Warner's echoed voice. *Interestingly, Angel with Scabbed Wings' Guitar riff had a remarkably similar vibe to N.E.R.Ds opening beats on "Lapdance"; I wonder if Williams and co were inspired by Manson? "Minute of Decay"s Bass - producing an almost wet slap sound - was really interesting to hear, with epic cymbal crashes, sharp guitar chords and Warner's screams juxtaposing with sections of creepy vocals made for something quite cool. "Man that you fear" was a departure from the norm that I wasn't expecting, with deep, social commentary in it's lyrics. Although the lyrics were great, the song was more drab than my usual liking. ******************************************************************************* This is possibly the weirdest review I've done so far, as there is guilt in liking the music I hear and relief when I don't like it as it feels as though that separates me further from Warner and supporting him in any way. Objectively, I did like a lot of the tracks from this album. The duality of being sad I missed enjoying it all and relief of not forming a connection with it before the accusations is a strange place to be. From the back of this thought, I immediately went to the all albums list on this site and was relieved to find not a single Lost Prophets album listed; it's not even a case of 'will not', but more 'cannot' ever bring myself to listen to that music again. I feel for all the people who connected with Marilyn Manson's music from when Portrait of an American Family released and onwards. Music is a powerful force for comfort, empowerment and general connection between people, as well as for making memories and pulling us through dark times. Having that tainted by actions of the the person responsible for it's creation must be incredibly tough.

Terrible distortion. Didn’t pay any attention to lyrics. Music wise I don’t think it’s too bad.

4⭐️/5 01.18.2026

Have symbols from this album tattooed. Not my favorite manson, but it's up there. Most songs are fantastic. Listened on Spotify and realized Spotify doesn't do the annoying hidden track thing with numerous seconds of blank tracks, which I feel is half the experience of some albums. Nothing good comes from this hidden track though

4 stars only because there is one great track and then a bunch of slightly less great tracks.

The beauty of listening to albums later than planned is that you can appreciate the finer references in them that you wouldn't have been able to six months prior. References such as Marilyn Manson saying "6-7" It was like a different taste of The Downward Spiral and that is an album I really like. This was great

I really liked it as a teenager. Was ready to hate it now, it’s actually pretty good. I mean yeah you can step back and it would seem juvenile, don’t do that. If you don’t step back you’ll get a mix of industrial music and alternative rock that just works. It gets the harshness of industrial but not to the point it takes over the good hooks and riffs in the songs. I don’t want to comment on Manson himself I’m sure he’s a dogshit person but the album slaps. Four stars.

Pretty solid record. Definitely some great tracks.

Awesome noise, rough message

I’m not a metal head, I don’t listen to a lot of this music. But strangely enough, I enjoyed this album. I picked out a few songs I liked the most but I can see myself revisiting this one too find more.

My exposure to Manson over the years has been pretty minimal. A few songs that leaked through to the radio (The Beautiful People and his covers of Tainted Love, Sweet Dreams, and Personal Jesus) and general awareness of his deliberately kooky image. Gotta say I didn't expect much going into this album, but I found it to be quite entertaining. Industrial metal is certainly an apt categorization, a lot of this plays similar to NiN with a bit more teeth. The album is a bit longer than I would have preferred, but there was enough in here to enjoy to make it worthwhile. Out of the gate, I don't have much love for Irresponsible Hate Anthem, but I'd be lying if I said that The Beautiful People didn't get me going. The vocals on Tourniquet are a little thin, but otherwise it is a solid track. Between it and Little Horn, the bass + guitar actually reminds me a lot of some Nirvana. Deformography has a fun dark-club aesthetic that I can get into. Wormboy is something I didn't really expect TBH -- reminds me of something, but I can't quite place it. TiL that N.E.R.D's Lapdance stole the riff directly from Angel With The Scabbed Wings. Never would have imagined that origin story given how funky N.E.R.D's resulting flip is. Minute of Decay and Reflecting God are solid in the closing. There was definitely some filler in here, but the album as a whole is quite varied and listening back through quickly I can't find much that doesn't connect in one way or another. Solid album -- low 4 for me.

innovativ, bahnbrechend, wegweisend und einfach unfassbar geile Musik, die auch mich damals geprägt hat. Ich kann allerdings die vollen 5 Sterne nicht geben, weil das Album in seiner Gänze dann doch viel Repetitives und leider auch Redundantes an sich hat.

Marilyn Manson seemed like a poser that was trying very hard to be weird. And that still might be true. I didn't think there was any good music happening behind the headlines and shock tactics. When I saw this pop up, I thought that I'd just breathe deeply and get through this tedious hour. When that first song played, I was proven right. This was going to suck. He's a screamer and the music is thin. Then you get "Beautiful People" and I already knew that's a banger. So, Ok. I'll give it a chance. It's a great rock song. Might use a few more lyrics, but it's good enough for what it is. Without much more detail, let me just say this. I really like this album! When he's not screaming, MM sounds good. Great midrange, decent falsetto, and I like the talk/sing-y parts. And it's just weird and creepy enough to give it an edge Trent Reznor and crew producing and playing obviously helped it along greatly. "Tourniquet" "Minute Of Decay" and "Kinderfeld" made their way onto some playlists already. It is a little bit too long and you could pull 3 or 4 out of the middle here without breaking anything. Well, I guess it's a concept album, but after only 2 or 3 listens, I still don't know the story line. I'm giving this a 4. A little more editing and little less screaming would elevate this a bit. I'm actually going to go listen to some other Manson albums to find some gems.

Sick as hell

Liked this more than I had expected. Saw Manson at an Oz Fest back in 90’s and enjoyed the live act. Maybe I just didn’t like the radio hits or all those goth dorks. 3.5⭐️ rounding down because there was little too much filler

One hell of a good album. This one took me by surprise. I had no idea it would be Supreme Heaviness, nor that it would click with me so quickly. This one, despite its length, had many bangers. Some of the songs had a 'nine inch nails' feel to them - especially in the drumming. The vocals were satanic, but in a good way! Heavy, heavy guitars as well. I thought when I listened to Megadeath that I didn't get metal. But Manson has proven I do get it, and his music does it right. No comment on some of the allegations made against him. Not my fault problematic people make excellent music. Fav tracks: Irresponsible Hate Anthem, The Beautiful People

Ah, Marilyn Manson. Him and controversy go together like peanut butter and jelly, Bert and Ernie, and me and existential dread. Is anyone really shocked that he’s a scumbag? The dude made a short film that apparently will end his career and put him in jail if it got released to the public. Look up “Groupie” if you are morbidly interested. Separating art from the artist here, which is a Herculean task, here’s what I think. Is it overly edgy? Sure. Does he sound like a dollar store version of Nine Inch Nails? Yeah. Did I like it? ….yeah. I mean, for a 70 minute album, it’s produced very well and it’s paced excellently. And as an industrial metal album, it hits all the points: dark mood, blaring guitars, apocalyptic setting. I get it, this album’s not a masterpiece in any way and Brian’s a piece of shit. But sometimes for every banquet, you just want some damn Taco Bell. (Or whatever fast food joint you like, if you like any…) Favorite track: The Beautiful People Other hits: Little Horn, Antichrist Superstar, 1996, Deformography, Angel With the Scabbed Wings, The Reflecting God

I listened to this a bit because it was cool in early high school but it didn’t connect with me then outside of the beautiful people being a great song. In later years I became a huge NIN fan and going back to this now I’m older, despite some of the very harsh sounds and production, I really enjoyed the rawness and the catchy pop sensibilities baked into what is a pretty hard to love style of music. Good stuff, will come back to this on occasion.

