Antichrist Superstar

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puuuuuuh medium lust nöd nur weg ihm als person sondern die paar wenige lieder wo ich vo ihm mal ghört han, hani recht lame gfunde NEIIII s erste lieder findi no hard😭😭 besutiful people isch easy I guess? dried up... isch öppe das woni vo ihne kenn, nüt für mich ah hä ich han iwie im chopf gha, dass er definitiv verurteilt worde isch hm cryptorchid hani na funny gfunde? industrial rock isch rifach sooo nöd mis wormboy het öppis im ahsatz öppis woni no cool find aber es isch denn doch relativ wenig mister superstar findi eig no cool, eifach z lang spinn ich oder het antichrist superstar basically kei bass/tüffene? ultra nervig bro langsam gsehnis nümme MINUTE OF DECAY BANGER SORRY au wennsmer weh tuet die bassline und das creepy klavier, sehr cool HALLOOO CHANS MAL UUFHÖRE bin vo paarne lieder eig positiv überrascht gsi. aber es isch würkli nöd mis

Good-meh melodies and very nice anger, but the longuer it goes on the sooner i need a break on my ears

Pretty awful. All it made me feel is the desire for me to remove a few ribs

Too much of the death metal voice and weird music and lyrics.

The lyrics on Antichrist Superstar aren't really my thing, but the music's got that 90s industrial-on-hard-rock-rails vibe that can be enjoyable if you're in the mood for it. This is my first introduction to an actual Marilyn Manson album and, outside of the lyrical content, my chief complaint is its length. Much too long for anyone other than the fans. Turns what could be tolerable into an intolerable chore. It's interesting how there are music-listening experiences that convert listeners to fans, and then there are other records that really seem for the extant fan only. Unfortunately, there's no way to reliably determine which is which since it's such a subjective matter of taste, though I do appreciate the Recommended If You Like approach, and for this we'll give it a try: early NIN, Ministry's 90s output, Rammenstein, and Front 242 — all of which also do this thing better than Marilyn Manson.

i'd be a lot more ok with this album if it was half as long. I'm trying to cook dinner, I don't need an endurance test

I recognize the importance they have had for the rock scene, but I don't enjoy their music.

Great and now classic album

I don't like the sound of a gravel processor. This is an album of that sound, but less rhythmic.

Manson could never decide whether he wanted to be Trent Reznor or Rob Zombie. He's a poor pastiche of something but he doesn't come close to either of those. This gained an extra point for some catchy drumming here and there but I can't see this as anything but a novelty act. A housemate once brought a goth girl home, they went into his room and she played Beautiful People on repeat for two hours then went home. It was very amusing. This album leaves me as dissatisfied as he was that night.

I can really hear the Trent Reznor input in... Ah, fuck this guy, and fuck giving this album any serious thought. It's barely listenable.

terrible music, terrible person

Fun album

Boo hiss

Beautiful People is good, otherwise nothing to recommend this. Also insanely long.

Best Song: Angel With The Scabbed Wings. This had a good rhythm to it. Worst Song: Cryptorchild. This felt really like an interlude, more than a song in its own right. Overall: It's not bad, but goddamn if it isn't corny. Lyrically, the whole album seems preoccupied with communicating how edgy and extreme Manson is, even if the music falls into some pretty milquetoast directions.

Heavy Mince

No thank you

++: Deformography, Wormboy +: Irresponsible Hate Anthem, The Beautiful People, Tourniquet, Cryptorchid, Mister Superstar, Kinderfeld, The Reflecting God +-: Dried, Tied Up and Dead to the World, Angel with the Scabbed Wings, Antichrist Superstar, Minute of Decay, Man That You Fear -: Little Horn, 1996, Empty Sounds of Hate 4,2/10

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.

Listened to about half of this. Loud, heavy, angry industrial hard rock with vocals that are mostly controlled screaming. No thank you. I can appreciate that there's craft in how these tracks are assembled, but I can't listen to more of it. Also don't want to support a guy with a trail of sexual assault allegations.

I was generally familiar with Marilyn Manson before this, between Warner's awfulness as a person, controversies around the band, and growing up in the late 90s so I'd definitely heard Beautiful People and their cover of Sweet Dreams, but this wasn't my type of music growing up so had never really listened to them and was kind of dreading listening to it. I didn't like the lyrical content (way too dark for me) and or the vocal style (although I could tolerate it better than some of the more screamed metal vocals like Sepultura), and I couldn't get through everything and skipped around a bit, but musically this was actually pretty solid and interesting and something I could really enjoy with different vocals and themes. I'm wavering between 2 & 3 stars here but will lean 3 because I'm in a good mood today.

Crap

I'm torn on this one because I listened to him a lot when I was younger but obviously he's a terrible person, so I just can't enjoy his music anymore.

I barely liked his music, then I found out he's a disgusting piece of shit.

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

Actually couldn’t wait for it to be over. The entire thing sounds the same, it gave me a headache and he’s proper rapey. Not really what you want when listening to music👍

Style and volume over substance

Never heard this album before, but assumed most Marilyn Manson stuff was just garbage. It's not _great_, but honestly it was a lot better than I thought it would be. 3/5

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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

Enjoy the industrial metal, respect the shock value, hate the length. Could've chopped off like 20 minutes and it might have been a 4.

Maybe music for angry, horny children is my least favourite genre.

did a 5 minute skim through the tracks, that was enough.

I blame the Mama's and the Papa's that kicked off this horrible weird stint of separating art from the artist. I never liked him, don't like him now and won't give him my Spotify stream. Protest vote here.

If you like heavy music with dissonant guitar, you'll probably like this album. But if you're less enraptured by it, or are more picky about it, you'll likely find it to be a slog. This is 70 minutes of industrial chug, and while there are a few atmospheric tracks it mainly just comes at you with a bunch of rock songs. And there's so much happening in those songs. I like dissonant, industrial sounds when the music really focuses on them and you can appreciate their tones. But the amount of layers on these songs makes them sound muddy, and they start to bleed together. Some songs like "Wormboy" have a guitar that's really clear, but those are the exception. I do think the themes on this album are interesting, and maybe even more relevant today, but the lyrics are vague enough that it often just comes off as generally angry without anything too insightful to say.

I'm sure this album helped sell black Jnco jeans, eye makeup, and chain wallets back in the day, but this edgelord, mall-metal sh*t sucks. The artist is a sexual predator, too. Take this off the list. 1 star.

