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A rock opera concept album, it is the third and final instalment in a [[Triptych|trilogy]] that includes ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'' and ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''. After its release, Manson divulged that the over-arching story within the trilogy is presented in reverse chronological order; ''Holy Wood'', therefore, begins the story, followed by ''Mechanical Animals'' and concluding with ''Antichrist Superstar''.<ref name="AP#148"/> It was written in [[Marilyn Manson]]'s former home in the Hollywood Hills and recorded in several "undisclosed" locations, including Death Valley and Laurel Canyon.

A rock opera concept album, it is the third and final instalment in a [[Triptych|trilogy]] that includes ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'' and ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''. After its release, Manson divulged that the over-arching story within the trilogy is presented in reverse chronological order; ''Holy Wood'', therefore, begins the story, followed by ''Mechanical Animals'' and concluding with ''Antichrist Superstar''.<ref name="AP#148"/> It was written in [[Marilyn Manson]]'s former home in the Hollywood Hills and recorded in several "undisclosed" locations, including Death Valley and Laurel Canyon.

On November 10, 2010, British rock magazine ''Kerrang!'' published a 10th-anniversary commemorative piece in which they called the album "Manson's finest hour ... A decade on, there has still not been as eloquent and savage a musical attack on the [news] media and mainstream culture ... [It is] still scathingly relevant [and] a credit to a man who refused to sit and take it, but instead come out swinging."<ref name="autogenerated40"/>

On November 10, 2010, British rock magazine ''Kerrang!'' published a 10th-anniversary commemorative piece in which they called the album "Manson's finest hour ... A decade on, there has still not been as eloquent and savage a musical attack on the [news] media and mainstream culture ... [It is] still scathingly relevant [and] a credit to a man who refused to sit and take it, but instead come out swinging."<ref name="autogenerated40"/>

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During the 1990s Marilyn Manson and his eponymous band established themselves as one of the most controversial rock acts in music history.<ref name="RSMMAG">{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/marilyn-manson/biography |title=''Rolling Stone'' Album Guide for Marilyn Manson |work=Rolling Stone |publisher=Wenner Media LLC |accessdate=2011-07-21}}</ref> The band became a household name with the mainstream success of their albums ''Antichrist Superstar'' (1996) and ''Mechanical Animals'' (1998).<ref name="RSMMAG"/> By the time of their [[Rock Is Dead (tour)|Rock Is Dead Tour]] in 1999, the band's outspoken frontman had become a culture war iconoclast and a rallying icon for alienated youth.<ref name="RSMMAG"/>

During the 1990s Marilyn Manson and his eponymous band established themselves as one of the most controversial rock acts in music history.<ref name="RSMMAG">{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/marilyn-manson/biography |title=''Rolling Stone'' Album Guide for Marilyn Manson |work=Rolling Stone |publisher=Wenner Media LLC |accessdate=2011-07-21}}</ref> The band became a household name with the mainstream success of their albums ''Antichrist Superstar'' (1996) and ''Mechanical Animals'' (1998).<ref name="RSMMAG"/> By the time of their [[Rock Is Dead (tour)|Rock Is Dead Tour]] in 1999, the band's outspoken frontman had become a culture war iconoclast and a rallying icon for alienated youth.<ref name="RSMMAG"/>

On April 20, 1999, Columbine High School students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold took the lives of 12 students and one teacher, while injuring 21 others, before taking their own lives.<ref name="Respers"/> In the aftermath of the fourth-deadliest school massacre in United States history, the band became a "scapegoat".<ref name="Respers">{{cite news|last=France |first=Lisa Respers |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/04/20/columbine.pop.culture/index.html?iref=allsearch |title=Columbine left its indelible mark on pop culture |work=''CNN'' |publisher=Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (Time Warner) |date=2009-04-20 |accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |last2=Vineyard |first2=Jennifer |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1442018/20010322/marilyn_manson.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Bows Out Of Denver Ozzfest Date |work=MTV News |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2001-05-22 |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref> Early news media reports alleged that the shooters were fans of the band, and had worn the group's concert t-shirts during the massacre.<ref name="Cullen"/><ref name="Manson bashing"/> Speculation in the national media and among the public led to Manson's music and imagery being blamed for inciting Harris and Klebold.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref>{{harvnb|Jones|2002|pp=126–127}}</ref> However, later reports pointed out that the two were not fans of the band, and considered them "a joke".<ref>{{cite web|last=Holland |first=Meegan |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/04/separating_myth_from_fact_on.html |title=Columbine High School massacre on 10th anniversary: 5 myths surrounding deadliest school attack in U.S. history |publisher=''The Grand Rapids Press'' |date=2009-04-20 |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cullen |first=Dave |url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/23/columbine/index.html |title=Inside the Columbine High investigation |publisher=''Salon'' |date=1999-09-23 |accessdate=2010-08-15}}</ref> In spite of this, the group—alongside other bands and forms of popular entertainment such as movies and video games—received widespread criticism from religious, political, and entertainment industry figures.<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="LAWeeklyPage1">{{cite web|last=Burk |first=Greg |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2001-01-18/news/marilyn-a-re-examination/ |title=Marilyn:A Re-Examination (page 1) |publisher=''LA Weekly'' |date=2001-01-18 |accessdate=2010-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Uhelszki |first=Jaan |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lynyrd-skynyrd-threaten-marilyn-manson-with-a-can-of-whoop-ass-19990813 |title=Lynyrd Skynyrd Threaten Marilyn Manson With a Can of Whoop Ass |publisher=''Rolling Stone'' |date=1999-08-13 |accessdate=2011-06-09}}</ref>

On April 20, 1999, Columbine High School students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold took the lives of 12 students and one teacher, while injuring 21 others, before taking their own lives.<ref name="Respers"/> In the aftermath of the fourth-deadliest school massacre in United States history, the band became a "scapegoat".<ref name="Respers">{{cite news|last=France |first=Lisa Respers |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/04/20/columbine.pop.culture/index.html?iref=allsearch |title=Columbine left its indelible mark on pop culture |work=''CNN'' |publisher=Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (Time Warner) |date=2009-04-20 |accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |last2=Vineyard |first2=Jennifer |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1442018/20010322/marilyn_manson.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Bows Out Of Denver Ozzfest Date |work=MTV News |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2001-05-22 |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref> Early news media reports alleged that the shooters were fans of the band, and had worn the group's concert t-shirts during the massacre.<ref name="Cullen"/><ref name="Manson bashing"/> Speculation in the national media and among the public led to Manson's music and imagery being blamed for inciting Harris and Klebold.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref>{{harvnb|Jones|2002|pp=126–127}}</ref> However, later reports pointed out that the two were not fans of the band, and considered them "a joke".<ref>{{cite web|last=Holland |first=Meegan |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/04/separating_myth_from_fact_on.html |title=Columbine High School massacre on 10th anniversary: 5 myths surrounding deadliest school attack in U.S. history |publisher=''The Grand Rapids Press'' |date=2009-04-20 |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cullen |first=Dave |url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/23/columbine/index.html |title=Inside the Columbine High investigation |publisher=''Salon'' |date=1999-09-23 |accessdate=2010-08-15}}</ref> In spite of this, the group—alongside other bands and forms of popular entertainment such as movies and video games—received widespread criticism from religious, political, and entertainment industry figures.<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="LAWeeklyPage1">{{cite web|last=Burk |first=Greg |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2001-01-18/news/marilyn-a-re-examination/ |title=Marilyn:A Re-Examination (page 1) |publisher=''LA Weekly'' |date=2001-01-18 |accessdate=2010-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Uhelszki |first=Jaan |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lynyrd-skynyrd-threaten-marilyn-manson-with-a-can-of-whoop-ass-19990813 |title=Lynyrd Skynyrd Threaten Marilyn Manson With a Can of Whoop Ass |publisher=''Rolling Stone'' |date=1999-08-13 |accessdate=2011-06-09}}</ref>

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{{cquote|I chose not to jump into the [news] media frenzy and defend myself, though I was begged to be on every single TV show in existence. I didn't want to contribute to these fame-seeking journalists and opportunists looking to fill their churches or to get elected [during the US presidential election of 2000] because of their self-righteous finger-pointing. They want to blame entertainment? Isn't religion the first real entertainment? People dress up in costumes, sing songs and dedicate themselves to eternal fandom ... I'd like [the] media commentators to ask themselves, because their coverage of the event was some of the most gruesome entertainment any of us have seen.|author=[[Marilyn Manson]] |source=Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?<ref name="NME The Write To Be Wrong">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/nme/1434 |title=Marilyn Manson: The Write To Be Wrong |publisher=''NME'' |date=1999-05-01 |accessdate=2011-03-31}}</ref>}}

{{cquote|I chose not to jump into the [news] media frenzy and defend myself, though I was begged to be on every single TV show in existence. I didn't want to contribute to these fame-seeking journalists and opportunists looking to fill their churches or to get elected [during the US presidential election of 2000] because of their self-righteous finger-pointing. They want to blame entertainment? Isn't religion the first real entertainment? People dress up in costumes, sing songs and dedicate themselves to eternal fandom ... I'd like [the] media commentators to ask themselves, because their coverage of the event was some of the most gruesome entertainment any of us have seen.|author=[[Marilyn Manson]] |source=Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?<ref name="NME The Write To Be Wrong">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/nme/1434 |title=Marilyn Manson: The Write To Be Wrong |publisher=''NME'' |date=1999-05-01 |accessdate=2011-03-31}}</ref>}}

On May 4, 1999, a hearing on the marketing and distribution practices of violent content to minors by the television, music, film, and video game industries was conducted before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Christopher |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513971/19990504/index.jhtml |title=Senators Criticize Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails At Hearing |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-05-04 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref> The committee heard testimony from cultural observers, professors and mental-health professionals that included William Bennett and the Archbishop of Denver, Reverend Charles J. Chaput.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/> Participants criticized the band, its label-mate [[Nine Inch Nails]], and the 1999 Wachowski brothers film ''The Matrix'' for their alleged contribution to the environment that made tragedies like Columbine possible.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/> The committee requested that the Federal Trade Commission and the United States Department of Justice investigate the entertainment industry's marketing practices to minors.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/><ref name="Salon Hollywood on Trial">{{cite web |last=Tapper |first=Jake |url=http://www.salon.com/news/politics/feature/2000/08/29/hollywood/index.html |title=Hollywood on trial |publisher=''Salon'' |date=2000-08-29 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref>