I never liked Marilyn Manson's music. I always grouped it with nu-metal, and the attempts at "shock" from the band and singer just always felt so forced and silly. However, I did learn a long while after that a lot of the music was more industrial than nu-metal, and listening to this album in full for the first time really shows that. I didn't know Reznor was a producer, but it shows, and I do think the music on most of this album is good. "Beautiful People" is the weakest song to me, but there are some very strong ones, especially the ones that sound a lot like Smashing Pumpkins, as well.. All in all, I do have an appreciation for this album, now, even if a lot of it may be for Trent Reznor still.

i dont know how i should feel about the artist and i didnt listen to the lyrics. but the music is pretty cool

Shame he's such a cunt

I know Marilyn Manson from his later stuff like the Pale Emperor but I enjoyed this album. The Beautiful People, Mister Superstar, and Angel with Scabbed Wings were all great. I wouldn't listen to any of these songs individually but they work together very well. I like the conceptual aspect of the work and the fact that it wasn't unlistenable.

Oh goody! I can't wait to read all the hate about this one

Lähdin tähän vähän ajatuksella "kuuntelematta paskaa, enintään meh", mutta jollain tavalla lopulta tykkäsin (menevämmistä) biiseistä enemmän mitä pidemmälle pääsin. Jonkinnäköinen Tukholma-syndrooma? Meno vaihteli utuisan 1,5/5 ja 4/5 välillä, joten tuntuisi loogiselta antaa 3/5. Tullut kuitenkin annettua viime aikoina niin paljon kolmosia, että yllättävän positiivisen jälkifiiliksen pohjalta pyöristetään tällä kertaa vähän yli 3 räikeästi -> 4

Yup

Some of it sounded the same but I'd listen to it again. Definitely a fun goth rock album

I debated if I should listen to this one. I wasn't really feeling in the mood to listen to a 1h 11m album from a rapist creep. I decided to listen to it. You can definitely hear Trent Reznor's production and mixing on this one. It sounds like a NIN album. Unfortunately I do actually like moments of this record quite a bit. It's way too long like a lot of other 90s albums and there are a handful of songs I did not care for at all. Some of these songs are pretty shitty to listen to with Brian Warner being a rapist and a creep. Angel with the Scabbed Wings in particular was not a great listen.

This is kind of a wild record. Not really something that I gravitate to or revisit, but I actually kind of enjoyed the heaviness and griminess of it. You can definitely hear the Trent Reznor influence on this one, which I think are probably the best and strongest songs throughout. I had a good time with this one!

Banger.

Better than I expected. Hard rock and solid lyrics.

Es genial escuchar ese género.

Good, but I really like this kind of music

7.5/10

Hard heavy. My highschool years.

This really did change the sound of the 90s for me. It certainly wasn't the heaviest, or darkest or even most provocative thing around, but the personality really gave it an edge. The Beautiful People will always be an amazing track.

when all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

Scary vibes, sounds really good. He works around the same theme throughout the whole album and he does it really good.

Damn, this album actually has a LOT of bangers. Even if it is too edgy and goes on a little too long, this is a pretty damn good album

Werner sucks. This is a great album and unfortunately more relevant today than it was when it was released.

Horrible human, but I disliked the music less than expected. NIN influences very strong.

Good, but a bit melodramatic for my taste.

I feel ashamed of myself for never listening to him sooner. So much controversy back in the day. This guy has talent. I also now have read that Trent Reznor was heavily involved in the production, which makes sense, I can hear that now. I can hear some hooks, the lyrics resonate still in current-day corporate hate-filled America. I know an album is special when it’s from a genre i know nothing about, and don’t really enjoy, but still it moves me in some way. Will I want to sit and listen to the whole thing again? Probably not, unless I have a day of rage (ok, so maybe, F@*$ Trump). Is it a superlative example of its genre and of a concept album? I think so.

This album was huge when it came out, and really propelled metal into a new era because of the controversy surrounding it. I bought it when it came out and enjoyed it. Listening back now, I still think that it's a solid album and a lot of that because of Trent Reznor's work on it - in hindsight it's a NIN spin off album. I'm not going to waste too much time on it because like so many artists, it's disappointing when it turns our that they're just d*cks - the amount of claims levelled against Manson and other members of the band over the years, it's difficult to separate the art from the artist. I'll rate it a 4/5 because I think it's a bit long, coming in at 72 minutes and they definitely could've trimmed some of the fat. Putting aside how I feel about the band now, musically its great. Tracks like Cryptorchid and Man That You Fear are better for their difference from the rest of the album. It changed a genre and inspired a generation of musicians but like another reviewer, I still listen to NIN but MM is one of those albums that got left behind with my youth and angst.

Tough one - there are too many artists that fit into the category where I like the music but not the artist (grim allegations against him). Rating based on the music. It was good, albeit a tad long.

Need more industrial

Well I can definitely see why he was so polarizing, especially in the 90s. He definitely nailed the freaky persona. Music was heavy and crass, must've been wild in it's day

Danced to this in the clubs when it came out, my knees still hurt.

Very edgy, I almost cut myself.

Better than I remember

Lyden fanger mig, og dynamikken i den måde han synger på er fed.

surprisingly good! very anger, much revolt

Surprisingly good. I didn't think I'd like it ...but did. Nice one. This is the beauty of 1001 Albums Generator.

Albums that shout at the hypocrisy and mendacity of the world are right in my wheel house and this album SCREAMS at the hypocrisy and mendacity of the world. If Heath Mason's version of the Joker was a rock star, he'd sing like this. I can just see the lyrics to “Irresponsible Hate Anthem” scrawled along the walls at some crime scene. I like Manson the way I like Bowie.Bowie always had this air of cosmic melancholy, mourning the mess we've made, but there’s still a trace of hope in his gaze. Manson Condemns. Screams from the wreckage of the world as he pokes at the idols that society has made. Isn't there a little "Wormy" in all of us

Rating for the music alone, on the understanding that I go out of my way not to listen to music by creeps any more than I have to.

A bit long but scrapes a 4.

Powerful discordant with decent songs but sagged in the middle.

I am in love with this album. I have never heard it before, but it immediately gripped me, and I am now all in. Who knew!? Maybe I am just a sucker for anything Northern Ishish Grunge Rock.