De la musique pour ado dépressif pseudo-edgy. A chier. -1 pour les agressions sexuelles du bonhomme.

01) Irresponsible Hate Anthem - 6,5 02) The Beautiful People - 7,0 03) Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World - 7,0 04) Tourniquet - 7,0 05) Little Horn - 5,5 06) Cryptorchid - 6,5 07) Deformography - 7,0 08) Wormboy - 6,5 09) Mister Superstar - 6,0 10) Angel with the Scabbed Wings - 5,5 11) Kinderfeld - 5,5 12) Antichrist Superstar - 5,0 13) 1996 - 5,0 14) Minute of Decay - 6,0 15) The Reflecting God - 6,0 16) Man That You Fear - 6,5 99) Empty Sounds of Hate - 3,0 TOTAL: 5,97 (60/100) Current ranking: 574/727

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

I liked it more than I thought I would. That said, I thought I would would completely hate it, and I only mostly hated it. 2 stars, but toeing that 1 star line.

Hate the album cover. Didn’t like the music. Marilyn Manson is also not a good person. If I could give it a zero I would.

I didn’t enjoy Marilyn Manson when he first came out and I don’t enjoy him now. It always seemed like shock for shocks sake and nothing real behind it.

My first time listening to a full Marilyn Manson Album. It didn't do very much for me.

seems like the vibe id like but maybe not

Solo he podido salvar "The Beautiful People", el resto es demasiado para mí.

it was a vibe, not really mine. And Marilyn Manson has so many accusers, it’s hard to understand why anyone still listens.

Not great.

Já esperava odiar este álbum, tanto que eu enrolei bastante para ouvi-lo depois que o gerei. Não quis estragar um fim de semana foda que eu estava tendo, não queria manchar a memória desses últimos dias com um álbum que eu já sabia que seria esdrúxulo e tosco. Só ler o título do álbum e você imediatamente já sabe o que esperar. Mas, sendo completamente honesto, não foi tão ruim quanto eu esperava. Leia novamente – foi ruim – só não tanto quanto eu esperava. Eu já estava esperando que seria mais um 0.5/5, igual Kid Rock foi um tempo atrás. Mas não é pra tanto assim. Pra começar, surpreendentemente, o maior defeito do álbum é sua duração imensa. Os vocais de Marilyn são até que legais às vezes, ele costuma empenhar estilos vocais bem distintos e alcances variados, algo que mantém o interesse de quem o escuta. A banda também não é nada mal, me vi movendo a cabeça em diversos momentos do álbum, com poderosos riffs e instrumentalização bem variada e eclética, comum desse período da música alternativa. Mas no final das contas, não é um disco que eu ouviria novamente. Sei que Marilyn Manson é uma figura bem controversa, ou até mesmo criminosa, mas eu não me importo. Não o conheço e nem quero conhecer, só me importo com música. E se for pra ouvir música pesada dos anos 90, prefiro muito mais Nine Inch Nails. E este álbum é, acima de tudo, uma cópia barata de NiN. Se ele fosse significativamente encurtado, mantendo foco apenas nas suas melhores faixas, como Tourniquet, poderia ter sido um 4 facilmente. Mas não é o caso. Muito edgy e muito tosco. 2/5

There will be other rapists on this list, but I doubt any would have made a worse record than this.

Never in my life did I think I would have to sit attenively through a whole Marilyn Manson album. Likewise, never did I consider the level of food poisoning possible from a shelled oyster platter in a hot July. On balance, I'd revisit the seafood given the choice.

Irresponsible Hate Anthem // Beautiful People // Cryptorchild // 1996 // The Reflecting God //

Remembering liking this a whole lot more. Some good tracks but also some misses

Nah, not listening to this guy. Believe women.

Musique Ok, bon album dans l'ensemble. Est-ce qu'on donne trop d'importance au personnage plutôt qu'au contenu de l'album mille fois oui.

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 just dont like this at all.

Of all the metal albums in the world this one somehow made it to this list (probably because of the controversy surrounding it). While it has good moments, the album is too long and too obviously campy and try-hard to be enjoyable. 1.5/5.0: Bad

i did not expect to like this as much as i did. overall i thought most of the songs well performed and well produced. that said, the songs arent good enough to warrant the runtime. the fact that manson is apparently a terrible person and the repeated use of slurs in the opening track dont help. realistically if you cut a few songs this couldve been a 4 but as it stands its a 3 with a point knocked off for personal antics.

I enjoyed the wikipedia page about this album more than I enjoyed the album. 1.5

2/5

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 listened to Beautiful People then stopped.

I was always kind of scared of Marilyn Manson. I wouldn't say this was a pleasant experience, but I also wouldn't say it was insufferable. Sometimes you gotta lean into your antichrist ways.

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

I didn't hate this but I have no desire to ever hear it again. Once is enough. 2/5.

Lock this abuser up!

Literally can't listen to it

Pre: avoided as child Post: better than excepted

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.

Perfection

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

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

Yeah, can't give him more than a 1

DNF, not for me

By 1996, those of the angst riddled minded needed a new voice to help address their issues and feelings. They needed a sound that was harder and harsher than anything that had come before or was circling the drain of the mainstream. Enter Marilyn Manson. With a name that combined the twisted concoction of the bright and dark sides of Hollywood and a vision that dimmed and exceeded expectations, they set out to live up to the name they've given this album. Albeit long enough for its own good, there is not a sense of a minute being wasted here, for there is plenty to unpack here regardless of religious stance. Favorites: Irresponsible Hate Anthem, The Beautiful People, Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World, Tourniquet, Cryptorchid, Wormboy, Mister Superstar, Angel With the Scabbed Wings, Antichrist Superstar, Minute of Decay.

This is one of those albums where the persona/vibe/genre is so off-putting that I can't rate it high, even if the music itself might otherwise be a 3.

Too cartoonish to be taken seriously, like NiN, but not fun enough to be enjoyed as dark camp, like White Zombie. This is either a 2 star album that I'm knocking a star off because Manson is a garbage person, or a 3 star album that I'm knocking 2 stars off because Manson is a garbage person. I can't decide.

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.

Shame he's such a cunt

Bakfull idag ...det här va inte albumet jag behövde

Skräckrocksteater. Mycket poserande och vad krystade provokationsförsök. Vilket jag förstått lyckats ganska bra då MM nästintill är mer bannad av den kristna högern än de där som pratar i låtarna och har fel hudfärg. Det är långt och det är inte särskilt bra. Men bättre än Metallica i alla fall. Svagare 2a går du leta efter.