On May 4, 1999, a hearing on the marketing and distribution practices of violent content to minors by the television, music, film, and video game industries was conducted before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Christopher |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513971/19990504/index.jhtml |title=Senators Criticize Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails At Hearing |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-05-04 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref> The committee heard testimony from cultural observers, professors and mental-health professionals that included William Bennett and the Archbishop of Denver, Reverend Charles J. Chaput.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/> Participants criticized the band, its label-mate [[Nine Inch Nails]], and the 1999 Wachowski brothers film ''The Matrix'' for their alleged contribution to the environment that made tragedies like Columbine possible.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/> The committee requested that the Federal Trade Commission and the United States Department of Justice investigate the entertainment industry's marketing practices to minors.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/><ref name="Salon Hollywood on Trial">{{cite web |last=Tapper |first=Jake |url=http://www.salon.com/news/politics/feature/2000/08/29/hollywood/index.html |title=Hollywood on trial |publisher=''Salon'' |date=2000-08-29 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref>

Following the conclusion of the [[Rock Is Dead Tour: European/Japan Festival Leg|European and Japanese festival leg]] of the tour on August 8, 1999, the band retreated from public view.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="AP#148"/> The album's early development was marked by Manson's three-month seclusion at his home in the Hollywood Hills.<ref name="AP#148"/> The singer spent this time vacillating on "what I was going to do and how I was going to react".<ref name="autogenerated40"/> He admitted that the maelstrom caused him to reconsider whether to continue pursuing his career: "[t]here was a bit of trepidation, [in] deciding, 'Is it worth it? Are people understanding what I'm trying to say? Am I even gonna be allowed to ''say'' it?' Because I definitely had every single door shut in my face ... there were not a lot of people who stood behind me."<ref name="AP#148"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> He told ''Alternative Press'' that he felt his safety was threatened, to the point where he "could be shot Mark David Chapman-style".<ref name="AP#148">{{cite journal |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |author=Tom Lanham |date= |year=2000 |month=November |title=Marilyn Manson interview |trans_title= |journal=''Alternative Press'' |volume= |series= |issue=148 |page= |pages=76-86 |at= |chapter= |location= |publisher= |editor1-first= |editor1-last= |editor1-link= |language=English |accessdate=2010-11-22 }}</ref> Manson concluded that it was less prudent for a controversial artist to allow his detractors to use his work (and entertainment in general) as a scapegoat, and began work on the new album to level a more extensive counterattack.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="Long"/>

Following the conclusion of the [[Rock Is Dead Tour: European/Japan Festival Leg|European and Japanese festival leg]] of the tour on August 8, 1999, the band retreated from public view.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="AP#148"/> The album's early development was marked by Manson's three-month seclusion at his home in the Hollywood Hills.<ref name="AP#148"/> The singer spent this time vacillating on "what I was going to do and how I was going to react".<ref name="autogenerated40"/> He admitted that the maelstrom caused him to reconsider whether to continue pursuing his career: "[t]here was a bit of trepidation, [in] deciding, 'Is it worth it? Are people understanding what I'm trying to say? Am I even gonna be allowed to ''say'' it?' Because I definitely had every single door shut in my face ... there were not a lot of people who stood behind me."<ref name="AP#148"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> He told ''Alternative Press'' that he felt his safety was threatened, to the point where he "could be shot Mark David Chapman-style".<ref name="AP#148">{{cite journal |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |author=Tom Lanham |date= |year=2000 |month=November |title=Marilyn Manson interview |trans_title= |journal=''Alternative Press'' |volume= |series= |issue=148 |page= |pages=76-86 |at= |chapter= |location= |publisher= |editor1-first= |editor1-last= |editor1-link= |language=English |accessdate=2010-11-22 }}</ref> Manson concluded that it was less prudent for a controversial artist to allow his detractors to use his work (and entertainment in general) as a scapegoat, and began work on the new album to level a more extensive counterattack.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="Long"/>

Recording took place in several "undisclosed" locations, including Death Valley and Rick Rubin's The Mansion Studio in Laurel Canyon.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/><ref name="Basham"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings"/><ref name="RS The Third Face of Marilyn Manson"/> Locations were chosen for the atmosphere they were intended to impart to the music.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> Mix engineer [[Dave Sardy]] co-produced the album with Manson. [[Bon Harris]], of seminal Electronic body music group Nitzer Ebb, supplied programming and pre-production editing.<ref name="Basham">{{cite web|last=Basham |first=David |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431695/19991216/marilyn_manson.jhtml|title= Manson To Walk In The "Valley Of Death" For Next LP |work=''MTV News'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date= 1999-12-16|accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref> Manson announced on December 16, 1999, that the album was progressing under the working title ''"In the Shadow of the Valley of Death"'' and would be represented by the alchemical symbol for Mercury.<ref name="Basham"/><ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/569991/19991209/index.jhtml |title=Manson To Reveal Album Title Online |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date= 1999-12-09|accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref>

Recording took place in several "undisclosed" locations, including Death Valley and Rick Rubin's The Mansion Studio in Laurel Canyon.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/><ref name="Basham"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings"/><ref name="RS The Third Face of Marilyn Manson"/> Locations were chosen for the atmosphere they were intended to impart to the music.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> Mix engineer [[Dave Sardy]] co-produced the album with Manson. [[Bon Harris]], of seminal Electronic body music group Nitzer Ebb, supplied programming and pre-production editing.<ref name="Basham">{{cite web|last=Basham |first=David |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431695/19991216/marilyn_manson.jhtml|title= Manson To Walk In The "Valley Of Death" For Next LP |work=''MTV News'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date= 1999-12-16|accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref> Manson announced on December 16, 1999, that the album was progressing under the working title ''"In the Shadow of the Valley of Death"'' and would be represented by the alchemical symbol for Mercury.<ref name="Basham"/><ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/569991/19991209/index.jhtml |title=Manson To Reveal Album Title Online |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date= 1999-12-09|accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref>

The band's numerous excursions to Death Valley were undertaken to "imprint the feeling of the desert into [the band's] minds", in order to avoid composing songs that sounded "forged" and artificial.<ref name="HGHT Tinseltown Rebellion">{{cite journal |last1=Simunek |first1=Chris |date=2001-02 |title=Tinseltown Rebellion: Marilyn Manson In The City Of Angels |journal=High Times |volume=306 |issue= |pages=52-58 |publisher= |doi= |url=http://hightimes.com/entertainment/ht_admin/105  |editor1-first=Dan |editor1-last=Skye |editor2-first=David |editor2-last=Bienenstock |editor3-first=Bobby |editor3-last=Black |editor3-first=Steven |editor3-last=Hager |accessdate=2011-04-30}}</ref> Experimental recordings and "acoustic" songs were recorded using live instrumentation. Manson later explained that the acoustic songs were only "acoustic" in the sense of not being produced electrically; the album's sonic landscape is fundamentally "electronic". Harris' programming skills proved instrumental, as the band recorded found and natural sounds, which he manipulated into new sonic elements.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/>

The band's numerous excursions to Death Valley were undertaken to "imprint the feeling of the desert into [the band's] minds", in order to avoid composing songs that sounded "forged" and artificial.<ref name="HGHT Tinseltown Rebellion">{{cite journal |last1=Simunek |first1=Chris |date=2001-02 |title=Tinseltown Rebellion: Marilyn Manson In The City Of Angels |journal=High Times |volume=306 |issue= |pages=52-58 |publisher= |doi= |url=http://hightimes.com/entertainment/ht_admin/105  |editor1-first=Dan |editor1-last=Skye |editor2-first=David |editor2-last=Bienenstock |editor3-first=Bobby |editor3-last=Black |editor3-first=Steven |editor3-last=Hager |accessdate=2011-04-30}}</ref> Experimental recordings and "acoustic" songs were recorded using live instrumentation. Manson later explained that the acoustic songs were only "acoustic" in the sense of not being produced electrically; the album's sonic landscape is fundamentally "electronic". Harris' programming skills proved instrumental, as the band recorded found and natural sounds, which he manipulated into new sonic elements.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/>

On February 23, 2000, Manson delivered a 20-minute lecture, via satellite, at a current events convention titled "DisinfoCon 2000", aimed at exposing and dispelling disinformation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Arnum |first=Eric |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/621426/20000223/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Lectures At Alternative-Information Conference |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date= 2000-02-23|accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref> Six days later the album was officially titled ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)''.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> By April 12, 2000, the band had reached the final stages of recording, and Manson posted footage of the recording studio.<ref name="NME Manson Launches New Posthuman Label"/> In pre-release interviews he noted that the record would be "a very sharp pencil" that would appeal to Marilyn Manson fans.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars">{{cite journal |last1=Alexander |first1=Phil |last2= |first2= |date=2000-11-11 |title=The Holy War |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=827 |pages=44–45 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-16}}</ref>

On February 23, 2000, Manson delivered a 20-minute lecture, via satellite, at a current events convention titled "DisinfoCon 2000", aimed at exposing and dispelling disinformation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Arnum |first=Eric |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/621426/20000223/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Lectures At Alternative-Information Conference |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date= 2000-02-23|accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref> Six days later the album was officially titled ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)''.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> By April 12, 2000, the band had reached the final stages of recording, and Manson posted footage of the recording studio.<ref name="NME Manson Launches New Posthuman Label"/> In pre-release interviews he noted that the record would be "a very sharp pencil" that would appeal to Marilyn Manson fans.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars">{{cite journal |last1=Alexander |first1=Phil |last2= |first2= |date=2000-11-11 |title=The Holy War |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=827 |pages=44–45 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-16}}</ref>

: ''See also [[Holy Wood (novel)]] for more details''

: ''See also [[Holy Wood (novel)]] for more details''

Manson's ambitions for the project initially included a film of the same name which would explore the album's backstory.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="Norris"/> In July 1999 he had reportedly entered negotiations with New Line Cinema to produce and distribute the film and its soundtrack.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans">{{cite web|last=Basham |first=David |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431690/marilyn-manson-tweaks-holy-wood-plans.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Tweaks "Holy Wood" Plans |work=''MTV News'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2000-02-29|accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref> At the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards in Dublin, Ireland, where the band was to perform on November 11,<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Discusses Post-Columbine Shell Shock">{{cite web |last=Manning |first=Kara |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431697/marilyn-manson-discusses-postcolumbine-shell-shock.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Discusses Post-Columbine Shell Shock |work=''MTV News'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=1999-11-16 |accessdate=2011-03-27}}</ref> he revealed film's title and his projected production plans.<ref name="Norris"/> He also met with Chilean avant-garde film maker Alejandro Jodorowsky at the event to discuss the possibility of working on the film, although no final decision was made.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Discusses Post-Columbine Shell Shock"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/2292 |title=Satanic Cult Meeting |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |date=1999-11-16|accessdate=2011-03-30}}</ref> By February 29, 2000, the deal had fallen through due to Manson's reservations that New Line Cinema was taking the film in a direction that would not have "retained his artistic vision."<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/>