My inner angry teen boy that didn't listen to Marilyn Mansion cause he was too weird for me at the time, really enjoyed most all of this album. It was sorta like cheap Tool. A lot of the same spices I like, not elegant but dirty, LA and not exactly brilliant.

He’s got the beat.

Not my usual style of music but I liked the songs The Beautiful People and Tourniquet.

Somehow they made a metal group where the vocals do most of the work and guitar is background so that's wild. Again, this one is hard to judge with all the metal groups since this time that have done similar things but so much better. Also I can't appreciate The Beautiful People because it's been so overplayed for years. But all in all a solid album with some good jams. And it was definitely iconic in it's time. Some nice instrumental things though even with vocals being the focus. Nice stompy cut in the middle of Irresponsible Hate Anthem and awesome clanging riffs, nice closing beat and stripped down instrument mix in Dried Up, Tourniquet is the best track on this album with the contrast and those nice stretchy guitar features, love the cut to just vocals in Deformography though, Wormboy is so enticing with the beat switch ups and off-beat rhythms, the filthy opening of Kinderfeld and just the effects of the whole song, the bongos in Minute of Decay, those great breakdowns in The Reflecting God. Omg those NIN influences especially in Deformography though lol. Was torn between a 3 and 4 but listening on good headphones pushed it to a 4. Lots of interesting nuances that get lost in poor speakers. And I would listen again with no complaint. Also would totally vibe at one of their shows.

I really, really didn't expect to like this at all. But then, on reflection, the only music I've ever heard from Marilyn Manson is their cover of Tainted Love. For obvious reasons this sounds like a Nine Inch Nails album. It's far from perfect, and maybe outstayed its welcome slightly, but it was still enough for a strong 4 stars.

Choosing this over Mechanical Animals seems wrong. I understand this put him on the map, but if you're choosing 1 you MUST hear, pick the one that is a richer, fuller album. This one is great, although listening years later it got a tad monotonous 2/3 through. Still eid it's job well tgough

I have to apologize for my 12 year old self for mocking Mr. Manson. I was unfamiliar with your game.

This is still good. Prescient observations.

By the time I came around to listening to edgy metal music, Marilyn Manson was a thing of the past. He was someone your cousin who’s a decade-ish older than you used to listen to when they were in high school, and sure, the rib-removal rumors still made the playground rounds, but no one ever *listened* to Marilyn Manson. I don’t think I could even name one of his songs. I used to have this book that was something like “The Big Encyclopedia of Rock Music” or something very aughties like that, and I remember the passage about Manson praised his showmanship, his edge, how he ✨took on this soccer moms in Congress✨….and how his most famous songs were cover songs. Which isn’t really true, but US genre chats don’t fit easily into a compare/contrast game. All this to say, even as a teen listening to misogynistic metalcore music in 2008 with lyrics about slitting your wrists and killing your ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend simply because she belongs to you, the brand of edginess Manson embodied was as dated as a calendar. So I never gave him a shot, and the allegations of the last few years certainly haven’t inspired me to dig much deeper, I’ll say that. But honestly? This is kinda exactly up my alley. I wouldn’t say industrial metal is my thing, and [despite some of my ratings] neither is nü metal, at least not the more cliché goth-adjacent stuff. But Marilyn Manson combine the two to make a pretty well-balanced cocktail. Throughout Antichrist Superstar, I was floored by how crushing it sounded, and that’s really what I want out of metal music at the end of the day. And Manson’s vocals are awe-inspiring, truly, he has range in a very metal sense. Best of all, the production is so pristine that it actually has aged this record like a fine wine– a rare circumstance for most metal records. That’s not to say Antichrist Superstar is flawless, though. In fact, the music isn’t really what weighs it down in my opinion. Now, sure, I’ll admit, the more industrial tracks like “Cryptorchid” and “Kinderfeld” aren’t really my vibe, but I can appreciate them sonically. The big issue, actually, is the bloat. I get that this is conceptualized as an opera, and that requires a certain level of ambitious excessive, but…let’s be real here– this is not thematically strong enough to warrant 77 minutes of my undivided attention. Yes, the music is consistently great throughout, but the problem then becomes the lyrics, which are nowhere near as deep as Manson may believe they are. This is blatantly apparent throughout Cycle II: Inauguration of the Worm; if we’re being honest, this is just 7 straight songs where a rockstar is ranting about how ⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆he’s sooooo edgy and soooo cool and the general public just doesn’t understand that he has power over theirrrrr children who are worshipingggg him⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆, and like, cool, bro, good for you, I guess. We all know you’re not singing about some fictional character– you’re singing about you. That’s obnoxious! And because these songs take up the majority of the record, and because most of them are eye-roll inducing, it creates this inevitable path to exhaustion for anyone who’s not slamming their door shut on their mother for asking them to wash their hoodie that they haven’t taken off for 3 whole weeks. It’s built-in bloat, as in literally half the track list, and also as a result of the operatic structure forced upon these songs about being a famous rockstar that don’t deserve that thematic framing. I will say, I don’t feel this so heavily during the other cycles. I don’t feel it at all during The Hierophant, which just feels as edgy, as immature, and as pseudo-intellectual as any 90’s metal record, so if you can tolerate The Black Album lyrically, you can tolerate the first 5 tracks off Antichrist Superstar. On the other hand, the final leg, Disintegrator Rising, does muddy the waters. Thematically we start to get some Nietzschean nihilism and some….perhaps right-leaning ideological suggestions that feel dicey, but I’ve give my benefit of the doubt for the 1996 edgelord, at least for 1996. Cycle III is also maybe the most Industrial of anything here, though, so I think my sonic exhaustion combined with my typical apathy for that subgenre may be coloring my opinion a smidge. And yet, for all my critiques, I really did enjoy Antichrist Superstar. It’s not The Downward Spiral, which has strong compositional structure and just more sonic variety, but I think in the mainstream, this is a good second choice! It’s edgy, it’s abrasive, and it’s not as deep as it thinks it is, but it’s also heavy, entertaining, and conceptual, which gives it a leg up from its competition. I’m not going to praise Manson the man, but as a band, I feel like we may be dismissing them for their edginess a little too harshly. It’s good– not change your goddamn life good, but deserving of a lot of flowers. Definitely glad this came up and surprised me!

Dark, musically adept and fascinating.

Enjoyed it

It's a shame Marilyn Manson is a disgusting human being,, because this album kinda jams highkey.

I LOL'd when I got this album on Christmas day. I might be in the minority who thinks Holy Wood is MM's best album. Very solid effort with an interesting concept. Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5

Para mí muy bueno fue el disco con el que conocí a Manson

Whether you love or hate him...he fills a role by blatantly challenging society's obsession with youth, beauty, and shallow politics. I went to see them after this album dropped in 94-ish, and it was incredibly entertaining. A full fascist display accompanied by gates they put up to keep the Baptists' protesting at bay. A good time. Also, the music is good. It's theatrical and big, telling a story, setting a mood, and full of twists and turns.