Inte bara tråkigt utan långtråkigt. 17 högst mediokra låtar som bara pågår. Manson vill gärna vara en provokatör och möjligen provocerade han den kristna högern en gång i tiden. Idag är han bara provocerande tråkig.

Light 3,5

Would have been 2- for what it was at the time, but knocking down to 1 star because of the shit person he is.

Too much screaming and way too angry for my taste

Some decent stuff here it's just extremely heavy and too much screaming for me. 1.4 outta 5

Loses one star for being a trash person, loses another star for being AN HOUR AND TWELVE MINUTES LONG.

This music is scary.

So insanely long and drawn out. The Beautiful People was as childishly fun as I remember... and then the album goes on monotonously for another hour. Plus he's a bad person.

I really don't think this is *that* bad, and there are a handful of good moments on this album. But overall, it really wasn't very fun to listen to.

A very conflicting listen given developments in recent years. Listening now, it all smacks of shock for shock's sake and "look at me, I'm a freak, can't you see I am" posturing. When MM gets out of the way and lets the music do more of the talking, this does go hard at points, with Trent Reznor's contributions doing the heavy lifting in making the songs compelling. As far as industrial metal goes, though, there are ample examples of it being done better and to a less infringing degree elsewhere.

Aha, the guy playing the creep character who turned out to be a super creep in real life, who would have thought!? Alright, let's do it. Antichrist Superstar is a wild ride in 2025. Right off the first track my thought was "Damn he's trying so hard to be edgy." Did we really fall for this back in the 90s? I guess so. The whole album is a slog to listen to now and the act is washed up and tired. Its a bit of a shame, I generally like the industrial/electronic sound but goddamn Manson is just so unlikeable. I was never a depressed angsty teen, so the lyrics are super cringy to me but I like the sound, minus his creaky croaky voice, which is not good by any means, but put him on the map. Guitars are nice and heavy, a lot of the ambient electronic effects could probably have stood to be edited down or out a bit. Standout tracks were "The Beautiful People" - Stockholm Syndrom from rock radio jamming this down our throats for decades still has me kinda liking it - "Mister Superstar," and "The Reflecting God" - I listened to the whole song and I didn't want to kill myself! Take that, Committee on Government Affairs! My summary: Antichrist Superstar did not age well. It's really goddamn long. Some of the music is cool sounding, but some of it also sucks and along with the over-the-top pissy, angsty, "I am become death!" lyrics makes this a pretty unpleasant listen in this day and age. Can't deny Manson's cultural impact though and he hit the nail on the head with some of his political views. It gets a 2/5 from me and I'm content to leave this album in the past.

Irresponsible Hate Anthem 2.4 The Beautiful People 3 Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World 2.7 Tourniquet 2.8 Little Horn 2.5 Cryptorchid 2 Deformography 2.3 Wormboy 2.4 Mister Superstar 2.1 Angel with the Scabbed Wings 2.1 Kinderfeld 2.3 Antichrist Superstar 2 1996 1.8 Minute of Decay 2.2 The Reflecting God 2.3 Man That You Fear 2 Empty Sounds of Hate (hidden track) 1 Score: 2.229411765

ugh. this takes me back to a time I was really unhappy with music.

Having not listened that much to Mr. Manson, I understand that he is quite a famous, and ostensible succesful, person, who's been around for quite some time. I'm sure this is someones jam completely, but it ain't mine. This overall feels way to distorted and screamy for my taste. 'Beautiful People' has a cool hypnotic rhythm to it, but other than that I had a hard time finding interesting melodies to latch onto on this album, sadly. Not my jam, but probably someone else's.

Teenage angst without any real substance, only shock value. Got tired of the lyrics after about 2 minutes. The music isn’t great but if feels better than Slipknot which is the closest I can compare it too. “The beautiful people” is a bop with it’s catchy drum beat and guitar riff. The rest I don’t have much respect for. I guess it could be worse. It has no business being as long as it is either. Weak 2.

Favorite Track: The Beautiful People

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.

Dear god, this weirdo is on the list? Gave up listening halfway through because this is literally just music for people who desperately want to be edgy but they're not edgy in a genuine way. His covers of Tainted Love and Sweet Dreams (thankfully not on the album) are the worst thing in the world and have always pissed me off, turns out his original music is no better 1/5

Det var en tålmodighetsprøve 🫠 Hadde ikke noe sans for knirkesynginga hans heller i de roligere låtene. De mer normale låtene var om ikke annet helt ok. The Beautiful People var litt kul da.

This guy provides a soundtrack, IMO, for the fans of Slasher/Horror movies. Ooh, scary.

No, nope, no way, nu uh, absolutely not ... Even the album cover is scary!

Sliter litt med at jeg syntes hele viben til Marilyn Manson er så sykt teit. Musikken er jo egentlig helt ok, men klarer ikke å like det her. 2/5

Kult sound, tydelig noe Trent her. Flere kule låter, men ikke noe jeg hører mange ganger og dykker ned i igjen

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

No me gusta que me griten, mal empezamos. Despues de 6 canciones no aguanto mas.

Wanted to like this more but it was way too hard metal for me. A blast to the past though!

Enjoyed this more than expected despite the cringy edgelord lyrics. The drum lines are terrific and the guitar might be abrasive but it works for what Manson is going for.

I'm pretty split here. Putting aside the person from the music, I find this at times good and interesting. Transgressive, vicious, and pounding. But fuck, it's so long, and I'm over it before I'm even half way done. I'm a sucker for concept albums and rock operas, but it's too much of the same. It's a 3.

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

0/10. Not my tempo at all😔🕊️🥺

This was ok. At over an hour long, it certainly lost steam around the half hour mark for me. Some really good parts, coupled with some obvious cringe. I thought I heard some NIN influence in the music and it turns out Reznor was involved in the production, so… Better than I thought it would be.

god, no. Ugh.

Ok - but I think there are better ones

I never got Marilyn Manson's appeal.

Rating: 2.4 He just doesn’t have it, this type of thing should have died in the womb but his edgy ass fans have drug (no pun intended) it out for THIRTY YEARS.