Manson's ambitions for the project initially included a film of the same name which would explore the album's backstory.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="Norris"/> In July 1999 he had reportedly entered negotiations with New Line Cinema to produce and distribute the film and its soundtrack.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans">{{cite web|last=Basham |first=David |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431690/marilyn-manson-tweaks-holy-wood-plans.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Tweaks "Holy Wood" Plans |work=''MTV News'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2000-02-29|accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref> At the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards in Dublin, Ireland, where the band was to perform on November 11,<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Discusses Post-Columbine Shell Shock">{{cite web |last=Manning |first=Kara |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431697/marilyn-manson-discusses-postcolumbine-shell-shock.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Discusses Post-Columbine Shell Shock |work=''MTV News'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=1999-11-16 |accessdate=2011-03-27}}</ref> he revealed film's title and his projected production plans.<ref name="Norris"/> He also met with Chilean avant-garde film maker Alejandro Jodorowsky at the event to discuss the possibility of working on the film, although no final decision was made.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Discusses Post-Columbine Shell Shock"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/2292 |title=Satanic Cult Meeting |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |date=1999-11-16|accessdate=2011-03-30}}</ref> By February 29, 2000, the deal had fallen through due to Manson's reservations that New Line Cinema was taking the film in a direction that would not have "retained his artistic vision."<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/>

Abandoning his attempt to bring ''Holy Wood'' to the big screen, Manson instead announced plans to put out two books to accompany the album.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> The first was a "graphic and phantasmagoric" novelized adaptation, intended to be released shortly after the record by ReganBooks, a division of HarperCollins.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> The style of the novel was inspired by the authors William S. Burroughs, Kurt Vonnegut, Aldous Huxley, and Philip K. Dick.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> It was to be followed by a coffee table book of images created for the project.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/>

Abandoning his attempt to bring ''Holy Wood'' to the big screen, Manson instead announced plans to put out two books to accompany the album.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> The first was a "graphic and phantasmagoric" novelized adaptation, intended to be released shortly after the record by ReganBooks, a division of HarperCollins.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> The style of the novel was inspired by the authors William S. Burroughs, Kurt Vonnegut, Aldous Huxley, and Philip K. Dick.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> It was to be followed by a coffee table book of images created for the project.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/>

:''for a complete overview of the Trilogy see [[Triptych]].''

:''for a complete overview of the Trilogy see [[Triptych]].''

The album's plot is a "parable"<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> that takes place in a thinly-veiled satire of modern America called "Holy Wood", which Manson has described as "very much like Disney World ... I thought of how interesting it would be if we created an entire city that was an amusement park, and the thing we were being amused by was violence and sex and everything that people really want to see."<ref name="AP#148"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Its literary foil is "Death Valley", which is used as "a metaphor for the outcast and the imperfect of the world."<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/>

The album's plot is a "parable"<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> that takes place in a thinly-veiled satire of modern America called "Holy Wood", which Manson has described as "very much like Disney World ... I thought of how interesting it would be if we created an entire city that was an amusement park, and the thing we were being amused by was violence and sex and everything that people really want to see."<ref name="AP#148"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Its literary foil is "Death Valley", which is used as "a metaphor for the outcast and the imperfect of the world."<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/>

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Manson told ''Rolling Stone'' that the storyline is semi-autobiographical. While it can be viewed on several levels, Manson states the simplest interpretation is to see it as a story about an angry youth whose revolution becomes commercialized, which leads him to "destroy the thing he has created, which is himself."<ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1436775/20000803/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2000-08-03 |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref><ref name="RS The Third Face of Marilyn Manson">{{cite journal |last=Hochman |first=Steve |date=2000-07-20 |title=The Third Face of Marilyn Manson |journal=Rolling Stone |volume= |issue=845 |pages= |publisher=Wenner Media LLC |doi= |accessdate=2011-04-04}}</ref>

Manson told ''Rolling Stone'' that the storyline is semi-autobiographical. While it can be viewed on several levels, Manson states the simplest interpretation is to see it as a story about an angry youth whose revolution becomes commercialized, which leads him to "destroy the thing he has created, which is himself."<ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1436775/20000803/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2000-08-03 |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref><ref name="RS The Third Face of Marilyn Manson">{{cite journal |last=Hochman |first=Steve |date=2000-07-20 |title=The Third Face of Marilyn Manson |journal=Rolling Stone |volume= |issue=845 |pages= |publisher=Wenner Media LLC |doi= |accessdate=2011-04-04}}</ref>

Much like in ''Mechanical Animals'', another lesser character is found in "[[Coma Black]]". Similar to the character of "[[Coma White]]" from the previous album, Coma Black is an obscure figure which, simultaneously, may or may not be an unattainable ideal, an androgynous facet of Adam or an actual person.<ref name="metroactive.com">{{cite web|last=Quelland |first=Sarah |url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/12.14.00/cover/manson-0050.html |title=Into the Mind of Marilyn |publisher=Metroactive Music |date=2000-12-14 |accessdate=2010-08-10}}</ref>

Much like in ''Mechanical Animals'', another lesser character is found in "[[Coma Black]]". Similar to the character of "[[Coma White]]" from the previous album, Coma Black is an obscure figure which, simultaneously, may or may not be an unattainable ideal, an androgynous facet of Adam or an actual person.<ref name="metroactive.com">{{cite web|last=Quelland |first=Sarah |url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/12.14.00/cover/manson-0050.html |title=Into the Mind of Marilyn |publisher=Metroactive Music |date=2000-12-14 |accessdate=2010-08-10}}</ref>

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Manson also cites John Lennon as an assassination icon, and uses the album to criticize the news media's veneration of people into media martyrdom, and the tendency to turn death into spectacle to cater to the American public's appetite for violence, tragedy, and celebrity. He uses this to rebut claims that Marilyn Manson's music was responsible for Columbine.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="Robinson"/> He wonders how the media would have covered the crucifixion,<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> and linked these observations to Columbine during an interview on the ''O'Reilly Factor''. Bill O'Reilly argued that "disturbed kids" who lack direction from responsible parents could misinterpret the message of his music to be, in fact, an endorsement of the mentality that "when I'm dead [then] everybody's going to know me." Manson responded:

Manson also cites John Lennon as an assassination icon, and uses the album to criticize the news media's veneration of people into media martyrdom, and the tendency to turn death into spectacle to cater to the American public's appetite for violence, tragedy, and celebrity. He uses this to rebut claims that Marilyn Manson's music was responsible for Columbine.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="Robinson"/> He wonders how the media would have covered the crucifixion,<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> and linked these observations to Columbine during an interview on the ''O'Reilly Factor''. Bill O'Reilly argued that "disturbed kids" who lack direction from responsible parents could misinterpret the message of his music to be, in fact, an endorsement of the mentality that "when I'm dead [then] everybody's going to know me." Manson responded:

In spite of the many references to, and thematic fascination with, the three iconic men, Manson was reluctant to draw any comparison between them and himself, which he said would have amounted to pretentiousness.<ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/> Instead he volunteered, "[w]hat I did find was parallels in their stories and my story, and I tried to maybe learn from their mistakes and what they tried to do ... You realise you can't change the world and you can only change yourself, and I think that's what [they] found out."<ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/> He further added, "[f]or me it was about learning from that and trying to break the evolution of man [since] it's man's nature to be violent."<ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/>

In spite of the many references to, and thematic fascination with, the three iconic men, Manson was reluctant to draw any comparison between them and himself, which he said would have amounted to pretentiousness.<ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/> Instead he volunteered, "[w]hat I did find was parallels in their stories and my story, and I tried to maybe learn from their mistakes and what they tried to do ... You realise you can't change the world and you can only change yourself, and I think that's what [they] found out."<ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/> He further added, "[f]or me it was about learning from that and trying to break the evolution of man [since] it's man's nature to be violent."<ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/>

During pre-release interviews Manson stated that ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' was intended to be the "industrial ''White Album'' ... in the sense that it's very experimental. I play a lot of keyboards, we switched things around, wrote in the desert ... it's experimental and when I think of experimental I think of ''The White Album''."<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> The 1969 Rolling Stones album ''Let It Bleed'' became another source of musical and textural inspiration and Manson made a point of noting in interviews that it was written in the same house where he wrote ''Holy Wood''.<ref name="VH1.com"/>

During pre-release interviews Manson stated that ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' was intended to be the "industrial ''White Album'' ... in the sense that it's very experimental. I play a lot of keyboards, we switched things around, wrote in the desert ... it's experimental and when I think of experimental I think of ''The White Album''."<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> The 1969 Rolling Stones album ''Let It Bleed'' became another source of musical and textural inspiration and Manson made a point of noting in interviews that it was written in the same house where he wrote ''Holy Wood''.<ref name="VH1.com"/>

Similar to ''Antichrist Superstar'', ''Holy Wood'' utilizes a compositional device called the song cycle structure, which divides the record into four movements—A: In the Shadow, D: The Androgyne, A: Of Red Earth and M: The Fallen—to form the framework of Kadmon's story.<ref name="NME The 'Holy..' Bible">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/4309 |title=The 'Holy..' Bible! |publisher=''NME'' |date=2000-08-29 |accessdate=2011-03-31}}</ref> In keeping with the lyrical style of their two previous records the storyline unfolds in a multi-tiered progression of drawn out extended metaphors and allusions playing in Manson's psyche.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> For instance, the album's title was not just a reference to the Hollywood sign but also to "the tree of knowledge that Adam took the first fruit from when he fell out of paradise, the wood that Christ was crucified on, the wood that [Lee Harvey] Oswald's rifle is made from and the wood that so many coffins are made of."<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/>

Similar to ''Antichrist Superstar'', ''Holy Wood'' utilizes a compositional device called the song cycle structure, which divides the record into four movements—A: In the Shadow, D: The Androgyne, A: Of Red Earth and M: The Fallen—to form the framework of Kadmon's story.<ref name="NME The 'Holy..' Bible">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/4309 |title=The 'Holy..' Bible! |publisher=''NME'' |date=2000-08-29 |accessdate=2011-03-31}}</ref> In keeping with the lyrical style of their two previous records the storyline unfolds in a multi-tiered progression of drawn out extended metaphors and allusions playing in Manson's psyche.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> For instance, the album's title was not just a reference to the Hollywood sign but also to "the tree of knowledge that Adam took the first fruit from when he fell out of paradise, the wood that Christ was crucified on, the wood that [Lee Harvey] Oswald's rifle is made from and the wood that so many coffins are made of."<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/>