Opening 1-2 songs don’t come much better than this. Makes me feel like downing a can of Monster Energy and jabbing some drywall. This is one of the ultimate ‘separate the art from the artist’ situations. With bands like The Smiths, that’s easy as the singer has always been an insufferable twat. For someone like Manson though it’s a bit trickier - despite all the (slightly contrived) controversy and blaming of him for Columbine, it always seemed like he was a sound dude. Example A: https://youtu.be/oeQ4HWhPEdA?si=mddX1yY0kq4a2DmP Context aside, this is really great. Though I’ve learned over the course of doing this that a) I’m a proper whore for how an album is produced and; b) very, VERY few albums should be over 45 minutes in length. This sounds so live, and gives it such an energy that some artists (cough Prince cough) could learn from. It sounds like our Marilyn is grinding his ballbag on my ear as his band looks the other way. In a good way. On the other hand, you could cut about 8 songs off this and it would still hit as hard. So, do I like this? Yes I do. Do I acknowledge that MM is a bad lad? Yes I do. It absolutely stinks of Jilly’s circa 2004, so I’m always gonna be a bit partial to it. But suffice to say, Marilyn Manson is a bad wrong’un. Can’t believe I got this far in this review without mentioning that he removed his ribs so he could suck himself off and that he was Fred Savage’s mate in The Wonder Years. Top pre-internet rumours them. A more innocent time. Best tracks: Irresponsible Hate Anthem, The Beautiful People, Tourniquet, 1996, Mister Superstar/Angel With The Scabbed Wings Also, here’s a really great analysis of this album: https://youtu.be/Wh0Xy7cfvdw?si=sfdU5j-TZLkP16Es

I don't like Marilyn Manson, but I love dark industrial sounds.

I remember the rumours that Marilyn Manson removed a rib so he could suck himself off. Then it seemed to move to Prince. Always made me laugh because truth be told it was actually Len Houmous who did it! Only to find the rib wasn’t the problem but actually the naturally rotund nature of Len himself. This actually led him to have his stomach stapled as a hope to make it work. He lost a huge amount of weight. Of course, he still couldn’t do it, although it did lead to what we refer to as Len’s ‘heart throb era’……..so many women….and men, Len really wasn’t fussy! I suppose every cloud and all that!……..3.5

3.5 - Okay this surprised me, but still can't get over the hardcore emo stuff

Went into this expecting the worst, and really didn’t hate it at all, in fact quite liked a few parts and felt it had very little filler. Possibly the biggest surprise of the 1001 so far for me. Fave Tracks: The Beautiful People, Tourniquet, The Reflecting God 3.6/5

An oldie and a goodie - first exposure to Marilyn was their cover of 'Personal Jesus'. Remembered fave songs are the titular 'Antichrist Superstar' and 'The Beautiful People'.

Oh, Marilyn Manson. I was raised in an evangelical Christian household in the nineties, so Marilyn Manson was among the top ten scariest things in the world when I was in middle school and most of high school. I remember there was a guy in one of my classes in seventh grade who said he thought Marilyn Manson was ‘neat,’ and I was pretty much aghast, and wondered if I should associate with him. He was a super nice guy and really funny, so my fear of Mr. Manson was overridden. Later on in high school, I scooped up a copy of the Not Another Teen Movie soundtrack, and I listened to Manson’s cover of “Tainted Love” quite a bit. Other than that, I vaguely know “Dope Show” and “Beautiful People,” but that’s it. At almost 80 minutes, this should be an adventure. Side note: how lucky am I to get Kid Rock and Marilyn Manson in the same week? I thought this was actually a good album. It’s not really my jam, but I enjoyed the industrial metal sound, and it was surprisingly easy to listen to. I wasn’t terribly impressed by the lead-off track “Irresponsible Hate Anthem,” but after that, I think the album found its groove a bit. “The Beautiful People” and “Tourniquet” were really good, but “Cryptorchid” and “Mister Superstar” were probably my favorite songs on the album. “Cryptorchid” had some really great synthesizers, and I liked the vocal distorted vocals as well. “Man That You Fear” was great too; I loved those backing vocal sounds, and the overall mood and sound of the song was great. The overall narrative of the rock opera was ambitious and well written through the songs, but I was much more focused on the music. There were some songs where the swearing felt excessive and performative, but that’s the business of shock rock, I guess. Marilyn Manson’s legacy has definitely taken hit since he’s been exposed as a creep and sexually violent, but his polarizing music was a hallmark of nineties culture and rock music, and this album deserves to be on this list. If Manson wasn’t such an awful person, I’d probably be more inclined to listen to this again, but I don’t want to be pumping more chump change into his bank account via Spotify.

They probably felt really cool and edgy while recording this. The result is a little silly today, but I think the earnestness makes it a better album.

Manson’s magnum opus. This is a well thought album. Ethics and metaphysics in great position. Its timing was flawless, too. I remember watching those music videos and feeling the creeps. The nihilistic view, the artwork. Manson thought about everything. The only reason behind my 4 star rating is that it could tire the listener a little sometimes. I believe that each track has been carefully crafted, but the music feels a little repetitive at some point.

The amount of attention this album received both from critics and outright opposers was something to behold. In an era where shock a la Howard Stern was crossing over into being a mainstream avenue of entertainment, Marilyn Manson's entry was nothing special until the Christian right took major offense to his imagery and music which are indeed objectively profane, which resulted in both social and political harassment (if we are being fair). The attention was so intense, Manson/this album were attached to various behaviors, including the Columbine massacre and other murders, most of which were false, but some were in fact scrutinized by Manson's content being in possession and supposed mimicry of some of his darker content. While any normal person would find such associations in bad taste, if there is indeed no such thing as bad publicity, this album benefitted from the controversies. Fast forward nearly 30 years later, the album still carries its cringe, but it also carries a resistance-like reputation with it being a reminder of perhaps "better" days before the world really got to know the artist himself. Marilyn Mason descended into self-parody, perhaps embracing the controversies a bit too hard. Years later, some of the same controversies that propelled him to success in the 90s, took on a new light in the era of #MeToo. Manson's downfall is that his persona outpaced his music, and humans are generally unreliable once fame and fortune are acquired. However, once past the noise of the persona, the music stands out. This album is actually very great, enough to where one can truly believe that Marilyn Manson may know something about music. His songs are heavy, and they resolve so well in the listening experience. Vocally, he is clear yet gravelly, evoking emotion as needed and capitalizing on the dark tone. Lyrically, his anti-religious (Christian) stance appealed to many Gen X/Y/Early Millennials who were being inundated with what had become a heavy works-based Christianity where its tenets were no longer being used to inform society, but rather to exert social control. The album is not perfect, but it is objectively good enough to earn its spot as a must-listen should one be invested into music history. This album hits a lot of seemingly correct notes in its controversy, its performance, and production. It created a social upheaval of sorts, good and bad, perhaps mostly bad upon hindsight.

