A review of Marilyn Manson's "Deep Six"

Is that a toilet seat cover on his face?

The first twenty-one seconds of "Deep Six", the newest single from Manson's upcoming emission, The Pale Emperor, are good.
Then, the vocals, drums, guitar and bass come in and that changes pretty deistically.

The first "verse" and the fourth "verse" are the same, as are the second and third "verse".
Yes, there is grumpy, mush-mouthed mumbling.
Yes, there is bad word play, repeated ad infinitum (you wanna know what Zeus said to Narcissus? / you better watch yourself"). Get it? Huh? Get it?

There's something somewhat appealing about the mantra towards the end and Manson pushing his voice to new heights of agony at times, but whether that's good or not, I'm not going to hazard an opinion.

This is, hands down, the most interesting thing we've heard from TPE thus far, including the first official single "Third Day Of A Seven Day Binge", "Cupid Carries A Gun" (which was used for the opening credits of Salem), and "Killing Strangers" (which was featured in the recent Keanu Reeves' blood orgy, John Wick).
That isn't saying very much.

The Pale Emperor begins his reign of mediocrity January 19th.
Hear "Deep Six", pre-order the standard or deluxe album (featuring three bonus tracks) or the hilarious, limited edition "definitive box" here, and mitigate your expectations.

A review of Marilyn Manson's "Third Day Of A Seven Day Binge"

It appears as though Marilyn Manson will soon make good on his threat to put out a new studio album, as exemplified by the release, yesterday, of the brand new track, "Third Day Of A Seven Day Binge", which you can listen to and download here.
If you want to.
It's not very good.
Ah. Now, there's a phrase that Marilyn Manson has probably had to deal with a lot over the past decade or so..."not very good". This is because his music over the past eight years or so has been...not very good. A tradition he seems to be proudly carrying forward with his new material.

The new single consists of the title being repeated (squawked, mumbled, screamed etc.) several times, some worn out word play, if you can even call it that ("I can't decide if you wear me our / or wear me well"), and a lot of slurry humming/moaning/pooping (?) noises, all set to yet another uninspired, tired and easily forgotten blur of sound, probably perpetrated by Twiggy "I'm Almost Fifty Years Old And People Still Call Me Twiggy" Ramirez. Manson's vocals are muzzy and grumpy, sounding like someone just shook him awake and demanded that he "sing", which would also explain the repetition.

I used to be a Manson fan. Portrait Of An American Family, Antichrist Superstar and The Golden Age of Grotesque are all fantastic albums, the first two for their raw, reeking viscera, and the latter for its twisted style and devilishly fun lyricism, but, being a Manson fan over the past eight years or so has been like being in an abusive relationship, and every time he announces a new album that will redefine/reinvent/reinvigorate MUSIC ITSELF, I say the exact same thing: "Maybe things will go back to the way they were...maybe things will get better."

Will I ever learn?

P.S. On top of everything else is the fact that the new Manson logo (as seen above) looks a heck of a lot like the early 90's Nine Inch Nails logo used on the Sin single.
Just saying.