"[[GodEatGod]]"  follows Adam as he contemplates in the desert.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> "[[The Love Song]]" was written as an anthem for Holy Wood's religion of Celebritarianism.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> The lyrical concept applies dark humor on the idea of "Love Song" (which Manson pointed out was one of the most common titles in music) to satirize America's concept of traditional family values by drawing parallels to the country's love affair with guns and violence: "I was suggesting with the lyrics that the father is the hand, the mother is the gun, and the children are the bullets. Where you shoot them is your responsibility as parents."<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson: No Regrets">{{cite interview |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |subjectlink=Marilyn Manson |interviewer=Kurt Loder |title=Marilyn Manson: No Regrets |callsign =MTV |city=New York |date=2000-12-01}}</ref> The chorus is a rhetorical take on an American bumper sticker, which asks: "Do you love your God, gun, government?"<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers">{{cite journal |last1=Myers |first1=Ben |last2= |first2= |date=2000-11-18 |title=Holy Wood |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=831 |pages=29–36 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-26}}</ref>

"[[GodEatGod]]"  follows Adam as he contemplates in the desert.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> "[[The Love Song]]" was written as an anthem for Holy Wood's religion of Celebritarianism.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> The lyrical concept applies dark humor on the idea of "Love Song" (which Manson pointed out was one of the most common titles in music) to satirize America's concept of traditional family values by drawing parallels to the country's love affair with guns and violence: "I was suggesting with the lyrics that the father is the hand, the mother is the gun, and the children are the bullets. Where you shoot them is your responsibility as parents."<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson: No Regrets">{{cite interview |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |subjectlink=Marilyn Manson |interviewer=Kurt Loder |title=Marilyn Manson: No Regrets |callsign =MTV |city=New York |date=2000-12-01}}</ref> The chorus is a rhetorical take on an American bumper sticker, which asks: "Do you love your God, gun, government?"<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers">{{cite journal |last1=Myers |first1=Ben |last2= |first2= |date=2000-11-18 |title=Holy Wood |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=831 |pages=29–36 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-26}}</ref>

"[[Disposable Teens]]" is a "signature Marilyn Manson song".<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> Its bouncing guitar riff and teutonic staccato has its roots in former glam rocker and convicted pedophile Gary Glitter's song "Rock and Roll, Pt.2".<ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Big Day Out">{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1436862/20000830/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson's Big Day Out |publisher=VH1 |date=2000-08-30 |accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref> Its lyrical themes tackle the disenfranchisement of contemporary youth, "particularly those that have been [brought up] to feel like accidents", with the revolutionary idealism of their parent's generation.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> The influence of The Beatles was critical in this song;<ref name="VH1.com"/><ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> the chorus echoes the disillusionment expressed in opening lines of their ''White Album'' song "Revolution 1".<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Here the sentiment was appropriated as a rallying cry for "disposable teens" against the shortcomings of "this so-called generation of revolutionaries", whom the song indicted: "You said you wanted evolution, the ape was a great big hit. You say want a revolution, man, and I say that you're full of shit."<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Manson singled out "[[Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis)]]" as his favorite track from the record and that, to him, it related to every person's desire for self-actualization.<ref name="MAMM"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/>

"[[Disposable Teens]]" is a "signature Marilyn Manson song".<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> Its bouncing guitar riff and teutonic staccato has its roots in former glam rocker and convicted pedophile Gary Glitter's song "Rock and Roll, Pt.2".<ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Big Day Out">{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1436862/20000830/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson's Big Day Out |publisher=VH1 |date=2000-08-30 |accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref> Its lyrical themes tackle the disenfranchisement of contemporary youth, "particularly those that have been [brought up] to feel like accidents", with the revolutionary idealism of their parent's generation.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> The influence of The Beatles was critical in this song;<ref name="VH1.com"/><ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> the chorus echoes the disillusionment expressed in opening lines of their ''White Album'' song "Revolution 1".<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Here the sentiment was appropriated as a rallying cry for "disposable teens" against the shortcomings of "this so-called generation of revolutionaries", whom the song indicted: "You said you wanted evolution, the ape was a great big hit. You say want a revolution, man, and I say that you're full of shit."<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Manson singled out "[[Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis)]]" as his favorite track from the record and that, to him, it related to every person's desire for self-actualization.<ref name="MAMM"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/>

"[[The Nobodies]]" is a mournful, elegiac dirge that begins with a synth-drum and harpsichord introduction.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> The verse "[t]oday I'm dirty and I want to be pretty, tomorrow I know I'm just dirt" is sung with an Iggy Pop-style vocal delivery that builds to the adrenaline-fuelled chorus of "[w]e are the nobodies, we wanna be somebodies, when we're dead they'll know just who we are. Some children died the other day, we fed machines and then we prayed, puked up and down in morbid faith, you should have seen the ratings that day."<ref name="Respers"/><ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> ''CMJ'' noted that the song was likely to be interpreted by some people as a tribute to the perpetrators of Columbine, but that its point was not to glorify violence; rather, it was to depict a society drenched in its children's blood.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> "[[The Death Song]]" is the turning point for Adam; he no longer cares.<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Manson described it as being sarcastic and nihilistic: "it's like 'We have no future and we don't give a fuck'."<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> ''Kerrang!'' described it as among the album's "heaviest" songs.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/>

"[[The Nobodies]]" is a mournful, elegiac dirge that begins with a synth-drum and harpsichord introduction.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> The verse "[t]oday I'm dirty and I want to be pretty, tomorrow I know I'm just dirt" is sung with an Iggy Pop-style vocal delivery that builds to the adrenaline-fuelled chorus of "[w]e are the nobodies, we wanna be somebodies, when we're dead they'll know just who we are. Some children died the other day, we fed machines and then we prayed, puked up and down in morbid faith, you should have seen the ratings that day."<ref name="Respers"/><ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> ''CMJ'' noted that the song was likely to be interpreted by some people as a tribute to the perpetrators of Columbine, but that its point was not to glorify violence; rather, it was to depict a society drenched in its children's blood.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> "[[The Death Song]]" is the turning point for Adam; he no longer cares.<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Manson described it as being sarcastic and nihilistic: "it's like 'We have no future and we don't give a fuck'."<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> ''Kerrang!'' described it as among the album's "heaviest" songs.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/>

After announcing that it would be his only mode of contact with the outside world, Manson regularly posted updates about the then-nascent album on the band's website to generate interest and anticipation among fans.<ref name="Basham"/> Promotion began as early as June 9, 1999, with an update stating that he was writing early compositions for a new album in tandem with an original screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/515134/19990609/index.jhtml|title=Manson Works On New LP, Screenplay |publisher=VH1 |date= 1999-06-09|accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref> On December 16, 1999, he posted a four-minute video clip, accompanied by a written address, which elaborated on the upcoming album's themes, and featured excerpts of the band performing two new songs.<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/> The first cut was a rock song that later became the single "Disposable Teens", while the second cut was a rough demo cover of the ballad "[[Little Child]]" (otherwise known as "Mommy Dear"), originally sung by Constance Towers in the 1964 Samuel Fuller neo-noir film ''The Naked Kiss''.<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors">{{cite web|last=VanHorn |first=Teri |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/570160/19991216/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson: Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors |publisher=VH1 |date= 1999-12-16|accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref> He described the album as "the most violent yet beautiful creation we have accomplished. This is a soundtrack for a world that is being sold to kids and then being destroyed by them. But maybe that's exactly what it deserves."<ref name="Basham"/><ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/> An acoustic version of the song "[[Sick City]]", from Charles Manson's 1970 album ''Lie: The Love and Terror Cult'', later appeared on February 14, 2000, as "an impromptu Valentine's Day gift to fans".<ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson Covers Charles Manson Song"/> The song, however, was not intended to be included in either the upcoming album or the ''Holy Wood'' feature film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moss |first=Corey |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/621365/20000217/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Covers Charles Manson Song|publisher=VH1 |date=2000-02-17 |accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref>  

After announcing that it would be his only mode of contact with the outside world, Manson regularly posted updates about the then-nascent album on the band's website to generate interest and anticipation among fans.<ref name="Basham"/> Promotion began as early as June 9, 1999, with an update stating that he was writing early compositions for a new album in tandem with an original screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/515134/19990609/index.jhtml|title=Manson Works On New LP, Screenplay |publisher=VH1 |date= 1999-06-09|accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref> On December 16, 1999, he posted a four-minute video clip, accompanied by a written address, which elaborated on the upcoming album's themes, and featured excerpts of the band performing two new songs.<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/> The first cut was a rock song that later became the single "Disposable Teens", while the second cut was a rough demo cover of the ballad "[[Little Child]]" (otherwise known as "Mommy Dear"), originally sung by Constance Towers in the 1964 Samuel Fuller neo-noir film ''The Naked Kiss''.<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors">{{cite web|last=VanHorn |first=Teri |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/570160/19991216/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson: Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors |publisher=VH1 |date= 1999-12-16|accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref> He described the album as "the most violent yet beautiful creation we have accomplished. This is a soundtrack for a world that is being sold to kids and then being destroyed by them. But maybe that's exactly what it deserves."<ref name="Basham"/><ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/> An acoustic version of the song "[[Sick City]]", from Charles Manson's 1970 album ''Lie: The Love and Terror Cult'', later appeared on February 14, 2000, as "an impromptu Valentine's Day gift to fans".<ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson Covers Charles Manson Song"/> The song, however, was not intended to be included in either the upcoming album or the ''Holy Wood'' feature film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moss |first=Corey |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/621365/20000217/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Covers Charles Manson Song|publisher=VH1 |date=2000-02-17 |accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref>  

In mid 2001 Universal Music Group received criticism for airing commercials which promoted the album on MTV's ''Total Request Live'' (TRL).<ref name="Metal Edge Moral Minority"/> Manson voiced suspicion that former Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Joseph Lieberman had a part in its orchestration.<ref name="Metal Edge Moral Minority"/> At the time the Senator had just introduced a bill to the United States Congress called The Media Marketing Accountability Act, which sought to levy criminal penalties against entertainment industry distributors who market violent and sexually explicit media to minors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/News/11/06/hollywood.politics/index.html?iref=allsearch |title=Entertainment industry an issue, asset for presidential campaign |publisher=CNN |date=2000-11-06 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1398348.stm |title=Lieberman steps up Hollywood attack |publisher=BBC News |date=2001-07-06 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> The proposed legislation stemmed from the publication of the Federal Trade Commission investigation he, along with senators Brownback and Hatch, had requested from then-US President Bill Clinton at the May 4, 1999, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on entertainment industry marketing practices to minors.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/><ref name="Salon Hollywood on Trial"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Eszterhas |first=Joe |url=http://www.salon.com/news/politics/feature/2000/09/14/hollywood |title=They came, they caved |publisher=''Salon'' |date=2000-09-14 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mancini |first=Al |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=106111&page=1 |title=Commentary: Media Violence Report Is Flawed |publisher=ABC News |date=2000-04-26 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/921219.stm |title=Hollywood denies 'selling violence' |publisher=BBC News |date=2000-09-12 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/926161.stm |title=Directors call for tougher ratings |publisher=BBC News |date=2000-09-15 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref>