# 580 : Antichrist Superstar Antichrist Superstar – Shock Rock Fatigue Ungh. This can’t be good… and it isn’t. The album kicks off with a refreshing sonic blast, but quickly devolves into an hour and a quarter of being yelled at by a guy who really wants you to know he’s edgy. It’s screamy, shouty, and creepy—but not in a fun Halloween way. More like “your neighbour’s goth teenager started a band” creepy. Some of the riffs are actually solid, but they’re buried under layers of vocal theatrics and lyrical content that feels like it was written to make your grandma clutch her pearls. It’s overlong, lacking in variety, and exhausting to sit through. I don’t understand how people enjoy this. Maybe they’re in it for the shock value, but after 75 minutes of this, the only thing I felt was regret. Verdict: ★ for the riffs. File under “albums that scream at you until you leave.”

I really didn't jive with this one. More abrasive than what I'd enjoy and yeesh some of these lyrics. Reading the Wikipedia page about it, sure I don't disagree with the themes but did they really have to write it like that? Also jfc, the whole concept of the album and how it fits in the trilogy of albums sounds exhausting.

Gratuitous, on the nose, but overall a very interesting album.

It started OK, then got less good as the album went on.

Ei oikeen vaan ikinä oo Manson lähtenyt itellä. Kyllähän tätä taustalla kuuntelee ja levyllä muutamia ihan ok hetkiä, mutta muuten aika tasapaksua tavaraa

Marilyn Mansonilla on hyviä biisejä, ja niitä mielellään silloin tällöin kuunteleekin. Kokonainen albumillinen niitä on kuitenkin liikaa ja tästä kuuntelusta sai lievän yliannostuksen Mansonia. Yksi tuttu biisi, varmaankin Mansonin tunnetuin The Beautiful People löytyi levyltä, mutta muut olivat uusia tuttavuuksia. Aika keskinkertainen levy, ei paska muttei mikään mestariteoskaan, joten kolmosta pukkaa.

Tykkään kyllä Mansonista, mutta ei sitä kokonaista albumia jaksa kerralla. Tosi monessa biisissä ei ole mitään melodiaa ja Mansonin murina ja rouhea musiikki alkaa vaan kuulostaa jossain kohtii valkokohinalta. Helppo kolmonen silti, koska ei nämä biisit paskoja ole ja jopa useampi löytyy levyltä, mitä kuuntelen aina silloin tällöin.

En tiedä miksi mutta koko ikäni olen pitänyt Marilyn Mansonia aivan PELLENÄ. Ysäri-industriali ei iskenyt yhtään ysärillä eikä tilanne ole muuttunut 20-luvullakaan. Levyn kuuntelu jäi aika katkonaiseksi kun töiden ohessa kuuntelin ja tuli keskeytyksiä. Pidetään Mansonia varmuuden vuoksi edelleen PELLENÄ. Annetaan yksi lisätähti vaikka siitä että joku oli istunut miksauspöydän takana, toisin kuin edellispäivän metallicoissa.

Laulajan ääni ei ole kovin miellyttävä, oli sitten huutamista tai laulamisen yrittämistä. Muutenkin levyn äänimaailma vähän raastaa korvia. Ei lisää tällaista..

Mahdottomasti en tätä pumppua ole kuunnellut ja ajattelin alkuun, että tämähän voisi tästä lähteäkin, mutta aika nopeasti tuli raja vastaan. Menojalkaisemmat biisit kyllä potkivat mukavasti hanuria ja niissä on potentiaalia, mutta sitten nämä fiilistelevämmät raidat kuulostavat liian myötähäpeältä, että niistä löytyisi mitään kauhean positiivista sanottavaa. Tuottajana resnorin rentti näkyy ja kuuluu ja monessa mielessä levy kuulostaa pirkka-versio Nine Inch Nailsilta. Kovastihan tässä yritetään saada kaivettua 90-luvun nuorison angsteja ja turhautumistunteita pintaan verhoamalla ilmaisu nihilistiseen ja mukarajuun tulkintaan. Yritän yleensä olla kuuntelematta sanoituksia, mutta tässä kun välillä niitä saattoi muutamat pätkät noteerata, niin niskahiki nousi välittömästi nolostumisesta. Eipä siinä, potentiaalia löytyy, joten ei tätä voi totaalisesti dumatakaan. Hartaasti kuitenkin myös toivon, että tämän listauksen Marilyn Manson -annos oli tässä :). Syy miksi tämä on listalla levyistä jotka pitäisi kuulla ennen kuin kuolema korjaa tuli harvinaisen kirkkaaksi.

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

Dodii. Kyllähän tässä jotain nostalgiaa oli, mutta ei oo erityisen hyvin vanhentunut tommonen angstinen hyvin grimmi nillitys. Mutta silti vanhojen aikojen vuoksi ykkönen ois tuntunu väärältä

No ei toimi sitten edes vähää alusta. Ei millään tasolla. Joissain biiseissä oli kyllä ihan oivaltavia koukkuja, mutta kun kaikki hukkuu sen valtavan massan alle. En myöskään voi sietää tuota huutolaulua. Levy myös ainakin tunnin liian pitkä.

This was extremely boring, there were only like 2 or 3 good songs, nothing bad though really but it's all the same

Great album to remind me that I respect industrial rock much more than I want to listen to it all the time. Deducted a star because fuck Manson.

I'm not listening to this. Dude is a poser and an abuser. In no world would I be moved positively by his music.

I first heard this album when I was maybe 10 or 11. I was told the music was supposed to make me evil. Much like the album before, Skunk Anansie, this is a little too edgy for me. Manson’s gimmick is shock and that’s really run its course as there is nothing shocking in the age of the internet. But there’s some good songs here. “Beautiful People” is objectively a good song and Manson’s calling card. I attribute a lot of his success to the guitarist John 5 who really shines here. This album certainly had a cultural moment and it was pretty significant.

This is my first listen through of a Marilyn Manson album. I'm reminded of Nine Inch Nails, White Zombie, and Mindless Self Indulgence. It's a sound I have to be in the mood to listen to and I don't see myself playing it often, but it's done well. I debated between 3-4. 3.5 stars.

1/2

Not listening to this abuser

Yup

When Marilyn knocked on my door trying to shock me I pretended I wasn’t home. He persisted, and to get rid of him I gave him one piece of Halloween candy and told him to scram. He kicked over my Ridwell box and left in a huff.

