Marilyn Manson

Add Date: May 26

Artist: Marilyn Manson

Album: The High End of Low

Label: Interscope

Genre: Rock, industrial

Comments: Yes, THAT Marilyn Manson. He's back with a new record, but the same old gimmicks--song titles like "I Want to Kill You Like They Do in the Movies" and lyrics such as "Everyone will come to my funeral/to make sure that I stay dead," "When I see you in the sun/you're as pretty as a swastika," and many more that won't be printed on this blog. While certainly no less offensive than in his heyday in the mid-'90s, the songwriting here doesn't seem quite as shocking as it was at the time. What's lost in all of this is that, when all is said and done, Manson is a very capable musician.