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So, “Holywood” kicks of with “GodEatGod” – slow, menacing and denouncing a non-existent God as ever.
After this in quick succession follow three of his finest tracks – “The Love Song” – not what you think! He sings “Do you love your guns, god and government? F**k yeah!” - a big chunk ... Read review
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provocative, talented artist writing affecting, powerful and, yes, controversial songs. Although Holy Wood is the third title of a trilogy that began with 1996's Antichrist Superstar, this is an album that stands on its own. Rife with references to the Beatles and the Dead Kennedys, and full of pop-culture barbs, Holy Wood is a musically diverse and powerful statement. The memorable sing-along "Disposable Teens" boasts the same kind of staccato, Teutonic, fist-thrusting power introduced with "Beautiful People", while "Fight Song" sounds like the Sex Pistols meets Blur by way of Nirvana. While a futuristic, nihilistic tint pervades Manson's work, passion is also prevalent, notably in the spooky acoustic number "A Place in the Dirt" and the brutal "Death Song". Like Marilyn Manson the man, Holy Wood is intelligent, dynamic and multifaceted, with myriad charms that are evident to the tuned-in listener. --Katherine Turman
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provocative, talented artist writing affecting, powerful and, yes, controversial songs. AlthoughHoly Woodis the third title of a trilogy that began with 1996'sAntichrist Superstar, this is an album that stands on its own. Rife with references to the Beatles and the Dead Kennedys, and full of pop-culture barbs,Holy Woodis a musically diverse and powerful statement. The memorable sing-along "Disposable Teens" boasts the same kind of staccato, Teutonic, fist-thrusting power introduced with "Beautiful People", while "Fight Song" sounds like the Sex Pistols meets Blur by way of Nirvana. While a futuristic, nihilistic tint pervades Manson's work, passion is also prevalent, notably in the spooky acoustic number "A Place in the Dirt" and the brutal "Death Song". Like Marilyn Manson the man,Holy Woodis intelligent, dynamic and multifaceted, with myriad charms that are evident to the tuned-in listener. --Katherine Turman
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The impact of Marilyn Manson's subversive musical agenda has waned, and what's left is a ... more
provocative, talented artist writing affecting, powerful and, yes, controversial songs. AlthoughHoly Woodis the third title of a trilogy that began with 1996'sAntichrist Superstar, this is an album that stands on its own. Rife with references to the Beatles and the Dead Kennedys, and full of pop-culture barbs,Holy Woodis a musically diverse and powerful statement. The memorable sing-along "Disposable Teens" boasts the same kind of staccato, Teutonic, fist-thrusting power introduced with "Beautiful People", while "Fight Song" sounds like the Sex Pistols meets Blur by way of Nirvana. While a futuristic, nihilistic tint pervades Manson's work, passion is also prevalent, notably in the spooky acoustic number "A Place in the Dirt" and the brutal "Death Song". Like Marilyn Manson the man,Holy Woodis intelligent, dynamic and multifaceted, with myriad charms that are evident to the tuned-in listener. --Katherine Turman
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Advantages: His best yet, hardly a foot wrong. Disadvantages: WEll, if you don't like him you may not agree!
…he who must be obeyed! This latest album from Marilyn Manson is by far his best yet, as is the live show that goes with it. Both musically and lyrically this album comes together nicely with some impossibly catchy tunes considering the genre in which it sits. I often wake up singing some of these tracks (but then I have always been strange!)
To be fair, although I am greatly impressed with this album it does go slightly downhill in ... ...with tracks that shouldn’t be released but it seems stretched to a point then finally drawn back into line with the final couple of tracks. But, hey, some people may disagree!
To me this shows more obvious Alice Cooper/ Heavy rock/Metal influences than his previous albums which have concentrated on being more weird and “gothic” – however you want to define that. This album also displays the fact that Manson DOES NOT simply growl and ... more
…he who must be obeyed! This latest album from Marilyn Manson is by far his best yet, as is the live show that goes with it. Both musically and lyrically this album comes together nicely with some impossibly catchy tunes considering the genre in which it sits. I often wake up singing some of these tracks (but then I have always been strange!)
To be fair, although I am greatly impressed with this album it does go slightly downhill in the final third, not to the point of being filled with tracks that shouldn’t be released but it seems stretched to a point then finally drawn back into line with the final couple of tracks. But, hey, some people may disagree!
To me this shows more obvious Alice Cooper/ Heavy rock/Metal influences than his previous albums which have concentrated on being more weird and “gothic” – however you want to define that. This album also displays the fact that Manson DOES NOT simply growl and sneer but he SINGS and whispers and gives mournful feeling to many of the outstanding tracks.
So, “Holywood” kicks of with “GodEatGod” – slow, menacing and denouncing a non-existent God as ever.
After this in quick succession follow three of his finest tracks – “The Love Song” – not what you think! He sings “Do you love your guns, god and government? F**k yeah!” - a big chunk of a track blasting you right in the face with its power.
“The Fight Song” – my personal favourite on this album, follows in a similar vein, almost anthemic, “I’m not a slave to a god that doesn’t exist, and I’m not a slave to a world that doesn’t give a shit” – impossible not to sing along to I’m afraid!