In mid 2001 Universal Music Group received criticism for airing commercials which promoted the album on MTV's ''Total Request Live'' (TRL).<ref name="Metal Edge Moral Minority"/> Manson voiced suspicion that former Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Joseph Lieberman had a part in its orchestration.<ref name="Metal Edge Moral Minority"/> At the time the Senator had just introduced a bill to the United States Congress called The Media Marketing Accountability Act, which sought to levy criminal penalties against entertainment industry distributors who market violent and sexually explicit media to minors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/News/11/06/hollywood.politics/index.html?iref=allsearch |title=Entertainment industry an issue, asset for presidential campaign |publisher=CNN |date=2000-11-06 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1398348.stm |title=Lieberman steps up Hollywood attack |publisher=BBC News |date=2001-07-06 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> The proposed legislation stemmed from the publication of the Federal Trade Commission investigation he, along with senators Brownback and Hatch, had requested from then-US President Bill Clinton at the May 4, 1999, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on entertainment industry marketing practices to minors.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/><ref name="Salon Hollywood on Trial"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Eszterhas |first=Joe |url=http://www.salon.com/news/politics/feature/2000/09/14/hollywood |title=They came, they caved |publisher=''Salon'' |date=2000-09-14 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mancini |first=Al |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=106111&page=1 |title=Commentary: Media Violence Report Is Flawed |publisher=ABC News |date=2000-04-26 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/921219.stm |title=Hollywood denies 'selling violence' |publisher=BBC News |date=2000-09-12 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/926161.stm |title=Directors call for tougher ratings |publisher=BBC News |date=2000-09-15 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref>

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On February 29, 2000, Manson confirmed that the album was on track for a "Fall of 2000" release schedule.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> By August 2, the singer announced on their website that it was projected for an October 24 release through [[Nothing]]/[[Interscope Records]]. The announcement was accompanied by an early draft of the tracklisting, listed in no particular order. The following week, weekly previews of the new album featuring new songs or artwork, began appearing on the site in order for fans to be able to "see it and hear it here first before someone gets it inappropriately and without our permission". Manson also stated his desire for the site "to be a place where the true fans can get what they're looking for rather than having to find it through unapproved means."<ref name="MTV Manson Reveals Date, Tracks For Holy Wood">{{cite web|last=Saidman |first=Sorelle |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431686/manson-reveals-date-tracks-holy-wood.jhtml |title=Manson Reveals Date, Tracks For "Holy Wood" |publisher=MTV News |date=2000-08-02 |accessdate=2011-03-27}}</ref> On August 25, 2000, the complete track listing for the new album was released.<ref name="MTV Manson Expands On Adam Concept For New LP"/>

On February 29, 2000, Manson confirmed that the album was on track for a "Fall of 2000" release schedule.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> By August 2, the singer announced on their website that it was projected for an October 24 release through [[Nothing]]/[[Interscope Records]]. The announcement was accompanied by an early draft of the tracklisting, listed in no particular order. The following week, weekly previews of the new album featuring new songs or artwork, began appearing on the site in order for fans to be able to "see it and hear it here first before someone gets it inappropriately and without our permission". Manson also stated his desire for the site "to be a place where the true fans can get what they're looking for rather than having to find it through unapproved means."<ref name="MTV Manson Reveals Date, Tracks For Holy Wood">{{cite web|last=Saidman |first=Sorelle |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431686/manson-reveals-date-tracks-holy-wood.jhtml |title=Manson Reveals Date, Tracks For "Holy Wood" |publisher=MTV News |date=2000-08-02 |accessdate=2011-03-27}}</ref> On August 25, 2000, the complete track listing for the new album was released.<ref name="MTV Manson Expands On Adam Concept For New LP"/>

On the evening of November 14, 2000, Manson, Ramirez, and John5 took a short break from the tour to celebrate the album's launch by playing a brief invitation-only acoustic set at the Saci nightclub in New York City. Tickets for the event were given away through radio contests, via the band's website, and by being among the first 100 to buy the album at the Tower Records store in New York's Broadway Avenue. The set comprised of four songs that included a cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" and Johnny Mandel's theme song for the TV series M*A*S*H, "[[Suicide Is Painless]]". Manson noted that the latter song was "[was] far more depressing than anything I could have ever written."<ref>{{cite web|last=Mancini |first=Robert |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431678/marilyn-manson-marks-holy-wood-release-with-acoustic-set.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Marks Holy Wood Release With Acoustic Set |publisher=MTV News |date=2000-11-15 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref><ref name="'...Wood' You Believe It">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/u2/5166 |title='...Wood' You Believe It? |publisher=''NME'' |date=2000-11-10 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> The following day he appeared on ''Total Request Live'' (TRL) in New York's Times Square for a segment titled  "Mothers Against Marilyn Manson" ("MAMM").<ref name="'...Wood' You Believe It"/> The band later performed the first single at MTV's New Year's Eve celebration, along with a cover of Cheap Trick's "Surrender", and again on January 8, 2001, at the 2001 American Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web|last=vanHorn |first=Teri |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1437841/20010110/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Denies Video Has Columbine Link |publisher=VH1 |date=2001-01-10 |accessdate=2011-04-02}}</ref><ref name="VH1 Goths Battle Jocks"/>

On the evening of November 14, 2000, Manson, Ramirez, and John5 took a short break from the tour to celebrate the album's launch by playing a brief invitation-only acoustic set at the Saci nightclub in New York City. Tickets for the event were given away through radio contests, via the band's website, and by being among the first 100 to buy the album at the Tower Records store in New York's Broadway Avenue. The set comprised of four songs that included a cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" and Johnny Mandel's theme song for the TV series M*A*S*H, "[[Suicide Is Painless]]". Manson noted that the latter song was "[was] far more depressing than anything I could have ever written."<ref>{{cite web|last=Mancini |first=Robert |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431678/marilyn-manson-marks-holy-wood-release-with-acoustic-set.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Marks Holy Wood Release With Acoustic Set |publisher=MTV News |date=2000-11-15 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref><ref name="'...Wood' You Believe It">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/u2/5166 |title='...Wood' You Believe It? |publisher=''NME'' |date=2000-11-10 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> The following day he appeared on ''Total Request Live'' (TRL) in New York's Times Square for a segment titled  "Mothers Against Marilyn Manson" ("MAMM").<ref name="'...Wood' You Believe It"/> The band later performed the first single at MTV's New Year's Eve celebration, along with a cover of Cheap Trick's "Surrender", and again on January 8, 2001, at the 2001 American Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web|last=vanHorn |first=Teri |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1437841/20010110/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Denies Video Has Columbine Link |publisher=VH1 |date=2001-01-10 |accessdate=2011-04-02}}</ref><ref name="VH1 Goths Battle Jocks"/>

''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' was anchored by three singles. The first two were each released in three versions. The first single, "[[Disposable Teens]]", debuted as a music video directed by Samuel Bayer<ref name="NME Teenage Sensation!"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson Announces First Leg Of World Tour">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1124346/20000922/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Announces First Leg Of World Tour |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2000-09-22 |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref> on ''Total Request Live'' on October 25, 2000.<ref name="NME Teenage Sensation!"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson Announces First Leg Of World Tour"/> In the following weeks the single was released as two standalone single EPs. The first version, titled "Disposable Teens Pt.1", was released on November 6, 2000, in the UK,<ref name="NME Teenage Sensation!"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disposable-Teens-CD-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B000050HFC/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1310880972&sr=1-1 |title=Disposable Teens pt. 1 |publisher=Amazon UK |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> and features Manson's cover of "Working Class Hero".<ref name="Amazon Disposable Teens 1">{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Teens-1-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B000050HFC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1301664628&sr=8-4 |title=Disposable Teens 1 <nowiki>[Single, Import]</nowiki> |publisher=Amazon |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> It was released as a maxi single in the UK on August 21, 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disposable-Teens-Pt-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B0000DEOR6/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1310878166&sr=8-9 |title=Disposable Teens Pt. 1 <nowiki>[Maxi]</nowiki> |publisher=Amazon UK |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> The second version, titled "Disposable Teens Pt.2", followed on November 14, 2000, and features a cover of "[[Five to One]]" by The Doors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Teens-2-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B000BRHW8U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1301664673&sr=8-3 |title=Disposable Teens #2 <nowiki>[Single, Import]</nowiki> |publisher=Amazon |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> This version was released in the UK as a maxi single and as a 12" picture disc vinyl EP on October 31, 2000, and on November 6, 2000, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disposable-Teens-VINYL-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B000053U6M/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1310878166&sr=8-6 |title=Disposable Teens #2 <nowiki>[12" Vinyl]</nowiki> |publisher=Amazon UK |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disposable-Teens-2-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B000BRHW8U/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1310878166&sr=8-11 |title=Disposable Teens #2 <nowiki>[Maxi]</nowiki> |publisher=Amazon UK |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref>

''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' was anchored by three singles. The first two were each released in three versions. The first single, "[[Disposable Teens]]", debuted as a music video directed by Samuel Bayer<ref name="NME Teenage Sensation!"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson Announces First Leg Of World Tour">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1124346/20000922/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Announces First Leg Of World Tour |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2000-09-22 |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref> on ''Total Request Live'' on October 25, 2000.<ref name="NME Teenage Sensation!"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson Announces First Leg Of World Tour"/> In the following weeks the single was released as two standalone single EPs. The first version, titled "Disposable Teens Pt.1", was released on November 6, 2000, in the UK,<ref name="NME Teenage Sensation!"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disposable-Teens-CD-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B000050HFC/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1310880972&sr=1-1 |title=Disposable Teens pt. 1 |publisher=Amazon UK |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> and features Manson's cover of "Working Class Hero".<ref name="Amazon Disposable Teens 1">{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Teens-1-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B000050HFC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1301664628&sr=8-4 |title=Disposable Teens 1 <nowiki>[Single, Import]</nowiki> |publisher=Amazon |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> It was released as a maxi single in the UK on August 21, 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disposable-Teens-Pt-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B0000DEOR6/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1310878166&sr=8-9 |title=Disposable Teens Pt. 1 <nowiki>[Maxi]</nowiki> |publisher=Amazon UK |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> The second version, titled "Disposable Teens Pt.2", followed on November 14, 2000, and features a cover of "[[Five to One]]" by The Doors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Teens-2-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B000BRHW8U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1301664673&sr=8-3 |title=Disposable Teens #2 <nowiki>[Single, Import]</nowiki> |publisher=Amazon |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> This version was released in the UK as a maxi single and as a 12" picture disc vinyl EP on October 31, 2000, and on November 6, 2000, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disposable-Teens-VINYL-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B000053U6M/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1310878166&sr=8-6 |title=Disposable Teens #2 <nowiki>[12" Vinyl]</nowiki> |publisher=Amazon UK |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disposable-Teens-2-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B000BRHW8U/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1310878166&sr=8-11 |title=Disposable Teens #2 <nowiki>[Maxi]</nowiki> |publisher=Amazon UK |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref>