The most commendable thing about him is that he has a manatee in his swimming pool.

hearing the first track and realizing that he was saying the n-word was wild work lmao. in all honesty I hate that I do like the general sound of it but I feel like that is more due to Reznor than anything else. Much like Eminem, Manson relies so heavily on being edgy for attention because there's not much else to him.

Last year I attempted to read Marilyn Manson‘s autobiography, but found myself so generally disgusted by his narcissism that I DNF’d it. As such, it’s hard to be objective when it comes to my opinion of him. His music hit because the fact he was a shock rocker, but I never quite thought that his music added up to the hype and this album somewhat reflects that as well. When I saw that this album was actually a concept album, I was surprised because I never interpreted it as one. But even as I was listening to it, I still struggled to find the concept in this concept album. There are some good songs on here, including the song, Beautiful People which I’d actually seem them perform live twice. It was great both times. I also enjoyed Deformography, which was surprisingly good, and Angel with Scabbed Wings. There are aspects of the concept throughout but the album is too long and unvaried in its industrial mental format to compare to the other superior concept albums. It just comes off as a basic industrial metal album from the age.

Random thoughts: * I never listened to more than 2 Marilyn Manson songs in my whole life. * I actually liked this. Is this considered metal? I like that he mostly sings but doesn't have that "cookie monster" voice. * There are tinges of that nu-metal sound in here with scratching and beats and such. * I'd definitely listen to this again but you do kinda have to be in the right mood. * Better than expected!

Couldn’t make it through

Beyond awful.

I think I listened to this whole album once in 1996 or 1997 and didn’t think much of it then beyond liking two songs (beautiful people, tourniquet). As an adult, it was a genuine disappointment to learn how easy the guitar riff for Tourniquet is / how everything cool about its sound is pedals or production. Let’s see if the adolescent hatred hits more now, when I’m a middle-aged man! And: embarrassingly, I did kinda like it.

Some good riffs sometimes. The vocals are often too monotone for my tastes.

It's long, and it's bad, and it made my head hurt. It barely escapes a 1, honestly. I wasn't alive in that decade, so some of the cultural significance is lost on me, but I'd probably like it less anyway hehe.

This album is painful to listen to. No, I am not a fan of Marilyn Manson (or Charles, for that matter), and it is hard to accept that there are audience cheers incorporated into the opening song; a song that inspires nothing close to cheers - unless played in the underworld. Horrible, painful, and excruciatingly gratuitous, I couldn't listen to the whole thing. Criticize me if you want to, but being unlistenable is at least partly the fault of the artist at some point.

I haven't heard this style of music much. It comes across almost as novelty, but at least it's pretty unfamiliar (and therefore interesting). I really hope nobody took Marilyn Manson, as a band, seriously. But then they're tackling some pretty serious topics. Autocracy, violence, the religious right... and they do it in this stupid horror-theme tone that really takes away from the message. Even punk delivers its message better than whatever this oddity is. And, being as recent as 1996, I don't really think this is really a successful attempt to "shock your way into the mainstream" (as another reviewer wrote). Nothing about this is shocking for its time. It comes across as a bit cheesy, or maybe insincere. (That being said, Tourniquet has a stronger delivery and manages to climb out of the cheese rut.) And yet some of the lyrics could actually be really dangerous for impressionable teens. Something about this whole combination doesn't sit right with me. Right up front, Warner's vocal delivery doesn't do it for me. In Irresponsible Hate Anthem, he alternates between a creepy, deliberately "weird" whisper and a sketchy metal scream. I say sketchy because his voice manages to be somewhat raw yet completely lacking in the genuinely anger and energy that the "metal greats" tend to channel. Deformography and Man That You Fear are both equally weak tracks for this reason. The Beautiful People is immediately stronger for a few reasons. The lower-energy vocals are actually fairly catchy, and the guitar part is significantly more interesting. Everything is loud, brash, and... well, spooky. The band's original name (Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids) makes perfect sense. The delivery of the track title in The Beautiful People is just perfect for an zombie-ghost anthem blasted in some decrepit mansion somewhere. The riffs are pretty strong (at least when they aren't drowned out by other elements) such as in Little Horn, Wormboy, Angel With The Scabbed Wings, and The Reflecting God. But those riffs don't exist in a vacuum. 2/5 Key tracks: The Beautiful People, Tourniquet, The Reflecting God

No es para mi

At the risk of sounding like the Church Lady and Tipper Gore’s best friend… are you kidding me? Wait, I can fix that. Are you fucking kidding me? What a load of garbage. I bet Brian was quite the child to raise, as Catholic school brought out the best of his oppositional disorder. It’s even worse now since everyone wants baby boy to have a gun to shoot up his enemies. Not much patience for crap from the comfy white boys looking to shock. This is a big ZILCH.

Plus meilleur que ce que je pensais (je ne sais pas trop ce que je pensais, en fait) ! C’est pas quelque chose que je réécouterais souvent, mais c’était une bonne heure d’écoute.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks

Fun fact: I didn't realize this before, but everyone in Manson's band has their pseudonym following the same theme. Daisy Berkowitz, Twiggy Ramirez, Madonna Wayne Gacy. It's such funny dumb edgelord shit.

let’s be honest, the only reason this self-indulgent bullshit is even worth listening to is because of trent reznor. the music is very good, the lyrics are actually so embarrassing. no wonder this man’s only personality trait is being an abusive loser, just listened to an hour and eleven minutes of him whining. anyway, marilyn manson rawt in hell you absolute creep.

Meh

To be honest I didn’t hate this one as much as I was expecting to but it is a bit lyrically cringe at times. Dude is a wrongun too but that’s another story.

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

Здесь оценка чисто моих предпочтений. Было очень тяжко слушать, так как это не мое

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!

Good grief. NO!

Meh. Not horrible some interesting stuff here. But I just don't really like it overall. Not to my taste.

Gear: HEDD Audio HEDDphone Two Artwork: 🧌🧭⬛ Production: 🧏‍♂️📏💩 Music: 🖤🥹💆‍♂️ Rating: ⸸ ⸸ ⸸ /5

Music great. Lyrics suck.

It's got some strong moments/riffs/drums/production.

Banger of the album: The Beautiful People An odd album that reminds me of being a kid but doesn't have enough nostalgia to carry it to a higher score.

Even casting morals aside, this was just an enjoyable listen. Beautiful People is a good song but other than that it was just a bit of chore to get through.

To me, the music is not or has any redeemed value

Banger.

i'm sorry I genuinely don't care for MM, find someone else

Awful!

