{"id":5295,"date":"2012-05-01T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=5295"},"modified":"2013-06-01T15:07:53","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T15:07:53","slug":"album-review-marilyn-manson-born-villain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-marilyn-manson-born-villain\/","title":{"rendered":"MARILYN MANSON – Born Villain (2012) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MARILYN MANSON
Born Villain<\/strong><\/span>
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\nCooking Vinyl (2012)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Marilyn Manson<\/a> stopped being dangerous more than ten years ago. Feared, loathed, and picketed during his heyday in the mid to late 90s, most entertainers in his shoes become caricatures of themselves. Manson continued to remain relevant based on his intelligence, sharp lyricism and keen songwriting. And while Eat Me, Drink Me<\/em> (June 2007) and The High End Of Low<\/em> (May 2009) left many fans disappointed, the quality songs continued to flow.<\/p>\n

Born Villain<\/em> marks the band\u2019s first album sans Interscope Records, being a joint effort from Cooking Vinyl and Manson\u2019s own Hell, etc. label. The album plays out like a cross between Antichrist Superstar<\/em><\/a> (October 1996) \u2013 shifting between angst and moodiness \u2013 and the commercial, pristine flavor found on Mechanical Animals<\/em><\/a> (September 1998).<\/p>\n

Opener \u2018Hey, Cruel World\u2026\u2019 lulls you in with its drum loop and simple guitar strum before tearing your head off the way Manson and guitarist Twiggy Ramirez do best. Segueing into the bounce and sheen of lead single \u2018No Reflection\u2019, the hook doesn\u2019t let go. Twiggy\u2019s songwriting prowess shines on the stoner flavor of \u2018Lay Down Your Goddamn Arms\u2019, a style the band hasn\u2019t previously tapped. \u2018The Gardener\u2019, with its spoken word verses, expounds on a style Manson first explored on the last album\u2019s \u2018WOW\u2019. In typical self-deprecating fashion, the track opens with this poignant line: \u201cI\u2019m not man enough to be human \/ But I\u2019m trying to fit in \/ And I\u2019m learning to fake it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Murderers Are Getting Prettier Every Day\u2019 harkens faster paced tracks from the band\u2019s catalogue like \u20181996\u2019 (from Antichrist Superstar<\/em>) and \u2018Burning Flag\u2019 (from November 2000\u2019s Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death<\/em><\/a>), and the tempo change mid-song decimates in much the same way \u2018Antichrist Superstar\u2019 did nearly 16 years ago. The bonus of Carly Simon\u2019s \u2018You\u2019re So Vain\u2019 features actor Johnny Depp on guitar, and it sits well alongside previous cover versions \u2018Personal Jesus\u2019 (Depeche Mode cover, taken from September 2004\u2019s Lest We Forget: The Best Of<\/em>) and \u2018Tainted Love\u2019 (Gloria Jones cover, from the soundtrack to 2001\u2019s Not Another Teen Movie<\/em>). Title track \u2018Born Villain\u2019 is dark and precise, and closer \u2018Breaking The Same Old Ground\u2019 is reminiscent of Holy Wood<\/em>\u2019s \u2018Lamb Of God\u2019.<\/p>\n

And therein lies what makes this such an enjoyable album: Born Villain<\/em> captures all that we love about Marilyn Manson. From the industrial-metal angst, to his penchant for word play and everything in between, Manson dusts off the ashes of the past decade in favour of the phoenix of yesteryear. And while it doesn\u2019t really give us anything unusual or exclusive to expand the band\u2019s repertoire, that\u2019s perfectly fine.<\/p>\n

Chad Olson<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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