Golden Age Of Grotesque, The [PA] - Marilyn Manson

Advantages: Excellent catchy songs and lyrics, great driving riffs and drum beats.Excellent Vocals!
Disadvantages: Not many. Odd overuse of effects, Maybe a tiny bit repetitive on occasions.

...to the new album 'The golden age of the grotesque' The first track on this album is an INTRO, its merely some electronic sounds mixed with some guitars. It’s nothing stunning but it sets the stage for the album and leads delicately into the next song. The first proper track is also the second single 'THIS IS THE NEW SH*T', I wasn’t convinced by this title but the song is actually good. It starts off with the dark gothic feel Manson does so feel and ...
...track of the album 'THE GOLDEN AGE OF GROTESQUE'. Its weird, it’s disturbing, but it’s not that bad. The song overall has the feel and theme of a circus. There are no proper riffs, only a weird distortion effect along with a repeating drum beat and some effects alongside Brian pumping out some strong lyrics. It may not appeal to everyone, but I think it’s fairly original and neat. '(S)AINT' follows it up with some nice riffs, vocals, and a catchy ... Read review

Advantages: No fillers
Disadvantages: Absolutely Nothing

...air inducing stomp! The Golden Age of Grotesque takes it's place next in the tracklisting next with it's incredibly odd music style which includes a burning piano being played by manson himself. The controversial (s)AINT is probably my least favourite song on the album but if you watch the video for it then you'll understand why it has become controversial. Kaboom Kaboom is a cheesy but very heavy rock song followed by slutgarden with it's techno/thrash ...
...Next up is spade with it's dark, lingering music that crashes into a big chorus about mr mansons feelings of being betrayed by a certain rose mcgowan, a very personal song. Then we have one of my favourite songs on the album Paranoir, which keeps building and building all the way through untill the screaming head pounding finale which will definately leave its mark on you. The next three tracks are the last three, The Bright Young Things, Better ... Read review

Advantages: It hosts some classic manson songs, it has some great playing
Disadvantages: A lot of fillers, seems a bit preoccupied in trying to achive the shock factor

...and is just brilliant. The Golden Age Of Grotesque, the track is the album is named after, is the 6th song on the CD. At first, I thought it was, well, rubbish. But when I really got into it, I realized that it was actually a great song. It’s sort of a sarcastic song. When I listen to it I feel like it’s saying “Now a days everything really goes. Everyone is expecting me to be shocking/grotesque, so hey, I might as well be”. Although at first it ...
...on you. So, I’d say seven or eight really good songs out of the seventeen on this album, but a number of them don’t really jump out at me. They seem completely average and lacking in lustre. I wouldn’t call them filler, but… okay, actually I would for most of them. To summarize, it is one of his best albums, I must say, but I do think that some of the songs are just run of the mill angst-rock, exactly what you would expect from an artist like Manson. ... Read review

Advantages: Original
Disadvantages: Not for the easily offended

The Golden Age of Grotesque is the fifth studio album (full length) released by the self professed Antichrist Superstar. Coming nearly three years after the superb Holywood it was eagerly awaited and whilst die hard Marilyn Manson fans loved it, it received mixed reviews (see end of review for some of them). Although this isn't Manson's best offering it's still good and packs originality and punch. Influenced by a wide variety of sources, including ...
...angry lyrics. The Golden Age of Grotesque probably isn't as controversial as previous releases but he still manages to tear down religion whilst promoting sex, drugs and violence, tongue firmly in cheek some might say! Manson has been blamed for many unfortunate incidents in the USA over the years, including the Columbine shootings. His gigs almost always attract religious fanatics protesting about his lyrical content and general persona and whilst ... Read review

Advantages: Not Bad
Disadvantages: Not Good

The Golden Age of Grotesque, released in 2003, was supposed to be the most thought-provoking album released by them yet. The anticipation of the launch of this album was tremendous, as Marilyn Manson claimed this was a work of art. Howvever, I cannot help but feel let down, as if the bubble of anticipation was burst rather ubruptly upon hearing it. I found tracks such as Ka-Boom Ka-Boom (8) rather a let down and uncharacteristic of Manson's other ...
...powerful meanings which were in previous albums, and giving Manson the "zing" they once had. This may be found as a good thing by others who may have found Marilyn Manson's previous albums hard listening. Despite this, songs such as mOBSCENE (3) and Use Your Fist and Not Your Mouth (5) are uplifting and more meaningful and characteristic of Manson, and almost have an "AntiChrist Superstar" feel. In my opinion this is no where near the greatest Marilyn ... Read review

Advantages: Good songs and style
Disadvantages: Gets repetitive

...it a few times. *Doll-Digga Buzz-Buzz Ziggety-Zag; A great song that is always amazing whenever you listen to it *Use Your fist and not your mouth: A hate filled anthem that makes you want to scream along as loud as your lungs will allow *The Golden age of Grotesque: This song is very tedious and bored me from my first listen although it has a very annoying way of getting stuck in your head. *(s)AINT: An amazing song that will NEVER lose it's effectiveness and has me singing along every time. *Ka-Boom Ka-Boom: It has astounding rythm and lyrics to match. *Slutgarden; This song flows perfectly whilst still maintaining it's attitude. *♠ (often called spade); This song has great lyrics and you can hear the emotion in his voice. *Para noir: A simple song that is one of my favourites *The bright young things; A true... Read review

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