An edgy sex addict and alleged offender, he writes like he thinks abuse is bad while clearly fetishizing it. The contradiction drags the whole album down. There are a few decent moments, but they’re buried under self-indulgence and hypocrisy. I can’t give this more than 2 stars. 5/10.

This would be cool if I was an edgy 14 year old in 1996. But alas, I'm not. I also had my edge dudes I listened to in middle school and then I grew up. Dude's a creep too. 2/10

I wouldn't want to touch anything they've touched, but it is a decent concept album, even if it drags here and there.

Went in with a preconceived notion of what this would be and I was 100% right, only much longer than expected, about halfway through, don't think I'll make it much longer.

This album permanently convinced me to live a holy life of sexual abstinence.

Liked mildly only 1 song - the rest was unbearable. Manson wants to be edgy so bad. Don't understand the appeal. Props to you if ya like it. I don't

horrible music horrible horrible human being

Some good songs but not my thing

Trent Reznorin tuotannon kyllä tunnistaa, tulee tosi vahvat NiN vibat. Ei sillein sen ihmeellisempää, aika perus ysäri insustrial soundia. Oisinehkä odottanut vähän enemmän. Mut oli kyllä ihan hyviäkin kappaleita. Parhaat: The Beautiful People, Kinderfield, Minute of Decay

Better than I expected. Hard rock and solid lyrics.

Couldn't finish it - not my type of music of all. Metal / screamo. And a horrible person.

Pre-listen thoughts: I havent ever been a huge Manson fan, maybe this will change it Post-listen thoughts: Wayyy to satanic to be higher. not a huge fan. Final rating: 6.8/10 Favorite song: Torquinet Least Favorite song: Wormboy

Es genial escuchar ese género.

This is perfect music for a teen boy of a certain type. It has cartoonish lyrics, grinding non-melodic guitars, and enough make-up to make Manson look like an alien on a box of Quisp and Quake. I don’t care about him one way or another and I wonder about an adult listening to it for the first time and finding this enjoyable.

Good, but I really like this kind of music

ugh.

IF you can get past the part that its Marilyn Manson this is fitting music for its time and place. Well produced and a couple of really good songs in there. If you cant get past the fact that its Marilyn Manson this is sophomoric edge lord try hard crap that was biting the industrial sound that was becoming more popular at the time. I wish I could give it 2.5 stars as its neither a 2 or a 3.

I have always thought of Marilyn Manson as a publicity stunt - the shock value diverting my attention from the quality of the music. And as a rule, I don't like metal rock operas - they are typically overly serious and dark. But there were a few tracks here that appealed to me - essentially, the album wasn't as bad as I thought it might be.

In this weird timeline we exist, will we get a collaboration of Marilyn Manson, Russel Brand, R. Kelly? Separating the art from Spirit Halloween cosplay... Quality electro goth industrial metal (respectfully coined 'scary metal'... by me). My 2 cents, give me Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Deftones. * And upon some quick research, Trent Reznor contributed to the production of this, which makes perfect sense, because the atmosphere can be mesmerizing at times, but the album can get a bit tedious at points.

Yuck

This isn’t an endorsement but it wasn’t nearly as bad as I expected. The writing was, dare I say, good? Still not really planning on diving back in though

Less than one star, wanted to stop listening

17 songs of over-dramatic screaming negativity.

7.5/10

Hard heavy. My highschool years.

No.

Not the worst stuff ever.

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.

It was silly when it came out and it's only grown sillier over time.

Manson is the ultimate poser. Trent Reznor is the real talent behind this album. Manson is just there to look menacing and annoy your parents, turning everything up to 11, and then turning it up even more.

Hope this guy rots.

I loved this as a teenager but very hard to not cringe now. Beautiful People is a bop tho

I don't like whispering singing and there was a lot of that along with the harsh black metal thrash singing, too. Not for me

The lyrics are all just for shock value, the vocal performance is one note, the instrumentals are like if you took all the interesting bits out of Nine Inch Nails. The only challenging thing about their music was challenging me to make it through to the end. 1 Star.

The only song I knew by Marilyn Manson going in was Beautiful People. I didn't care for it, and I didn't care for his whole creepy aesthetic. I also don't care for nu-metal or industrial metal, whatever genre this is. All the noises, effects, screaming - it's just too much. There were a couple of good guitar riffs and some good drumming in the album, but not nearly good enough to overcome over and hour of the things I don't like about this kind of music. I'm not rating based on his personal life like I'm sure many people like to do. Best track: Wormboy, just because it sounded the most Alice Cooper-like to me.

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

Not a great album despite its popularity... I think more kids bought it to piss off their parents than because they actually liked the songs. 2 stars because I actually like the sound design and production, but there are no good songs on here.

Did not make it through this one - On top of Brian seeming like a piece of shit, he drops the N-word on the first track? The music is derivative to me, and the sources they are pulling from are not my favorite vibe anyway. Back in the day, the 'i'm so edgy and spooky' schtick did not connect with me and by today's standards seems tacky and threadbare.

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

It's one of those albums where I like a handful of songs, and others are either annoying noises, or just not interesting and sound blah... So, I get why people went bonkers over Marilyn Manson (it's NIN with anti-christ sentiments!!! AAAAAHHH!), and why parents hated it. Overall I like it, it's not what I would listen to every day but it's got it's moments. 2.91 / 5 stars Highlights: Beautiful People Angel with the Scrubbed Wings Antichrist Superstar 1996

He’s not the Antichrist Superstar, he’s a very naughty boy! Separating art from artist this is ok, but very samey and really is the most edgelordy album I’ve ever heard which I guess is not surprising since Manson is perhaps the uber-edgelord.

Hated this less than I expected, and it lead to a lot of interesting reading about satanic panic. That said, I won't be listening again.

Yeah not particularly enjoyable or good. Why is this here? Did not finish

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

Mer varierad än jag trodde. När det låter hårdrock och dålig Rammstein är det inget vidare. Men när det låter White Stripes och Loyd Cole är det kanon. Trea

Damn, he's dropping the N word in the first song, huh? This is wild to listen to the day after listening to Rage Against the Machine because I feel like Rage is empowering (and has a meaningful political message) where as Manson is just obnoxiously cynical and angry. "Angry boy music", as a friend of mine calls it. Lyrics aside, the sound is pretty fun. Lots of variety of sounds between "deformography" and "cryptorchid". I could see myself screaming to "tourniquet" in the car. I also liked this a lot more after learning that is was a concept rock opera album.

yeah, not a fan!

