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Eighth studio album
Studio album by Marilyn Manson
Released	Autumn 2011[1]
Recorded	2009–January 2011
Label	Cooking Vinyl, Hell, etc.
Marilyn Manson chronology
The High End of Low (2009) Eighth studio album (TBA)

The eight studio album by Marilyn Manson, expected to be released in 2011, entered the writing phase during The High End of Low Tour in 2009.^[2] Bassist Twiggy has projected a release date of 2011, when the album will be released through Cooking Vinyl and Marilyn Manson's own label Hell, etc..^[3] The album will be Marilyn Manson's first since their contract with Interscope Records expired in late 2009.^[2] Marilyn Manson attests that the lyrical content of the album will be "more romantic" yet "self-abusive,"^[2] and describes the sonic elements of the record as "suicide death metal."^[4] In November of 2010,Twiggy Ramirez is quoted as saying "We've got a new album [that we're working on]. It's almost done. It'll probably be out next year. It's fantastic. It's our best record yet, I think. I mean, everyone always says that, but I think this is our best work so far. . . It's kind of like a little more of a punk rock 'Mechanical Animals' without sounding too pretentious."

Background and development

The eighth studio album by Marilyn Manson entered the writing phase during The High End of Low Tour in 2009.^[2] Bassist Twiggy projected a release date of 2011 through Cooking Vinyl Records and Marilyn Manson's own label Hell, etc.^[5] It is the band's first album since allowing their contract with Interscope Records to expire back in late 2009. Marilyn Manson attested that the lyrical content of the album will be "more romantic" yet "self-abusive,"^[2] and described the sonic elements of the record as "suicide death metal."^[4]

The prospect of an eighth studio album by the band was first confirmed by the frontman himself during an interview with Metal Hammer on December 3, 2009.^[2] He elaborated, "We've just been released from our record contract with Interscope so I think a lot of the creative control on which my hands were tied on a lot of choices—the music videos—things like that. And the first example is the newest video, they clearly wouldn't have allowed me to make that video. So we started writing new songs on the road—a bit like [David Bowie's album] Aladdin Sane—I think people can expect a new record a lot sooner than we [expected]."^[2] According to Chris Vrenna, as of January 2010, the band is "just talking and coming up with concepts" for the album.^[6] On January 24, 2010, Manson confirmed on the band's official MySpace profile that "the new album is officially in motion."^[7]

In April 2010, during his appearance at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards, Manson divulged that the band had recorded 13 songs, one of which failed to appear in a television series about vampires.^[4] Manson also referred to the album as "very death metal," and voiced interest in releasing the album differently than previous Marilyn Manson records.^[4] He also indicated his friendship with Slayer as a vague influence on the record.^[4] During an interview with Full Metal Jackie, he stated that the album was halfway finished.^[8]

On May 7, 2010, both entertainer Rudy Coby and The Nachtkabarett's Nick Kushner were previewed material from the album, the latter describing it on Facebook as "fuckin hardcore." Elaborating on the band's musical direction, Manson commented on Twiggy being influenced by his touring experiences in 2009, particulary during the Rockstar Mayhem festival. Hugh Warner has described the album by stating:

During an interview with Eric Blair on November 03, 2010, bassist Twiggy Ramirez indicated that the new album was "almost done. It'll probably be out next year. [...] It's our best record yet, I think. I mean, everyone always says that, but I think this is our best work so far [...] It's kind of like a little more of a punk rock Mechanical Animals without sounding too pretentious."^[9]

For much of the early half of 2011, Marilyn Manson removed himself from the public spotlight and ceased almost all communication with his fans or the outside world.^[10] On February 24, 2011, Ginger Fish announced his resignation from the group, prompting a search for a replacement.^[11] Meanwhile, on March 18, 2011, Marilyn Manson took a short break from his self-imposed sequestration by appearing in the music video for the song "Tempat Ku" by Brunei pop outfit D'Hask.^[10] On March 23, 2011, he uploaded new pictures onto the band's Facebook page, in a different style of previous photos.^[12] The new style suggested the 'new era' of Marilyn Manson had begun, further generating anticipation for the upcoming release.