If artists like KISS/GWAR/etc. got on stage without the cosplay and pageantry...would their fans be pissed? Do celebrities that got famous with an eXtReMe costume/spectacle get annoyed maintaining it decades later? Marilyn Manson must not care. Pigeonholed himself early, so even if he wanted to move on, the pop/country/rap conversion was unlikely. Maybe if he found religion? I do vaguely remember his appearance in Sons of Anarchy though lol. Anyway, ~nostalgia~ hitting me as listening to this reminded me of The Matrix soundtracks + MM's other singles from that era.

Oh boy, this album. This is one of the cases where you can say "yes, my parents were right, this guy is an irredeemable piece of shit" but not because of his music! It just turns out he's a garbage person, which maybe you could guess from the music and aesthetic but whatever. Thematically this album fit a niche that really was only mega popular in the 90's. A real "I fucking hate everything and I need to be extremely shocking but not so much that it gets me banned from too much." The lyrics pretty much all refer to violent or otherwise edgy sex acts, various blasphemies, body horror, etc. None of it is really profound, and none of it is necessary but it fits the image Marilyn Manson was cultivating. I imagine this is like what Alice Cooper or Ozzy was like to parents in the 70's. Musically it's more listenable to the lot of the real "extreme" music of the time. It's actually pretty good industrial/metal crossover. Like a more guitar driven and (much) less intelligent Nine Inch Nails a more rock oriented Frontline Assembly, a more machine based Slayer. Maybe it's nostalgia (I did listen to this in high school after all) but I actually like quite a bit of this album. Just have to ignore what I would now consider cringey lyrics; I know at the time I was like "wow cool!!!!!!". In general I think the album shines a more when the tracks are guitar oriented (The opening 3 tracks, Mister Superstar, the title track, 1996, etc) . The more industrial or less metal tracks just make me want to listen to a real industrial band to be rid of the mental image of Manson himself mostly naked and contorting himself in a video with half second cuts of worms eating a dead bird or something like that. Ultimately it's extremely difficult to separate the aesthetic from the music, which is a testament to what Marilyn Manson was doing at the time. I still find it hard to believe he's as edgy (though he definitely is as disgusting) as he pretends is/was, but he did a real good job of marketing himself and aligning pretty much everything in to this one style. I like this probably more than I should. I kinda want to like it less if I’m honest.

Ultimately, you don't want to let current events influence your judgment of the album. It's best to separate the two and appreciate the music on its own, without considering the artist's alleged crimes.

First of all, this is separating the artist and the art. The album is really good. The high points are great, but it's certainly a little bloated. If this were about 20 minutes shorter, it would be a lot better.

If I've heard any of these songs other than "Beautiful People" before now I don't remember it; I imagine Marilyn Manson didn't make it into many Christian homes in the 90's. Teenage me probably would have liked some of this, but the relentless screaming probably would have turned me off. I'm more tolerant of hardcore vocals these days, so overall this worked reasonably well for me. Good not great. 3.7

Damn, I've spent my whole life thinking Marilyn Manson is a tool and totally disregarding his music... oh wait, he's rapist and a terrible person, so I guess there's that. But to the music, IDK why I never listened to this back in the day. I love Ministry, NIN, White Zombie, etc.. this should have been my jam too. I think Manson's whole "look at me, I'm so creepy" schtick made me think he was a douche and ignore the music. But I really did enjoy this album almost 30 years later.

Dragged on a bit towards the end.

I quite liked this album.

Power, dikke riffs, en lekker hard. Matige teksten, maar als geheel toch best goed.

Brian brings the positive vibes! But seriously, it’s not as dark as it would have you think. There’s an enjoyment and a lust in sharing all those feelings that would make your mamma and your pastor cry. It’s also long and relentless and tiring, but, especially towards the end, there are enough moments where a change of pace really helps to give a well-rounded experience. I was left exhausted, but strangely wanting more.

long time no listen, and i have been so different from before.

I knew of MM before this album due to the song Sweet Dreams, from the previous record. However it was hearing Beautiful People that spurred me to actually buy this album, as it's such a strong song. The sound was pretty unique for the time and still holds up fairly well. I'm going to ignore the controversy surrounding Manson himself and judge this purely on the music itself.

Great album

Look, if you'd asked me this in 1996, I woulda said five stars. And it's probably still five stars. The production is great, the over-the-top boundary pushing is also somehow within the bounds of good bad taste. Irrresponsible Hate Anthem got me through some angry and confused times. Manson is probably a terrible person. And maybe he gave us enough hints. I don't know. But I still do like this album.

4.5 quite liked it, a little bit edgy, a little bit noisy, my typa music. fuck marilyn manson tho fr

I am separating the art from the artist with this rating. Album 4 stars MM -4 stars, predatory arsehole

I was pretty into this album during my A levels - even saw them live during the tour and bought a long sleeved tshirt with "WHEN I'M GOD EVERYONE DIES" printed on the back in giant lime green letters! 😆 Didn't really get into any of their albums after this one. Even back then, though, there were a bunch of tracks I could take or leave, (Why is "The Beautiful People" so popular? It never landed with me) and re-listening now, they have become more grating, so even a hefty nostalgia bump isn't going to get it to 5 stars. The Trent Reznor production is really doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Fave tracks - "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" and "1996" were my faves back then, and they're still my faves now - I guess they're the most straight ahead industrial. Most of "Antichrist Superstar" I'm indifferent to, but the creepy looped announcement-sounding thing in the outro always reminded me of the movie "Prince of Darkness", which is neat. "Man That You Fear" would be my pick from the slower, gothier side of the album, and that also has a creepy looped outro, heh. I guess that's the way to my heart. 🖤

Despite his recent problems, I still liked this album. It's sometimes hard to separate the person from the music, but he's thrived in controversy from the beginning.

First of all - I'm very surprised that Marylin Manson is on this list. I don't think he was ever famous for the quality of his work. Second of all - I'm very surprised it's his early album that got him on the list. His best singles are from 2000s, and those are mostly covers. But after listening to Antichrist Superstar I can tell it was something pretty unique for it's time. What if black metal wasn't metal at all but rock, and main vocal just a bit creepy? And somehow it will be aimed at all the teenagers of the era? Well, it kinda worked. Marylin got famous, although this album didn't really survived the stand of time (less than 30 years later). It's a very interestong record regardless, pretty nice blast from the past. Just don't read about anything that's not music related, this dude is bounded for jail sooner or later.

3.9/5 - better than expected

Yes Brian Warner is a weird dude. Look at him how could you not see he was a crooked individual, he’s the Alice Cooper of the 90s but was definitely carried by the production. Trent Reznor is incredible as always, makes me want to listen to Nine Inch Nails instead.