As early as February 10, 2001, Manson indicated that the "[[The Nobodies]]" would be the album's third single.<ref name="Kerrang Guns, God & Government Tour">{{cite journal |last1=Myers |first1=Ben |last2= |first2= |date=2001-02-10 |title=The Devil Rides Out |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=839 |pages=12–17 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/7580 |title=It's Goth To Talk |publisher=''NME'' |date=2001-04-30 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> The music video, directed by Paul Fedor, premiered on MTV in June 2001.<ref name="Metal Edge Moral Minority">{{cite journal |last1= Chirazi |first1=Steffan |last2= |first2= |date=2001-06 |title=Marilyn Manson: Moral Minority |journal=Metal Edge |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher=Zenbu Media |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-17}}</ref> Originally, Manson expressed interest to film the music video in Russia "because the atmosphere, the desolation, the coldness and the architecture would really suit the song."<ref name="Kerrang Guns, God & Government Tour"/> Another initial concept intended to incorporate the MTV stunt and prank TV series, ''Jackass'', due to the song's inclusion in the show's soundtrack.<ref name="Metal Edge Moral Minority"/> However, this idea was abandoned after the show drew the ire of Senator Joseph Lieberman.<ref name="Metal Edge Moral Minority"/> The third single was released in physical format, on September 3, 2001, in the UK and, on October 6, 2001, in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/9056 |title='Nobodies' Here! |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |date=2001-08-21 |accessdate=2011-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Nobodies-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B00005NV6T/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1301662882&sr=1-2 |title=Nobodies (Import, Single) |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> A remixed version of the song later appeared in the 2001 Johnny Depp film ''From Hell''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1450469/marilyn-manson-cover-tainted-love.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Cover 'Tainted Love,' Record Live DVD |publisher=MTV News |date=2001-11-01 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref>

As early as February 10, 2001, Manson indicated that the "[[The Nobodies]]" would be the album's third single.<ref name="Kerrang Guns, God & Government Tour">{{cite journal |last1=Myers |first1=Ben |last2= |first2= |date=2001-02-10 |title=The Devil Rides Out |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=839 |pages=12–17 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/7580 |title=It's Goth To Talk |publisher=''NME'' |date=2001-04-30 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> The music video, directed by Paul Fedor, premiered on MTV in June 2001.<ref name="Metal Edge Moral Minority">{{cite journal |last1= Chirazi |first1=Steffan |last2= |first2= |date=2001-06 |title=Marilyn Manson: Moral Minority |journal=Metal Edge |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher=Zenbu Media |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-17}}</ref> Originally, Manson expressed interest to film the music video in Russia "because the atmosphere, the desolation, the coldness and the architecture would really suit the song."<ref name="Kerrang Guns, God & Government Tour"/> Another initial concept intended to incorporate the MTV stunt and prank TV series, ''Jackass'', due to the song's inclusion in the show's soundtrack.<ref name="Metal Edge Moral Minority"/> However, this idea was abandoned after the show drew the ire of Senator Joseph Lieberman.<ref name="Metal Edge Moral Minority"/> The third single was released in physical format, on September 3, 2001, in the UK and, on October 6, 2001, in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/9056 |title='Nobodies' Here! |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |date=2001-08-21 |accessdate=2011-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Nobodies-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B00005NV6T/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1301662882&sr=1-2 |title=Nobodies (Import, Single) |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> A remixed version of the song later appeared in the 2001 Johnny Depp film ''From Hell''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1450469/marilyn-manson-cover-tainted-love.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Cover 'Tainted Love,' Record Live DVD |publisher=MTV News |date=2001-11-01 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref>

The album artwork was designed by [[P. R. Brown]] and Marilyn Manson.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> Manson began conceptualizing it as he was writing the songs, and Brown and Manson worked in tandem to realize the imagery after they decided to do the work themselves.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> It contains many elements from alchemy and the tarot.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/>

The album artwork was designed by [[P. R. Brown]] and Marilyn Manson.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> Manson began conceptualizing it as he was writing the songs, and Brown and Manson worked in tandem to realize the imagery after they decided to do the work themselves.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> It contains many elements from alchemy and the tarot.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/>

Manson also commissioned a redesigned set of fourteen Major Arcana [[tarot cards]], based on the Rider-Waite deck.<ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/> He explained that his interest in tarot was grounded in an attraction to the symbolism rather than the idea of divination.<ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/> The cards depict each member of the band in a surrealistic tableaux.<ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/> Each one was reinterpreted to reflect the iconography of the album.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> For instance, The Emperor is shown with prosthetic legs and clutching a rifle while sitting in a wheelchair in front of an American flag; The Fool is depicted walking off a cliff, with grainy images of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and a JFK campaign poster in the background; and Justice weighs The Bible against the Brain.<ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/> The album's inner sleeve contains nine of these cards: The Magician, The Devil, The Emperor, The Hermit, The Fool, Justice, The High Priestess, Death, and The Hierophant.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/><ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/> The remaining extant cards include The Star, The World, The Tower, and The Hanged Man.<ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/>  

Manson also commissioned a redesigned set of fourteen Major Arcana [[tarot cards]], based on the Rider-Waite deck.<ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/> He explained that his interest in tarot was grounded in an attraction to the symbolism rather than the idea of divination.<ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/> The cards depict each member of the band in a surrealistic tableaux.<ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/> Each one was reinterpreted to reflect the iconography of the album.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> For instance, The Emperor is shown with prosthetic legs and clutching a rifle while sitting in a wheelchair in front of an American flag; The Fool is depicted walking off a cliff, with grainy images of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and a JFK campaign poster in the background; and Justice weighs The Bible against the Brain.<ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/> The album's inner sleeve contains nine of these cards: The Magician, The Devil, The Emperor, The Hermit, The Fool, Justice, The High Priestess, Death, and The Hierophant.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/><ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/> The remaining extant cards include The Star, The World, The Tower, and The Hanged Man.<ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/>  

The cover art, which portrays Manson as a crucified Jesus Christ with a torn-off mandible, is intended as a criticism of censorship and America's obsession with media martyrs.<ref name="VH1.com"/> It is a cropped version of the reinterpreted Hanged Man card.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> Beneath it is an obscured copy of the coroner's report of John F. Kennedy, showing the words "clinical record" and "autopsy".<ref name="Christ almighty">{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/2959 |title=Christ Almighty! |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |date=2000-09-26 |accessdate=2011-03-30}}</ref> The Marilyn Manson typeface uses the same font as the Disney World logo of the 1960s.<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Manson explained his choice for the cover further: "I think it's more offensive to Christians for me to say, 'I believe in the story of Christ and I enjoy the images that you present, but for different reasons than you'. I've taken my own interpretation, that's more offensive than ''Antichrist Superstar'', and just completely disvaluing it. I'm going to turn a bunch of kids onto Christianity in my own sick, twisted way."<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/>  

The cover art, which portrays Manson as a crucified Jesus Christ with a torn-off mandible, is intended as a criticism of censorship and America's obsession with media martyrs.<ref name="VH1.com"/> It is a cropped version of the reinterpreted Hanged Man card.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> Beneath it is an obscured copy of the coroner's report of John F. Kennedy, showing the words "clinical record" and "autopsy".<ref name="Christ almighty">{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/2959 |title=Christ Almighty! |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |date=2000-09-26 |accessdate=2011-03-30}}</ref> The Marilyn Manson typeface uses the same font as the Disney World logo of the 1960s.<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Manson explained his choice for the cover further: "I think it's more offensive to Christians for me to say, 'I believe in the story of Christ and I enjoy the images that you present, but for different reasons than you'. I've taken my own interpretation, that's more offensive than ''Antichrist Superstar'', and just completely disvaluing it. I'm going to turn a bunch of kids onto Christianity in my own sick, twisted way."<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/>  

The cover generated controversy upon release. Some copies were issued with a cardboard sleeve featuring an alternative cover, as some retailers refused to stock the album with the original artwork.<ref name="MAMM">{{cite interview |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |subjectlink=Marilyn Manson |interviewer=Carson Daly |title=Mothers Against Marilyn Manson |callsign =MTV |city=New York |date=2000-11-15 |program=''Total Request Live (TRL)'' |accessdate=2010-12-06}}</ref><ref name="VH1 Two Chains Balk At Marilyn Manson Album Cover">{{cite web |last=Schumacher-Rasmussen |first=Eric |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1224369/20001114/index.jhtml |title=Newsbrief: Two Chains Balk At Marilyn Manson Album Cover |publisher=VH1 |date=2000-11-14 |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref> A pastor in Memphis, Tennessee, threatened to go on hunger strike unless the record was pulled from the shelves.<ref name="No More Mister Nasty Guy">{{cite journal |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |last2= |first2= |date=2001-02-01 |title=No More Mister Nasty Guy |journal=Hot Press |volume=25 |issue=02 |pages= |publisher= |doi= |url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/443721.html |accessdate=2011-04-30}}</ref> Manson described these actions as attempts at censorship and stated that "the irony is that my point of the photo on the album was to show people that the crucifixion of Christ is, indeed, a violent image. My jaw is missing as a symbol of this very kind of censorship. This doesn't piss me off as much as it pleases me, because those offended by my album cover have successfully proven my point."<ref name="VH1 Two Chains Balk At Marilyn Manson Album Cover"/><ref name="autogenerated40"/> For this reason, ''Gigwise'' ranked the cover 16th on their list of ''The 50 Most Controversial Album Covers Of All Time!''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/photos/41675/31/The-50-Most-Controversial-Album-Covers-Of-All-Time |title=The 50 Most Controversial Album Covers Of All Time! |publisher=''Gigwise'' |accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref>