On May 22, 2011, the band's website underwent a complete overhaul. A short 26 second snippet of a new song, tentatively titled, "I Am Among No One (excerpt from an undisclosed song with an unreleased title)" was uploaded to the redesigned main page along with a new logo to signify their eight studio album and the new era. The logo consisted of the letter M repeated four times in a spiral pattern, each with one long tail. At the end of the long tail is the Chinese trigram ☲ (離 lí) of the I Ching. Read lengthwise or up-and-down, it formed Hexagram 30, "Radiance," also called "the clinging" and "the net". The origin of the character is rooted in symbols of long-tailed birds such as the peacock or the legendary phoenix. The CMYK coloring was also notable with regard to an acrostic formed by Manson, in a journal entry that accompanied the site changes, which spelled out the words Christianity Manufactures Yesterdays Killers.^[13]

Track listing

• "I Am Among No One"

Timeline

January 2010

• On January 14, 2010, Marilyn Manson updated the status of the band's MySpace profile with the announcement "Let the new era begin," seemingly signifying the end of The High End of Low term and the band's foray into their next studio album.
• On January 24, 2010, Manson updated the status of the band's MySpace profile, declaring, "I've finished 7 paintings this week and the new album is officially in motion. We begin with a short story captured on pixels."

April 2010

• On April 4, 2010, Perou mentioned a new photo shoot with Manson was in the works and that he had the opportunity "to hear a couple of KILLER tracks being put together. dirty HEAVY music. GREAT."

May 2010

• On May 1, 2010, Manson updated the status of the band's MySpace profile to "Writing, breaking."
• On May 4, 2010, Manson updated the band's MySpace profile status with "Making death metal" and a mood of "Aids."
• On May 6, 2010, Manson updated the band's MySpace profile status to "Sayid played guitar, jamming good with..." and a mood of "Sore throat."
• On May 7, 2010, Rudy Coby updated his Twitter feed, reporting, "Still going strong listening to brand-new MM music and watching Art being created Magically in front of our eyes."
• On May 10, 2010, Manson updated the status of the band's Facebook page, declaring, "There is something coming, that is gonna hurt you more than it hurts me. More than simply an album."
• On May 19, 2010, Manson updated the band's MySpace profile status to "carving an album out of stone." and a mood of "electric."

June 2010

• On June 13, 2010, Manson updated the band's MySpace profile status to "All work and no plays" and a mood of "discontent."
• On June 30, 2010, Manson updated the status of the band's MySpace profile with "New day, New music, New shit, Knew it was coming..."

July 2010

• On July 1, 2010, Manson updated the status of the band's MySpace profile with "New day, New music, New shit, Knew it was coming..." and a mood of "wanted."
• On July 24, 2010, Manson added Fred Sablan's name to the band's list of members, and added there would be "info soon" on their next record label.
• On July 25, 2010, Manson updated the band's MySpace profile status to "the countdown to unleashing new creations has begun" and a mood of "horny."
• On July 28, 2010, Sablan noted "Zaneadu studio all night" on his Twitter feed.

August 2010

• On August 2, 2010, Sablan updated his Twitter feed to "Night time. Studio time," and later, "HTT-M."
• On August 10, 2010, Sablan updated his Twitter feed to "Zaneadu. All. Night. New. Songs. Volume. 10."
• On August 17, 2010, Manson's Facebook revealed "CV" as the record label, however the meaning of this is unknown at this time. This could possibly mean that Chris Vrenna will be producing the album.
• On August 31, 2010, Rudy Coby updated his Twitter feed to "Dying here because I can't say anything about the new songs on an upcoming album that will make people's heads explode. But....wow."

November 2010

• On November 8, 2010, it is announced that the new album will be released via Manson's personal record label Hell, etc. through Cooking Vinyl.^[3]

January 2011

• On January 20, 2011, Marilyn Manson and Gerald Matt (Kunsthalle wien director) presented the exhibition catalogue for Manson's "Genealogies of Pain" and Manson announced that the new album is finished.

February 2011

• On February 23rd, 2011 Ginger Fish announced his departure from the band.

May 2011

• On May 22, 2011, Marilyn Manson's official website was updated to include a new logo for the era as well as a brief teaser video. The logo consists of the letter M repeated four times in a swastika pattern, each with one long tail. At the ends of two of the long tails are a solid line, a broken line, and a solid line; this is the Chinese trigram ☲ (離 lí) of the I Ching. If the logo is "read" lengthwise, the two trigrams form Hexagram 30, "Radiance," also called "The Clinging" and "The Net." The origin of the character has its roots in symbols of long-tailed birds such as the peacock or the legendary phoenix.

Personnel

The personnel for this album have not been entirely confirmed. Based on the current touring line-up and various comments made to the media througout the album's conception, the following contributors have been identified:

• Marilyn Manson – vocals, lyrics
• Twiggy – guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, compositions
• Chris Vrenna – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, drums, percussion, compositions
• Fred Sablan – bass guitar, guitars & compositions

Imagery

Main article: 2010-2011 The New Era Imagery

See also

• Marilyn Manson's thirteenth tour

References