Against expectations I enjoyed this a lot

Take Trent out of this and what do you have? A creep in too much makeup. The music slaps though

So the guy is a scum (a real one; for a very long time I just thought he was acting like one (as an agitator) but that he was a decent guy, as some interviews -- for example in Bowling for Columbine -- could let think) but the trilogy started with Antichrist is huge. Antichrist is not my favourite (I like the peculiar atmosphere of Mechanical Animals and I like even better Holy Woods) but it lays ground for the said trilogy. It has many bangers and despite the length of the album, it's pretty much an 'all killer, no filler' type of record. It hits hard with these rhythms so characteristic of industrial music, it has all these punkish riffs, and Manson's way of singing may be annoying but I kinda want to scream with him. I didn't listen to this for ages, and it takes me back to my teenage years, full of anger and despair and happy to find some relief in (what I found to be, at the time) dark, agressive music.

Well, I guess I have to like this.

This is a tough review, and I will do my best to separate Brian Hugh Warner from the art that the band Marilyn Manson (and its 5 members) created and the 11 other people whose contributions made this album. I won't judge the album based on my negative feelings for 1/5 of its members. The 1/5 band member Brian Hugh Warner appears to be an awful human being (beyond his persona as Marilyn Manson) with issues involving violence and the abuse of women. I have no intention of diminishing their allegations or experiences because I enjoy this art. This album is art, a concept album, and the first part of a trilogy. I love industrial rock, and Trent Reznor, one of the album's producers, is among my all-time favourite artists. I'm not sure this album would have been as successful without him; you can hear his influence in every track. The album's concept is awesome and very much suits the music and lyrical style. A supernatural being—a demagogic rockstar—who seizes all political power from humanity to initiate an apocalyptic event. Let's face it: if you don't like the sound of that, you're not going to like this album. I don't think this album is as good as Mechanical Animals, but it introduced an element of death metal and industrial rock into the mainstream. 4/5 for the art 0/5 for Brian Hugh Warner, a vile human being.

Marilyn Manson has a few really great songs. the Beautiful People is one of them. Tourniquet isn’t bad either. The rest of the album is loud and hard to listen to. Best I can give it is 3.5

Metal gótico de Marilyn Manson. The beautiful people. Un 4, aunque al final me ha parecido todo un poco igual...

The Beautiful People. Sólo por esa 4.

90’s industrial is always a thing of beauty. Its electronic influences aging it like a fine wine. Manson and his barely strung together band formulate some of the genres best late decade output here. The first in a trilogy of oddities from the shock rocker. Riff that’s simply fuck and lyrics that signal someone’s doom coalesce into something strange and unusual.

Loved it

This is a classic, nostalgic for me.

"Antichrist Superstar" is the second studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. Industrial metal, industrial rock, alternative metal and gothic rock are the assigned genres. I'd agree although you could also name just about any metal sub-genre. The album is a rock opera/concept album and the first of a trilogy with a story "revolving around a supernatural being who seizes all power from humanity to initiate an apocalyptic end event; a demagogue driven solely by resentment, misantropy and despair and uses his position to to destroy the world." I'm glad I read that before listening cause it would have taken a long time to figure that out. There's also pretty blatant commentary on the religious right and conservative politics. Four producers were used including lead singer Marilyn Manson and Trent Reznor. It was a commercial success hitting #3 in the US (#73 UK) and had high critical praise and acclaim. The album is divided into three parts. Fans cheering opens "irresponsible Hate Anthem." The band kicks in hard. This song is actually from the future in the antichrist superstar days. A good use of start-stop. The proper first song to this story and a pretty big hit is "The Beautiful People. The thumping beat. Manson whispering. Very industrial sounding as Mansion takes it up to the screaming level. The main character is a worm at this stage and he's sees the evil and the hypocrisy in the so-called beautiful people. "Tourniquet" has long guitar notes which eventually turns to almost chainsaw sounding. The worm is used up at this point and wants to become something but sure what. The second part starts; the first song that caught my attention was "Deformography." The songs keep building and with heavy percussion and very mechanical sounding. The worm wants to get back at the beautiful people. By this point, it is clear that Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails are a major influene musically. They actually get a nice guitar riff going in "Mister Superstar." Layered guitars and a idiosyncratic drum beat. Our worm is a rock star now. The band cranks it up a notch on the next song "Angel with the Scabbed Wings." Not only a rock star but the antichrist . And we head into the last part with "Antichrist Superstar." Crowds chanting. Ominous guitar power cords. The rise of the antichrist; he is the hydra. Why not go full on thrash metal and they do in "1996." Obviously, Ministry fans. This appears to be political and religious commentary of the times; there was a recent presidential election. The album ends slower with "Man That You Fear." A piano. It's dramatic. Of couse, it ends with a minute of feedback. I think this was his life's reflection: "the boy you loved became the man you feared." This is an evil sounding album. Great production with Reznor and the others. It is a convoluted story but he does attempt to stay within the story and also comment on current events. The music is mostly industrial but has elements of rock and metal. I'd say if your a Nine Inch Nails' fan, you'll probably like this. However, it does fall in the "too long, CD-era" category.

I actually really liked it. I thought the songs were cool and grooves were great.

The Beautiful People. Sólo por esa 4.

An album I've owned for a couple of decades but don't listen to much anymore. It always will be a good album for driving in the car and letting your anger out, however

Great album, brings back high school memories

I was pleasantly surprised by this album. I like a lot of industrial music and have a soft spot for Ministry, KMFDM, Skinny Puppy and so on. Not a huge Nine Inch Nails fan -- it's not bad, but I prefer aggressive to depressing. My feeling when this came out was that all the controversy was off-putting and made me think that the music was likely not very good. I never really listened to it, and never had any of the records. Well, mea culpa. There's clearly a lot of thought going on behind the scenes, and had I given this band a listen years ago, it probably would have fit right into the things I was listening to then.

Hard classic. Like.

Som diferentao, massa ate mais agradavel do que esperava

אלבום מיוחד וממש טוב יש בו את הלהיט הגדול של מרילין מנסון אבל האלבום מעבר לזה

The enemy is my enemy is my friend?? While I prefer some love and light as weapons to combat the hypocritical, fascist Christian right, I get where he is coming from. I didn't expect to like this and I don't know why he was canceled so I am not considering that in my rating. Dug the music, too.

Pretty pretty good. Surprised and happily.

