Heaven Upside Down
A master of showmanship, shock value, and theatrical controversy, Marilyn Manson has unquestionably cemented his place in American pop culture. The Antichrist Superstar’s industrial-strength 10th album is as diverse as it is brash. Bluesy riffs violently fling from beat to beat on the swaggering “Tattooed in Reverse,” the deliberately obnoxious “WE KNOW WHERE YOU FUCKING LIVE” shrieks and shakes with the disemboweling aggression of *Mechanical Animals*’ finest moments, and, in a rare moment of (relative) fragility, Manson pleads for understanding on “Blood Honey,” insisting, “I’m not being mean/I’m just being me.”
On his 10th album, Marilyn Manson embraces the tropes that made him a menace and a rock star and a stalwart of goth. This is his turf, and rather than expand it, he seeks to defend it.
Manson's 10th LP features the regular Manson themes – sex, religion, guns, violence, drugs, and sometimes all in one song.
American life is scary enough right now without Marilyn Manson sticking his oar in. Nevertheless, the horror rocker’s 10th album may offer some useful catharsis for those who feel like screaming.
Discover Heaven Upside Down by Marilyn Manson released in 2017. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Musician, actor, novelist, model, complete cultural icon; there aren’t many things you can’t call Marilyn Manson. His output since the
MARILYN MANSON was acting his age in 2015 with the goth hard rock album "The Pale Emperor". His DAVID BOWIE worship had reached an apex. His idol has since passed. Even more recently, the pop cultural icon from whom he borrowed half of his name, Charles Manson, has also died. Maniacal world leaders...
Marilyn Manson - Heaven Upside Down review: The God of almost fu*king it up.
Industrial metallers' tenth album may be hammy but it delivers requisite kicks. Review by Thomas H Green.