The cover generated controversy upon release. Some copies were issued with a cardboard sleeve featuring an alternative cover, as some retailers refused to stock the album with the original artwork.<ref name="MAMM">{{cite interview |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |subjectlink=Marilyn Manson |interviewer=Carson Daly |title=Mothers Against Marilyn Manson |callsign =MTV |city=New York |date=2000-11-15 |program=''Total Request Live (TRL)'' |accessdate=2010-12-06}}</ref><ref name="VH1 Two Chains Balk At Marilyn Manson Album Cover">{{cite web |last=Schumacher-Rasmussen |first=Eric |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1224369/20001114/index.jhtml |title=Newsbrief: Two Chains Balk At Marilyn Manson Album Cover |publisher=VH1 |date=2000-11-14 |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref> A pastor in Memphis, Tennessee, threatened to go on hunger strike unless the record was pulled from the shelves.<ref name="No More Mister Nasty Guy">{{cite journal |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |last2= |first2= |date=2001-02-01 |title=No More Mister Nasty Guy |journal=Hot Press |volume=25 |issue=02 |pages= |publisher= |doi= |url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/443721.html |accessdate=2011-04-30}}</ref> Manson described these actions as attempts at censorship and stated that "the irony is that my point of the photo on the album was to show people that the crucifixion of Christ is, indeed, a violent image. My jaw is missing as a symbol of this very kind of censorship. This doesn't piss me off as much as it pleases me, because those offended by my album cover have successfully proven my point."<ref name="VH1 Two Chains Balk At Marilyn Manson Album Cover"/><ref name="autogenerated40"/> For this reason, ''Gigwise'' ranked the cover 16th on their list of ''The 50 Most Controversial Album Covers Of All Time!''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/photos/41675/31/The-50-Most-Controversial-Album-Covers-Of-All-Time |title=The 50 Most Controversial Album Covers Of All Time! |publisher=''Gigwise'' |accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref>

Due to the controversy that surrounded the packaging, three different covers for this album exist. The standard cover depicted Manson as The Hanged Man, the censored UK cover depicted "stains" on its cover, and a alternate sleeve release depicted a jawless Manson on the front, and the aforementioned "stains" on the back.

Due to the controversy that surrounded the packaging, three different covers for this album exist. The standard cover depicted Manson as The Hanged Man, the censored UK cover depicted "stains" on its cover, and a alternate sleeve release depicted a jawless Manson on the front, and the aforementioned "stains" on the back.

''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' was released in three physical formats. The standard jewel case CD release contains a single Enhanced CD, a gatefold booklet, and a card stock outer slipcase.<ref name="Amazon"/> The limited UK edition CD features a bonus track acoustic version of "The Nobodies", while the limited Japanese edition CD contains both the UK bonus track and a live rendition of the song "Mechanical Animals" as bonus material.<ref name="Amazon2">{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Wood-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B00004X0CR/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1301657163&sr=1-2 |title=Holy Wood (Extra Tracks, Import)|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> Universal Music Japan released an Original Recording Remastered version of the album in Super High Material CD (SHM-CD) on December 3, 2008, and a limited edition 10th-anniversary commemorative reissue in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Wood-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B001GM7GEO/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1301658632&sr=1-10 |title=Holy Wood (Original Recording Remastered, Import)|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_46?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=holy+wood+in+the+shadow+of+the+valley+of+death&x=0&y=0&sprefix=holy+wood+in+the+shadow+of+the+valley+of+death |title=Holy Wood Amazon Search|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/HOLY-SHADOW-VALLEY-DEATH-ltd-reissue/dp/B003K3HCIM/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1301657163&sr=1-6 |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) Limited Reissue|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> The LP vinyl release was pressed on two black discs contained in a gatefold paperboard slipcase.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Shadow-Valley-Death-Vinyl/dp/B000051Y1F/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1301657163&sr=1-5 |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) Vinyl|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> The Compact Cassette release contained a single cassette tape, a gatefold booklet and a card stock outer slipcase.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Wood-Shadow-Valley-Death/dp/B000051Y0V/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1301657163&sr=1-4 |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) Audio Casette |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref>

''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' was released in three physical formats. The standard jewel case CD release contains a single Enhanced CD, a gatefold booklet, and a card stock outer slipcase.<ref name="Amazon"/> The limited UK edition CD features a bonus track acoustic version of "The Nobodies", while the limited Japanese edition CD contains both the UK bonus track and a live rendition of the song "Mechanical Animals" as bonus material.<ref name="Amazon2">{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Wood-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B00004X0CR/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1301657163&sr=1-2 |title=Holy Wood (Extra Tracks, Import)|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> Universal Music Japan released an Original Recording Remastered version of the album in Super High Material CD (SHM-CD) on December 3, 2008, and a limited edition 10th-anniversary commemorative reissue in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Wood-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B001GM7GEO/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1301658632&sr=1-10 |title=Holy Wood (Original Recording Remastered, Import)|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_46?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=holy+wood+in+the+shadow+of+the+valley+of+death&x=0&y=0&sprefix=holy+wood+in+the+shadow+of+the+valley+of+death |title=Holy Wood Amazon Search|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/HOLY-SHADOW-VALLEY-DEATH-ltd-reissue/dp/B003K3HCIM/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1301657163&sr=1-6 |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) Limited Reissue|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> The LP vinyl release was pressed on two black discs contained in a gatefold paperboard slipcase.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Shadow-Valley-Death-Vinyl/dp/B000051Y1F/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1301657163&sr=1-5 |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) Vinyl|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> The Compact Cassette release contained a single cassette tape, a gatefold booklet and a card stock outer slipcase.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Wood-Shadow-Valley-Death/dp/B000051Y0V/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1301657163&sr=1-4 |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) Audio Casette |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref>

A digital version, in MP3 format, has been available from Amazon.com since November 14, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Shadow-Valley-Death-Explicit/dp/B000W1UFY8/ref=mb_oe_o |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) MP3 Download |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref>

A digital version, in MP3 format, has been available from Amazon.com since November 14, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Shadow-Valley-Death-Explicit/dp/B000W1UFY8/ref=mb_oe_o |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) MP3 Download |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref>

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Barry Walters of ''Rolling Stone'' said that the "The band truly rocks: Its malevolent groove fleshes out its leader's usual complaints with an exhilarating swagger that's the essence of rock ''and'' roll."<ref name="rollingstonehwreview"/> ''LA Weekly'' was similarly impressed and pointed out the songs "almost all contain a double-take chord change or a textural overdose or a mind-blowing bridge, and they'll be terroristic in concert."<ref name="metacriticreviews">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/holy-wood-in-the-shadow-of-the-valley-of-death/critic-reviews |title=Critic Reviews for Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) – Marilyn Manson |publisher=Metacritic |date= |accessdate=2010-11-22}}</ref> ''Revolver'' magazine editor Christopher Scapelliti was most impressed by the record's earnestness, and stated that "For all ''Holy Wood's'' well-tempered melodies and drunken pandemonium, what comes across loudest on the album is not the music but the sense of injury expressed in Manson's lyrics. Like ''Plastic Ono Band'', John Lennon's bare-boned solo debut, ''Holy Wood'' screams with a primal fury that's evident even in its quietest moments."<ref name="Revolver Dark Angel"/> According to ''Billboard'' magazine, the album proved that Manson is "one of the most skilled lyricists in rock today."<ref name="metacriticreviews"/>  

Barry Walters of ''Rolling Stone'' said that the "The band truly rocks: Its malevolent groove fleshes out its leader's usual complaints with an exhilarating swagger that's the essence of rock ''and'' roll."<ref name="rollingstonehwreview"/> ''LA Weekly'' was similarly impressed and pointed out the songs "almost all contain a double-take chord change or a textural overdose or a mind-blowing bridge, and they'll be terroristic in concert."<ref name="metacriticreviews">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/holy-wood-in-the-shadow-of-the-valley-of-death/critic-reviews |title=Critic Reviews for Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) – Marilyn Manson |publisher=Metacritic |date= |accessdate=2010-11-22}}</ref> ''Revolver'' magazine editor Christopher Scapelliti was most impressed by the record's earnestness, and stated that "For all ''Holy Wood's'' well-tempered melodies and drunken pandemonium, what comes across loudest on the album is not the music but the sense of injury expressed in Manson's lyrics. Like ''Plastic Ono Band'', John Lennon's bare-boned solo debut, ''Holy Wood'' screams with a primal fury that's evident even in its quietest moments."<ref name="Revolver Dark Angel"/> According to ''Billboard'' magazine, the album proved that Manson is "one of the most skilled lyricists in rock today."<ref name="metacriticreviews"/>  

Other critics found larger shortcomings with the album. Drowned in Sound, which assigns a normalized rating out of 10, gave the album a score of 10. They noted, however, "There [are] a number of criticisms that could come Marilyn Manson's way: too much more of the same, too much philosophical posing, too much sloganeering. Regardless, all this needs to attain perfection is a few minutes shaved off of the overall running time ... [and] lyrically it actually says something intelligent for once and musically it has a lot more variation and scope than the Limp Bizkits of the world."<ref name="drownedinsoundhwreview">{{cite web|last=Price |first=Dale |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2449/reviews/218-?search |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) |work=''Drowned in Sound'' |publisher=Silentway Ltd. |date=2000-11-13 |accessdate=2011-03-11}}</ref> PopMatters agreed and stated, "The central flaw of ''Holy Wood'' is that the power of its message, an important and provocative one, is watered down by its artistic pretensions. While ''Holy Wood'' is often affecting, it would be a better album if it was shorter and dealt with its subject matter directly, instead of through the veil of the 'concept album'."<ref name="Robinson"/> Robert Hilburn of the ''Los Angeles Times'' was also disappointed that ''Holy Wood'' did not live up to "the promise of ''Mechanical Animals''." In sharp contrast to Erlewine, he viewed the musical cross-pollination of ''Antichrist Superstar'' and ''Mechanical Animals'' as confusion on the band's part on "where to turn [musically], as if uncertain which is the right move commercially in a rock world taken over by Limp Bizkit and Eminem." He concluded that "[t]his is music that sounds reasonable on the radio but crumbles under scrutiny."<ref name="LAT">{{cite web|last=Hilburn |first=Robert |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/12/entertainment/ca-50539 |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) ''LA Times Record Rack'' review |publisher=''Los Angeles Times'' |date=2000-11-12 |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref>