Damn. Ik heb door de jaren heen deze shockrocker meermaals live gezien op Pukkelpop/Graspop/Werchter, en hoewel ik dat altijd wel geweldig entertainende bedoeningen vond, ben ik niet verder dan zijn singles geraakt. Na zo'n show bleven de visuele ervaring me meer bij dan de songs zelf. Na het beluisteren van deze plaat denk ik dat hij thuishoort in het rijtje van Nine Inch Nails, Godflesh, Ministry, Swans of zelfs pakweg de Evil Superstars, zij het een veel commercieel toegankelijkere versie ervan. Noisy industrial is niks wat ik vaak opzet maar ik kan er wel op tijd en stond mijn ei in kwijt. De persoon achter de muziek kan me intussen wel gestolen worden, maar waarschijnlijk moet je wel een hatelijke fucked up weirdo zijn om dit soort muziek goed te kunnen maken. Zie maar naar Gira van Swans... De muziek staat er wel, en deze groovet over de hele plaat heen. Soms neigt de muziek meer naar een stuwende Rammstein/Ministry-riff (de hits!, het nummer 1996) , dan later lijkt er wel een altrockweirdnessnummer van Evil Superstars/Millionaire in te zitten als Wormboy of Kinderfeld. Tim Vanhamel of Mauro Pawlowski mogen deze wel eens coveren, ik leg nen euro bij. Mister Superstar had QotSA dan weer eens mogen onder handen nemen, toen Nick Olivieri nog aan boord was. Elk nummer heeft wel een memorabele baslijn. Had Minute Of Decay een nummer van Kapitan Korsakov geweest, hadden we dit allemaal vet gevonden. Er zijn zoveel muzikale raakvlakken met dingen die ik wel tot de goede smaak meereken, dat ik op basis van dit album alleen Marilyn Manson toch iets meer muzikale credit ga geven in de toekomst. Als je elk element hier ontleedt, vind je zeker wel een andere artiest die dat element beter brengt, maar Marilyn Manson heeft er wel een smakelijke cocktail mee weten te brouwen. Als de cocktail niet door een kutpersoon was gebrouwen, had wellicht de nasmaak minder slecht of fout geweest. 1 van de betere verrassingen tot nu toe in deze lijst. Een 4? Jot!

Great album, despicable artist. 4/5

good, cryptorchid is incredible, too long ,nine inch nails better

Yes

Teenage memories

Very dark, heavy, unique album with godly production, I enjoyed every minute of it.

I enjoyed this rather more than I expected. It's got great production (sounded awesome on earphones), some interesting instrumental passages and the singing is quite interesting, with some cool effects scattered throughout. Weirdly it sounds angry and menacingly camp at the same time (The Beautiful People)!

My teen years are back with a vengeance. I'm surprised how well this holds up, rapist or no.

Metal gótico de Marilyn Manson. The beautiful people. Un 4, aunque al final me ha parecido todo un poco igual...

The Beautiful People. Sólo por esa 4.

I remember drinking at a bar in Ft. Lauderdale with one of the guys that Marilyn Manson had fired from the band back in the 1990s. I also remember a NYE show in Ft Lauderdale as well. I haven't listened to this stuff in years, but I was surprised at how much of it I remember from my early-20s. In listening to these albums, I try to put myself in the mindset of where or what I would think of the album with no knowledge of the artist or the years since the album was released. So, I'll grade this album on that scale as a 4/5...like a 89.

Holds up better than I thought it would. It still rocks pretty hard.

Hard to separate how I feel about this album now with how I felt about it in high school (loved it, played it all the time). Almost every song is peak edge-lord energy, but it's all still delivered in a polished and powerful recording, and Manson excels at delivering over the top cheesy melodies and themes with really good composition that comes off as legitimately spooky. Most of this playthrough was waxing nostalgia, but because of that I enjoyed it and will almost certainly listen again in the distant future.

Hard album to rate. I've listened to this one quite a few times and really enjoyed it. Dude fucking sucks as a person, but does that really affect the quality of the music? I dunno. The bangers on here still bang, so I'm gonna rate it thusly. 4/5

Another album that I regret not listening to at the time because I was brainwashed by the NME and probably listening to Dodgy instead. "Antichrist Superstar" probably doesn't pack the punch it did in '96, and it comes across a bit silly and cartoony now, but there are still some decent tunes on here and the production is incredible.

This is about what I expected from a Marilyn Manson album, but slightly more listenable.

I love the song The Beautiful People so I was not averse to listening to this. As expected, it is an all-out assault on the senses. It’s a disturbing, angry epic that I can’t say was a pleasant listen, but I didn’t hate the experience. I don’t seem to be able muster up as much anger any more as I probably need to properly relate to this, but it is quite an accomplishment nonetheless. Listening to this is like a haunted house. I wouldn’t want to live there, but it’s cool to visit.

Objectively this is shit personally I kinda love it. Reminds me of been a angsty teen

This was my soundtrack to my teenage angst so it's hard for me to rate it objectively. It's kind of funny to think how disturbing this album was when it came out, people were shocked by Manson and the little me was heavily drawn to its themes of anti-capitalism, anti-religion, anti-herd mentaly, anti-everything. I think it still holds up fairly well musically speaking, its production is still intriguing, thanks to Trent Reznor, and its spooky vibe is still intact. It is way too long though, this wouls have been a much stronger record if they had cut a good 3-4 songs in the middle of the album. I will rate it high because I can't deny how important that album was to me, even though I still think Mechanical Animals is his best.

It’s been a long while since I’ve listened to any Marilyn Manson. I was never his biggest fan, but his cover of Tainted Love definitely got a lot of playtime in my teens. I don’t think I’ve ever listened to an album of his in full, so let’s change that today! Songs I already knew: The Beautiful People Favourites: The Beautiful People, Tourniquet I honestly surprised myself at how much I enjoyed this. I love the synth bass that it often used in his tracks here, and the creepy shock rock is always a fun style in general. I really enjoyed Tourniquet, although I do think he pronounces that word weird (the T is silent, right? It’s pronounced tour-ni-kay. Please tell me I haven’t made that up). There is a strange use of the n-word in the opening track, which I found a very odd choice of lyrics and I’d be surprised if he still performs that live. Overall, I surprisingly enjoyable album with great distortion, weird singing and genuinely fun.

This is really good, absolutely blasting opening 4-5 tracks, the next chunk are decent, loses its way a little but then fires right back from the title track on apart from that weird hidden track bollocks loads of people did in the 90s. Think the dip in the middle stops it getting a 5 but even though I listened to this a bit around 2000, I didn't remember it well, and it's a lot better than I remembered.

Là je dis oui mon Robert, ce détraqué mental de Marilyn Manson m'a défoncé la gueule pendant 1h15. J'en redemande.

I liked this more than I thought I would.

I thought it was a good mix of intensity with great rhythmic melodies. “Wormboy” especially reminded me of a NIN song, which I dug a lot. I was gonna give this four stars at first because of how much I just liked the general sound, but noticed that it became a little repetitive. Bands like Deftones and NIN both accomplished what this album tries to do better during the same time period. As much as I liked some of the songs here, I don’t feel comfortable enough listening to Marilyn Manson for further exploration. Faves: Irresponsible Hate Anthem, The Beautiful People, 1996, The Reflecting God

Disco industrial y un tanto "gore" con guitarras potentes y afiladas. Algunas canciones muy bien construídas

4.25

Space the final frontier

Well paced, really enjoyed it.

Regrettably, this completely and utterly rules. It’s even a bit more tasteful (musically speaking) than I’d have imagined.

honestly, i liked it even tho i didn’t want to. he’s a creep.

Knew some of the hits but didn't know how great of an album it is.