Following that the single “Disposable Teens”, which even made it on to Top of the Pops! Another meaty, metal, anthemic beaty track with vocals to the fore and a catchy chorus line.
From here I won’t go on to analyse every single track as there are 20 in all and I’d be tempted to quote from each so this review could go on for an awful long time. I shall pick out some notable highlights, including those that were unusually described by an online friend as “power ballads” but, thinking about it that seems like quite an apt description even though love songs they are not!
For example, the current single “The Nobodies” is an absolute masterpiece combining slow menacing verses with a climatic singalong chorus whilst still not descending into pure pop or some such chart nonsense! On stage this also features his wonderful stilts act but I won’t go into that here! The album also ends with an acoustic reprise of “The Nobodies” which is no less powerful, if not more so in some ways because it is so raw and stripped down with Manson’s vocal to the fore.
Well that tells you the beginning and end – what of the rest? Here are a few more highlights for you to chew over:
“Cruci-Fiction in Space” is another stormer with a slow menacing backbeat – ‘this is evolution, the monkey-man, then the gun’ – with a screaming chorus, one of those track you just can’t get out of your head. I think this may be one of those “power ballads” my friend was referring to!
“A Place in the Dust” is another one of my personal favourites on this album with a wonderful vocal range displayed as it crashes into a fantastic gut-wrenching chorus – “put me in the motorcade, put me in the death parade”.
My final highlight would have to be “Burning Flag”, a fantastic rock-your-ass-off number after a few relatively slow tracks which wakes you back up into Manson-land – ‘we’re all stars on your burning flag’ - with his trademark growling and screaming this is displays his true colours!
For me the title track “In the Shadow etc” is in fact a low point of this album, overly slow and light for Manson with no real hook to it, but it is one of the few real disappointments on this album.
This album rightfully won the Kerrang! Rock Music award for best album of the year this year and I think it will be a hard one to beat on all fronts. And Marilyn Manson looked wonderful in his silver and black striped suit at the awards ceremony……
blurbubble 09.10.2001 (17.10.2001)
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Review of Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) - Marilyn Manson
Advantages: Some great songs Disadvantages: Not the most varied album
OI! Ciao!! "In the shadow of the valley of death"... "In the valley of the shadow of death" would just be plain daft!
Flourella
And so it ends. My final Marilyn Manson review for the foreseeable future. In a sort of fittingly accidental fashion, I’m finishing at the end. Hollywood “In the shadow of the valley of death” (Cheery) is Manson’s current release, although as it was released in 2000 and he’s just finished ... ...finds it’s way into my friends CD collection and then eventually into my ears.
As it stands though, this is Marilyn as up to date as he gets, indeed not to long ago this album won album of the year at the Kerrang! awards (Mumble mumble Sunna should have won mumble groan). So I guess it should be pretty good then. Although, when I think about it – Slipknot won best band, so maybe it won’t be very good…
* Godeatgod *
Opening ...
yhwman 02.09.2001
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Advantages: Some great tracks, and a great cover Disadvantages: A few, slower tracks
Wandering around virgin, I was desperately looking for a new cd to buy. I wasnt really sure what I wanted, but I knew it was something different, to make a change from the re-runs of muse, and such like. I saw a small collection of Marilyn Manson albums and thought I would have a quick flick through, as with pretty much every single artist in the metal section - much to the disapproval of the staff.
Having already got and listened to several Marilyn ... ...getting. The persona of Marilyn Manson is often portrayed as psychotic, and deranged. However, when all is said and done this is just a metal album. Having said that, the cover of this album isnt exactly helping my logic. Featuring a male body, that has been tied to a wall by prison-style shackles,sunken eyes and the lower jaw missing. There is a sketchy/ slightly unfocused look to the cover, I personally think the this all creates a forboding image, ...
Punkychik 24.02.2007
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Advantages: Epic soundtrack for a disgruntled generation Disadvantages: Your momma may not like it.
...at Manns Chinese Theatre in Holy Wood watching The Matrix. I've been a fan ever since, enjoyed him in concert (what a performer, buy the DVD) and have to say that his lyrics have a lot of relevance in my life.
This album is the third in a trilogy of albums that began with Antichrist Superstar and was followed by Mechanical Animals. Not only is it difficult for any artist to write an opus of an album where every song on it inter-relates with each ... ...the CD, kind of the holy trinity in terms of the three albums and the three corrupters of society.
John F Kennedy's assasination. This is a continuing and strong theme referenced throughout the album, coupled with John Lennons murder and he ties it all in to the media and his ongoing disection of religion very well. He talks about medias target audiences and how fame is only eternal if you die on TV because that's the only way to become a martyr ...
BladeRunner2003 19.03.2003
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Advantages: A high level of lyrical intelligence, terrific vocal power. Disadvantages: A couple of weak tracks.
'Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)' is the fourth full length studio album from Marilyn Manson, a nineteen track construction of music and one that has a run time of over an hour in length. It's really quite a powerful piece of music, a well put together album and one that features many excellent tracks. The album tackles subjects such as religion, fame, and gun crime also; the lyrical content of the album is strong and always Marilyn ... ...with 'Godeatgod', the first of many tracks to reference God in the title of the track alone. It's a decent way to start the album, not the best track on 'Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)' but certainly a strong one nonetheless. The lyrical content of the track lays our clearly what you can expect from the rest of the album; the fickleness of fame is spoken about here, the 'plastic' nature of people and God and guns do of course also ...
RazzaLazza 25.06.2008
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Advantages: released singles which were enjoyed by many Disadvantages: not as good as old stuff. lots of soft metal.
Before i start this desciption of a gothic metal album this is all the songs with amazing and disgustin titles to 20 tracks of God, death and satan:
1. GodEatGod
2. The Love Song
3. The Fight Song
4. Disposable Teens
5. Target Audience(Narcissus Narcosis)
6. President Dead
7. In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Dead
8. Cruci-Fiction In Space
9. A Place In The Dirt
10. The Nobodies
11. The Death Song
12. Lamb Of God
13. Born Again
14. Burning ... ...Of Adam
18. King Kill
19. Count To Six And Die
20. Nobodies (acoustic)
well what can i say? things he has done in his lifetime to some people are horrific and disgusting, but to others his music is amazing and even though his girlfriends are amazingly fine he is still called a puff? i dunno!
People say that holywood(in the shadow of the valley of death) is an album which sucks compared to his others which is true but it is still an album with ...
GetallicaRammstein 02.10.2001
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Product details
Title
Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)
Performer
Marilyn Manson
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
Gothic
Release Date
03/11/2000
Recomended Retail Price
8.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2000
Label / Distributor
Nothing / Universal Music
Pieces in Set
2
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
606949082925
Catalogue Number
4908292
Additional notes
Album Notes
Marilyn Manson: Marilyn Manson (vocals, guitar, flute, piano, pianette, electric harpsichord, Mellotron, keyboards, synthesized bass, syncussion); John 5 (acoustic, electric, slide & synthesized guitars); Twiggy Ramirez (guitar, keyboards, bass); M.W. Gacy (Mellotron, keyboards, synthesizer, synthesized bass, samples); Ginger Fish (drums, loops). Additional personnel: Dave Sardy (guitar, programming); Bon Harris (piano, synthesizer, bass, hi-hat cymbal, programming, electronics); Danny Saber (loops). U.K. edition features "Nobodies" (acoustic version) as a bonus track and a two-postcard set of collectable game pieces. From the outset, as the slowly churning guitar riffs of "Godeatgod" pound their way into your ear, it's clear that Marilyn Manson plans to make few deviations from its previously established industrial rock ways on HOLY WOOD. This is an admirable display of canniness on the band's part, as the fruits of playing to their strengths are apparent throughout the album. The ironically titled "The Love Song" features a savagely pounding chorus and screamed expletives, while "The Fight Song" makes no attempt to hide its self-referential qualities, which concern being "a big rock star, celebrated victim of your fame." Despite its ominous title, "In the Shadow of the Valley of Death" offers some momentary solace amid HOLY WOOD's sonic maelstrom, by way of a melodic, softly sung refrain (along the way, it also happens to rescue the classic fuzz bass sound from the dustbin of '60s psychedelia). The closing track "Count to Six (The Vacuum of Infinite Space Encompassing)" drops the metallic guitars and thrashing drums in favor of gothic-sounding keyboards and creepily intoned vocals, making for a low-key but nevertheless unsettling brew that's equally reminiscent of Bauhaus and Manson mentor Trent Reznor.
Album Reviews
Q (12/00, p.128) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Brutal gothrock...deadly and addictive....suggesting a shock-rock protagonist who finally has something to say." CMJ (11/13/00, p.4) - "...It's Manson's answer to his adversaries, sonically uniting the garish glam rock of MECHANICAL ANIMALS with the industrial dissonance and controlled chaos of the band's earlier work..." NME (12/30/00, p.79) - Ranked #34 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year". NME (11/11/00, p.32) - 8 out of 10 - "...Melds the glam-frocked space-rock of MECHANICAL ANIMALS with the industrial crunch of ANTICHRIST, he has hit upon something thrilling....brilliantly executed..." Melody Maker (11/14/00, p.50) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Compelling....A pouting, teeth-baring, stranger-snogging tart of an album, a glorious, blistering cacophony, an explosive death-glam rampage. Marilyn is to T.Rex what jungle is to techno..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Godeatgod
2.
Love Song
3.
Fight Song
4.
Disposable Teens
5.
Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis)
6.
President Dead
7.
In The Valley Of The Shadow Of Earth
8.
Crucu Fiction In Space
9.
Place In The Dirt
10.
Nobodies
11.
Death Song
12.
Lamb Of God
13.
Born Again
14.
Burning Flag
15.
Coma Black
16.
Valentines Day
17.
Fall Of Adam
18.
King Kill 33
19.
Count To Six And Die (The Vaccuum Of Infinite Space Encompas
20.
Nobodies (acoustic/CD)
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