Not in the Mood.

When you get to Heaven, You will wish you were in Hell

So “edgy” you can practically see the Hot Topic receipts fluttering out of the jewel case, so “transgressive” it’s practically a Nine Inch Nails cosplay, and so long it might qualify as performance art about endurance. The good news is buried inside the shtick—“The Beautiful People” rides a genuinely nasty groove, “Tourniquet” gets some mileage out of its bass thump, and “Minute of Decay” manages atmosphere without tripping over its own black lipstick. The rest? Broken-era Reznor knockoffs, self-serious Halloween makeup, and an attention span test you didn’t sign up for.

Unfortunately not my taste at all. Weird lyrics and repetitive.

boycotting abusers

A weird record that has hits and misses. I thought that it was mostly good. Favourite Track(s): The Beautiful People Least Favourite Track(s): Dried Up, Tied And Dead To The World

yucky person. album is fine though

Fuck abusers. Musically: dull and repetitive. If you know the music of the time, you'll hear nothing original.

Only remarkable/known track ist "The Beautiful People". Way too same same and therefor too long. Weak two stars. 1,5

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

Absolute trash, terrible.

An edgy piece of shit who makes edgy piece of shit music. I didn't think there was anything to this guy aside from his shock factor, and I was sort of right. I mean, this thing is far too long, for one, and lyrically it clearly draws from troubled ideas of guys like NIN, but with absolutely no nuance or finesse, and it's all presented through a 4th-grader-edge filter. Vocally, this guy's boring at best, and annoying at worst. 'Wormboy' is genuinely awful, and the fucking mess that is 'Cryptorchid' should not exist and cease to exist. 'Angel With The Scabbed Wings' presents itself as this noisy head-banger, but its appeal runs so thin it's not even funny. Credit where credit is due, you do get the occasional catchy little riff or drumming sequence here and there, but they feel like little hits of enjoyment that wane faster than they appeared. And that's only in the first few songs; by the time the second half hits, there are absolutely no redeeming qualities left to salvage this mess - it becomes grating. To me, this is music that tries its absolute best to take the sounds of much better artists, blends them together, and then adds this very ugly filter and aesthetic that is "Manson the performer" on top of it. I was so tempted to turn this shit off halfway through. I hate what this music is.

elst betur en mig grunaði. en er hálfgert miðjumoð. tilgerðarlegt og einhæft. en hlustaði svolítið á þetta á sínum og hataði ekkert.

I actually appreciate some of the musicality, here, but this is the music of a deeply hurt person who is shrieking his pain at the universe. It's too dark for me to listen to.

Just… no. (Giving this two stars cause if I give it one star, I have to look at the cover every time I click on my summary page.)

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.

Not for me

I’m a bit uncomfy, man. 3/10

“The Beautiful People” is a good song, but I just really don’t dig the way this dude has moved through the world during his career - too much muck and mire left in his wake to be make believe.

No thanks

Tyfusherrie

Not very good.

I remember giving Antichrist Superstar a listen when it first came out—I was curious, even though it was far outside my usual tastes. I gave it a fair shot, but honestly, I think it’s a terrible album. The music feels chaotic and abrasive, with constant shouting and little sense of structure or storytelling. It just doesn’t work for me. Admittedly, my perception of Marilyn Manson himself—given his well-documented controversies—also casts a shadow over the experience. Favourite track: The Beautiful People is a solid song and easily the highlight. Least favourite: Pretty much the rest of the album. Album artwork: Dark and unsettling—not really my style.

Day 14 sigh! ew ew ew Brian Hugh Warner but I convinced myself to listen to it cause yk separating the art from the artist and also for the other band member's talents. This is exactly the type of music I grew out of and I am glad I did. I just can't vibe with these types of lyrics anymore. Some guitar riffs were catchy though but I couldn't listen to the whole thing. (0/5) but I have to give it at least a star so it logs my review.

Horrible person but not terrible album

Nine inch nails but mid

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

Not to my taste

Like a couple of songs. Not really into Manson lately, maybe because of his personal stuff or not a fan as much any more of the screaming.

My apologies to slipknot. They’re aren’t the *actual* worst act in the history of humans making sound.

Good, but a bit melodramatic for my taste.

nope

Totalt bättre än den inledande skrikiga låten. Beautiful people är bra, kommer några fler som är rätt tajta, men också en del skrikigt å mindre bra. För lång. Men landar nog på tre tillslut.

Arg nördmusik som jag alltid avfärdat men som jag nu ändå måste erkänna inte var helt dålig. Musikaliskt så står det här faktiskt på egna ben även utan den tuffa (töntiga) imagen. Det är välproducerat, bra driv och bitvis till och med riktigt bra med låtar som The beautiful people, Tourniquet och Mister superstar. Finns också en del sämre och det blir lite för långt, vilket drar ner betyget. En kortare och tightare skiva hade jag nog gett en fyra men här får det bli en trea.

this one's complicated, i've got a big mix of nosalgia, sustained love for trent reznor's production, dislike of camp, and a bit of cringe at my former self who would have loved these bad, bad, BAD lyrics. still, the singles are great and a couple of the album tracks surprised me! 3*

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.

I didn't want anything to do with it then, and I want less to do with it now. I have no time for an abuser cosplaying as the evil incarnate.

Unnecessary. Absolute rubbish. The time spent listening to the album will never be retrieved. Made by an idiot for idiots. About as much depth as a puddle of piss

It’s strange. Like horror goth metal. It’s not something I would seek out on my own. 2/5 Won’t listen again

I get why Manson has that reputation now

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.

I had never really listened to MM. I appreciate the intensity, but a bit rich for me. Definitely worth inclusion on this list though

Big fan of The Beautiful People - an OG for me. But the rest of the album is okay. Marilyn Manson has a sound... and there's some variety but only enough for having maybe five or so of his songs. I don't know if the other four were in this album. Still enjoyed listening to it though. 3/5 stars.

Overall, this is easy music to zone out to. Some of the song names reminded me of items in Neopets, especially Deformography. Sounds like a potion that’ll turn you warty.

Need more industrial

yep

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

so...putting aside what kind of person Marilyn Manson is, I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. This has definite Nine Inch Nails vibes and I've been on a bit of a NIN kick. Despite liking it more than I thought, it swung wildly from songs I enjoyed and songs I just couldn't listen to.