Beyond The Beautiful People, there are more hits that show Manson's vocal mastery. Felt like a 14 yo again

-S Tier- Beautiful People 1996 The Reflecting God -A Tier- Irresponsible Hate Anthem Tourniquet Angel with the Scabbed Wings Kinderfeld Antichrist Superstar Minute of Decay -B Tier- Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World Little Horn Deformography Wormboy Mister Superstar Man That You Fear -C Tier- Cryptorchid AVG SCORE: 3.7 / 5

ALBUM RATING: 3.68 ALBUM GRADE: B- TRACK RATINGS: 1. Irresponsible Hate Anthem - 4 2. The Beautiful People - 3.5 3. Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World - 4 4. Tourniquet - 3.5 5. Little Horn - 3.5 6. Cryptorchid - 3.5 7. Deformography - 4 8. Wormboy - 3.5 9. Mister Superstar - 4 10. Angel With the Scabbed Wings - 4 11. Kinderfeld - 3.5 12. Antichrist Superstar - 4 13. 1996 - 3.5 14. Minute of Decay - 3.5 15. The Reflecting God - 3.5 16. Man That You Fear - 3.5 99. [untitled] - 3

This is an album I've listened to before. Ignoring all controversy surrounding Brian and just rating the album I would give it 4/5. The NIN influences are obvious as Trent Reznor produced several songs on the album. Some songs are great but there's a few that are just ok and keeping the score from reaching 5/5.

This is much better than I thought it would be. 4.5 Much heavier than I expected and I really enjoy that

Garbage human, but I love his music.

it's a certain mood ya

Solid album all around. This album was the album, in my opinion, pushed MM to superstar status, no pun intended.

Hard rock didn’t get any better in the 90’s

I miss when Marilyn Manson was a misunderstood goth and not a sex pest.

Good stuff

I am not a fan of this kind of music, (at least I wasn’t) so my hopes were not night for this. But I really enjoyed it. Great beats and energy and anger, and the music is much more accessible than I expected. I have listened to this a couple of times and we surely listen again.

Awesome album, listened to it lots in my early 20s, and really loved the dark gritty feel of it. 4 stars, but leaning towards 4.5.

Totally missed Marilyn in my musical journey. Very enjoyable, interesting wiki background.

4/5. Manson sucks, Trent’s a god. Musically it’s great but Manson needs to shut up

Not my cup of tea, not as bad as I thought though

And here we go, the first problematic artist to show up on here and most certainly wont be the last. Sad part is i used to love this album but now its kinda hard to listen to.

Una de les grans fites dels 90. Un disc inacabable i inabarcable, ple de violència musical, amb un so i una imatge que feien por i sobresurtien de tot el que sentíem a l'época (fins i tot de Nine Inch Nails). Grans temes com 'Tourniquet', 'Beautiful People', 'Antichrist Superstar' o 'Chryptorchid' es barregen amb d'altres amb menys melodia i més pensats en harmonitzar la violència i missatge del conjunt

This one was difficult to do. How do you separate the art from the artist? Knowing how terrible of a person Marilyn Manson seems to be, it was very difficult to listen to this and be like "yeah, it's pretty good, BUT..." The unadulterated rage and anger built up in this album, you can really feel it. It's directed at the right people, the hypocrisy at the world, religion, society, etc. And yet we still have the man who created it, which makes this so much more difficult to deal with. I would have liked this more from someone else. Knowing more about the musician makes the songs more difficult. Knowing more about the actors certainly makes movies difficult for me, even if they are classics. But I am still giving this 4 stars, I liked it a lot, nut I have a LOT of misgivings with it. It was well-done, well-produced. There was at least one song that sounded a LOT like Nine Inch Nails to me.

He is one strange dude, but Marilyn Manson is a great lyricist. He's pretty good at the music part of songwriting too (with help from his band). He really mastered that angry pounding guitar sound (with a little electronica help). The Beautiful People was always one of my favorite angry pump up songs. Some other highlights for me are The Reflecting God, 1996, Mister Superstar, and Angel with the Scabbed Wings. Could do with a little less screaming. Can't deny the energy they bring.

The music is intensely cool, the lyrics intensely disturbing. The album cover scared my 12 year old. Lots of clear NIN influence (or maybe literally just Trent Reznor adding NIN touches). Can't call it a 5 mainly because of the disturbing lyrics and the fact that Marilyn Manson is individually pretty disturbing. Favorite tracks: Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World, Tourniquet, Cryptorchid (mellotron!), Deformography, Antichrist Superstar, The Reflecting God.

IDK, all this glam/satanist aesthetics don't appeal to me at all. I can appreciate the music and production, though, these are fun.

A very dark and harshly social album that heralded the end of grunge, but you can still feel its breath in places. In general, the album is positioned as industrial metal, but in it you can hear both the interruptions and blast beats characteristic of death metal, and the complex inclusions of prog metal (yes, a weighted relative of prog rock), gloominess and the frequent splitting technique in vocals for gothic rock , vibrations of new wave synths, noises! In short, I really rethought this dude! The Best songs: Dried up, tied and dead to the world; Tourniquet

Nunca había escuchado este disco completo, pero obvio sí conocía "The Beautiful People", y gracias a Casper, "The man that you fear". Me llamó la atención descubrir que este disco es una "Rock Opera" y las canciones están relacionadas. También me resultó interesante la historia del disco y todo lo que tuvieron que pasar para poderlo grabar. Aunque no es el tipo de música que me gusta, y definitivamente no escucharía el disco muy seguido, debo reconocer que tiene algo de vanguardista, polémico y atrevido que tiene rato que no escucho.

High school staple. Hasn’t stood the test of time as much as my other favorites from this era, but thematically it’s strong and there is are some cool dynamic shifts.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Beautiful people, Deformography, Minute of decay

Ja, topper qua genre. Paar hele goeie nummers, rest okee. Niet mijn favoriete artiest of album, maar om een beetje tegengewicht te geven toch de 4 sterren. You Beautiful People 🤘🏼

Listened to this album enough times to do it again.

really cool!!!

I was only familiar of a couple of these songs. I more familiar with the stories of Marilyn removing his bottom ribs. The album was good.

A nice throwback to my teen years

YESSSSS

This album is great. Some lesser known Manson tracks on here, but plenty of great jams. Plus some hits.

this album is cool i guess? im kind of a sucker for the 90s industrial sound but i dunno if this is really the best example of it. it kinda sucks actually. if i didnt love the sound so much this would suck. like half the tracks bang but when it tries to get slower it just doesnt work very much, plus its a little too long. i didnt feel the length that much but really only because i had to keep taking breaks in the first half and in the second half i was busy adding an album to rym. so w/e. also he drops the hard r in the CHORUS of the FIRST SONG what the fuck.

yucky! i thought it'd be more offensive to my sensitive mainstream palate but it holds up okay. a little bit of the late 90's edge comes off kinda dorky, and it's probably too long. still, there's some gnarly sounds in there i really enjoyed. favorite song is Tourniquet or Wormboy. very strong 3