Not really my thing. But some interesting songs mixed in here.

oh god, this man wasn't good

What the flying fuck — "Antichrist Superstar" is actual unlistenable crap. This is what an average Top 40's listener believes rock music sounds like. I'm giving the album two stars so I won't have to see the album cover in my "Lowest Rated Albums" section every time I open my user profile. Nearly sh*tting my pants once was enough.

weird, touchy, rapey, gothy creep.

hockey puck... ear bleeding, horrific cacophony of a cow patty... one star... for the sheer cojones...

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

I had Throbbing Gristle about 10 albums ago, and I thought Genesis P Orridge might be the biggest attention whore who ever lived. I stand corrected.

Very edgy, I almost cut myself.

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

Another arrist I would willingly listen to. I managed the whole 1:11though. It wasnt the worst thing Ive listen but the scream and whisper do freak me out. I think the production is quite good, really good melodies that got me hamming ro it, but the whhole story and lyrics is not my thing. Too creepy.

What can I say... This gentleman seems like a mentally stable, well rounded individual.

Well this is a load of shit. It’s just trashy screaming and saying controversial things for the sake of being “shocking!” The concept - mad rockstar demagogue starts the apocalypse - is not just a cliché, it’s laughably banal. The album is over 71 minutes long, and comprises that tired 90s trope of “the hidden track.” His look is Alice Cooper with a blue contact lens and no eyebrows. And if he wasn’t such a rapey creep, he would be a pure joke. Nothing on here wasn’t done ten times better by NIN and Trent Reznor. It’s contrived, unoriginal and tired shite.

Not my thing

Better than I remember

Awful. Always hated him and his music and his whole vibe / theme.

I would give this 3.5

How on earth do I rate this one... The easy option I guess is to point out that Brian Warner (aka Marilyn Manson) is toxic and a bit of a clown, slap 2 star on it and move on to the next album. But there's actually a lot to unpick on this one so let's dive in, trying to be as objective as possible. First of all, it's impossible to properly talk about this album without mentioning Trent Reznor. His credits on the album are fairly minimal and he spent much of the time in the studio next door working on the soundtrack for Lost Highway, but his fingerprints are all over the entire album. And Marilyn Manson would likely have never risen to fame without Reznor, having been championed by him and signed to his Nothing Records imprint (although Nothing signed loads of other, more interesting, but less controversial artists as well). Reznor also allowed them to use his New Orleans studio and enlisted a camp of Nine Inch Nails alumni to help make this album. Reznor himself contributed to a handful of tracks and also mentored the album's main music writer, Jeordie White (stage name Twiggy Ramirez). White would later go on to join NIN as a member of their live band years later. In some ways, "Antichrist Superstar" is as close as we ever got to "Downward Spiral" part 2. Reznor was never one to repeat himself, but everyone wanted to copy him. By showering Manson with resources and musicians, he allowed the band to emulate much of the sound of his most famous album. But these two albums are fundamentally different. Where Nine Inch Nails was fueled by similar angst, there's also a lot of personal pain and honesty in their music. Marilyn Manson on the other hand were powered by shock value more than anything else. Which brings us to Brian Warner, the name more commonly known as Marilyn Manson. In recent years, his legacy has come crashing down by sexual assault allegiations, during this period. And frankly, it's really hard to separate the art from the artist when the lyrics are nothing but venomous references to hatred, violence, and rape. But it's a character, right? Surely, we say, he doesn't really think he's the antichrist. Probably not, but he's still a pretty awful person. The premise of the album is (as far as I can tell) that the antichrist seduces the American Christian right to win an election and usher in the acopalypse. And well, have a look at the world today and you can see where this idea came from. But it feels pretty pseudo-intellectual when the opening track repeatedly uses the N word and expresses the wish for more middle fingers. Subtly is obviously not part of the Marilyn Manson experience. Ignore the loose storyline here. The lyrics are mainly shock value. Good art isn't about making you feel good, it's about making you feel *something*. And this album achieves that, even if what you feel is just anger and the feeling of pins going slowly under your finger nails. That's not going to appeal to a wide audience but it definitely gets a reaction. "Antichrist Superstar" was a lifeline to teenagers wanting to rebel against their strict conservative parents but it probably also drove more parents to join Christian censorship campaigns. There was surely a small percentage of the albums sold that ended up in bonfires. And to hear Manson himself tell it, he sold tens of millions of units, though the stats don't support that claim. More than 2 years into this challenge, I really didn't expect my longest review to have been for Marilyn Manson, but here we are. In summary, the album had the makings of a successful metal record, with music mainly by Jeordie White, given an industrial upgrade from Trent Reznor, and adolescent, high shock value lyrics from a sexual predator and scum bag. I don't know how to rate it because there are honest moments of brilliance and massive cultural significance here but it's also quite toxic in many ways. So I'm settling on 3 stars as the best compromise I can come up with. Fun fact about this album: The song "Cryptorchid" features John Lennon's old mellotron performed by Reznor. Listen to "Strawberry Fields Forever" to hear this connection.

Listened to this back in the day before really knowing much about MM. Playing music like this was a little act of rebellion for me in my youth, a way to gain some kind of control. Anyway, the main character and concept of the album are interesting and honestly the music is pretty great at times. Maybe most of what I like about it is thanks to Trent Reznor. But yeah fuck this guy he's a creep.

I gave it a go. I don't like the man or his image, so we were not off to a good start. But the whispery vocals can f*ck right off. This is just not my bag and it never will be, so apart from the opening track, it was a skip from me.

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

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.

Didn’t listen. Fuck Marilyn Manson

Monotonous industrial rock that's trying very hard to shock me. I'm not shocked, but I did start nodding off at my desk. I guess given the state of the world that I shouldn't be surprised that this album made everyone lose their minds back in the day, but I just find it anodyne and exhausting and not provocative at all. Had to be there, I suppose.

not my style but it was okay

Competent music and lyrics overall. Not interested in the stylistics and persona.

3/10 incredibly unenjoyable it’s possible to be edgy and contrarian while also making music that’s genuinely good (see: Bob Dylan, David Bowie); this, is not that

I couldn't stand this guy as he rose to fame during my early teens and I still can't stand him today. He's a trash human being with a trash creative output which holds absolutely no place in my life. This album is a piece of shit.

All the songs sounded the same. One note.