Other critics found larger shortcomings with the album. Drowned in Sound, which assigns a normalized rating out of 10, gave the album a score of 10. They noted, however, "There [are] a number of criticisms that could come Marilyn Manson's way: too much more of the same, too much philosophical posing, too much sloganeering. Regardless, all this needs to attain perfection is a few minutes shaved off of the overall running time ... [and] lyrically it actually says something intelligent for once and musically it has a lot more variation and scope than the Limp Bizkits of the world."<ref name="drownedinsoundhwreview">{{cite web|last=Price |first=Dale |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2449/reviews/218-?search |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) |work=''Drowned in Sound'' |publisher=Silentway Ltd. |date=2000-11-13 |accessdate=2011-03-11}}</ref> PopMatters agreed and stated, "The central flaw of ''Holy Wood'' is that the power of its message, an important and provocative one, is watered down by its artistic pretensions. While ''Holy Wood'' is often affecting, it would be a better album if it was shorter and dealt with its subject matter directly, instead of through the veil of the 'concept album'."<ref name="Robinson"/> Robert Hilburn of the ''Los Angeles Times'' was also disappointed that ''Holy Wood'' did not live up to "the promise of ''Mechanical Animals''." In sharp contrast to Erlewine, he viewed the musical cross-pollination of ''Antichrist Superstar'' and ''Mechanical Animals'' as confusion on the band's part on "where to turn [musically], as if uncertain which is the right move commercially in a rock world taken over by Limp Bizkit and Eminem." He concluded that "[t]his is music that sounds reasonable on the radio but crumbles under scrutiny."<ref name="LAT">{{cite web|last=Hilburn |first=Robert |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/12/entertainment/ca-50539 |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) ''LA Times Record Rack'' review |publisher=''Los Angeles Times'' |date=2000-11-12 |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref>

Joshua Klein of ''The A.V. Club'' found himself wholly unconvinced, and remarked that "[This] sort of agitprop is thoroughly predictable, and the only thing that could prove shocking about Manson's antics would be if the singer actually evinced any power over his followers. Here, he seems entranced by his own power, which may be why his dark worldview sounds baseless even as he offers sharp hooks others would kill for."<ref>{{cite web|last=Klein |first=Joshua |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/marilyn-manson-holy-wood-in-the-shadow-of-the-vall,21967/ |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) AV Club music review |publisher=''The A.V. Club'' |date=2000-11-14 |accessdate=2011-03-09}}</ref>

Joshua Klein of ''The A.V. Club'' found himself wholly unconvinced, and remarked that "[This] sort of agitprop is thoroughly predictable, and the only thing that could prove shocking about Manson's antics would be if the singer actually evinced any power over his followers. Here, he seems entranced by his own power, which may be why his dark worldview sounds baseless even as he offers sharp hooks others would kill for."<ref>{{cite web|last=Klein |first=Joshua |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/marilyn-manson-holy-wood-in-the-shadow-of-the-vall,21967/ |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) AV Club music review |publisher=''The A.V. Club'' |date=2000-11-14 |accessdate=2011-03-09}}</ref>

Since early critical appraisal of ''Holy Wood'' was far less favorable than the band's previous effort, ''Mechanical Animals'', many critics and retailers questioned if the band still carried appeal in the music scene of the early 2000's. Best Buy's sales projections in 2000 estimated its first week sales would be around 150,000 units nationally, significantly less than the 223,000 units sold by ''Mechanical Animals'' in its first week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/20/entertainment/ca-54571/3 |title=Marilyn Manson May Be In for a Shock |publisher=''Los Angeles Times'' |date=2000-11-20 |accessdate=2010-12-08}}</ref> In the US, the album debuted and peaked at № 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200, with first week sales of 117,000, initially making it a commercial disappointment.<ref name="RS Manson Golden at Number One">{{cite web|last=Dansby |first=Andrew |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/manson-golden-at-number-one-20030521 |title=Manson Golden at Number One |publisher=''Rolling Stone'' |date=2003-05-21 |accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref> Lackluster performance continued to plague the album and, by its second week, it had dropped a massive 47 spots; barely staying inside the Top 60 at the № 60 position.<ref name="Billboard Holy Wood charting"/> The album's free fall charting trajectory slowed considerably by the following week with a № 76 finish but continued, nevertheless, and by the fourth week it dropped another 25 spots (out of the Top 100 altogether) into № 101.<ref name="Billboard Holy Wood charting"/> It ended the year with an exit from the Top 130 by charting at № 133.<ref name="Billboard Holy Wood charting"/>  

Since early critical appraisal of ''Holy Wood'' was far less favorable than the band's previous effort, ''Mechanical Animals'', many critics and retailers questioned if the band still carried appeal in the music scene of the early 2000's. Best Buy's sales projections in 2000 estimated its first week sales would be around 150,000 units nationally, significantly less than the 223,000 units sold by ''Mechanical Animals'' in its first week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/20/entertainment/ca-54571/3 |title=Marilyn Manson May Be In for a Shock |publisher=''Los Angeles Times'' |date=2000-11-20 |accessdate=2010-12-08}}</ref> In the US, the album debuted and peaked at № 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200, with first week sales of 117,000, initially making it a commercial disappointment.<ref name="RS Manson Golden at Number One">{{cite web|last=Dansby |first=Andrew |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/manson-golden-at-number-one-20030521 |title=Manson Golden at Number One |publisher=''Rolling Stone'' |date=2003-05-21 |accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref> Lackluster performance continued to plague the album and, by its second week, it had dropped a massive 47 spots; barely staying inside the Top 60 at the № 60 position.<ref name="Billboard Holy Wood charting"/> The album's free fall charting trajectory slowed considerably by the following week with a № 76 finish but continued, nevertheless, and by the fourth week it dropped another 25 spots (out of the Top 100 altogether) into № 101.<ref name="Billboard Holy Wood charting"/> It ended the year with an exit from the Top 130 by charting at № 133.<ref name="Billboard Holy Wood charting"/>  

Seventeen months after ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s release, Manson commented on the album's lackluster US sales.<ref name="Kerrang Paranoia, Jail Sentences, September 11 and Kittens"/> He attributed the lack of commercial appeal to the musical climate of the time, but argued that it stood up comparatively well to contemporary albums of the rock genre.<ref name="Kerrang Paranoia, Jail Sentences, September 11 and Kittens"/> He also noted that the band's US sales figures are usually in the region of one or two million records, "and if I sell less than that I don't think it's such a disaster as if I were to sell seven or eight million records and then go on to sell just half a million records. So there was no disappointment for me."<ref name="Kerrang Paranoia, Jail Sentences, September 11 and Kittens">{{cite journal |last1=Winwood |first1=Ian |date=2002-03-23 |title=Paranoia, Jail Sentences, September 11 and Kittens? |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=896 |pages= |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-05-02}}</ref>

Seventeen months after ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s release, Manson commented on the album's lackluster US sales.<ref name="Kerrang Paranoia, Jail Sentences, September 11 and Kittens"/> He attributed the lack of commercial appeal to the musical climate of the time, but argued that it stood up comparatively well to contemporary albums of the rock genre.<ref name="Kerrang Paranoia, Jail Sentences, September 11 and Kittens"/> He also noted that the band's US sales figures are usually in the region of one or two million records, "and if I sell less than that I don't think it's such a disaster as if I were to sell seven or eight million records and then go on to sell just half a million records. So there was no disappointment for me."<ref name="Kerrang Paranoia, Jail Sentences, September 11 and Kittens">{{cite journal |last1=Winwood |first1=Ian |date=2002-03-23 |title=Paranoia, Jail Sentences, September 11 and Kittens? |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=896 |pages= |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-05-02}}</ref>

In 2001 ''Kerrang!'' named ''Holy Wood'' the year's "Best Album" at their annual Kerrang! Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1513974.stm |title=Manson wins Kerrang! honour |publisher=BBC News |date=2001-08-28 |accessdate=2010-11-19}}</ref> During the ceremony, at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, Manson sardonically remarked that "[there is] nothing like a good school shooting to inspire a record" as he collected the award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/9124 |title='Holy' Shitstorm! |publisher=''NME'' |date=2001-08-29 |accessdate=2011-03-31}}</ref>  

In 2001 ''Kerrang!'' named ''Holy Wood'' the year's "Best Album" at their annual Kerrang! Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1513974.stm |title=Manson wins Kerrang! honour |publisher=BBC News |date=2001-08-28 |accessdate=2010-11-19}}</ref> During the ceremony, at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, Manson sardonically remarked that "[there is] nothing like a good school shooting to inspire a record" as he collected the award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/9124 |title='Holy' Shitstorm! |publisher=''NME'' |date=2001-08-29 |accessdate=2011-03-31}}</ref>  

''Kerrang!'' ranked ''Holy Wood'' 9th in their list of Albums of the Year 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html |title=''Kerrang!'' Albums Of The Year 2000 |publisher=''Kerrang!'' |accessdate=2011-03-06}}</ref>  British magazine ''NME'' ranked the album 34th in their critic's picks for the 50 Best Albums of 2000 in their "Decade In Music" series, calling it "A series of heroic rallying cries for the disenfranchised, while also baiting the American Far Right for all it's worth."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&p=7530&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 |title=50 best albums of 2000 |publisher=''NME'' |date=2009-06-11 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> The record ranked 30th in the Critics Top 50<ref>{{cite web|urlhttp://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/mes99.htm#2000k |title=Kritiker Top 50 die fünfzig besten Alben 2000 |publisher=''Musik Express/Sounds'' |accessdate=2011-03-06 |language=German}}</ref> and 9th in the Popular Poll<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/mes99.htm#2000l |title=Pop Poll 2000 Album des Jahres |publisher=''Musik Express/Sounds'' |accessdate=2011-03-06 |language=German}}</ref> of German magazine ''Musik Express/Sounds'' in their Albums of the Year 2000. The French edition of the British magazine ''Rock Sound'' ranked ''Holy Wood'' 15th in the ''Le choix de la rédaction'' ("Editor's choice") and 5th in ''Le choix des lecteurs'' ("Reader's choice") of their ''Choix des critiques'' ("Critic's choice") Albums of the Year 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disques.de.l.annee.free.fr/rocksoun.html#2000 |title=''Rock Sound'' Choix des critiques depuis 1993 |publisher=''Rock Sound'' |accessdate=2011-03-06 |language=French }}</ref> British magazine ''Record Collector'' also listed the album among their ''Best of 2000'' list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/recordcollector.htm |title=10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century |issue=#257 |publisher=''Record Collector'' |accessdate=2011-03-06}}</ref>

''Kerrang!'' ranked ''Holy Wood'' 9th in their list of Albums of the Year 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html |title=''Kerrang!'' Albums Of The Year 2000 |publisher=''Kerrang!'' |accessdate=2011-03-06}}</ref>  British magazine ''NME'' ranked the album 34th in their critic's picks for the 50 Best Albums of 2000 in their "Decade In Music" series, calling it "A series of heroic rallying cries for the disenfranchised, while also baiting the American Far Right for all it's worth."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&p=7530&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 |title=50 best albums of 2000 |publisher=''NME'' |date=2009-06-11 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> The record ranked 30th in the Critics Top 50<ref>{{cite web|urlhttp://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/mes99.htm#2000k |title=Kritiker Top 50 die fünfzig besten Alben 2000 |publisher=''Musik Express/Sounds'' |accessdate=2011-03-06 |language=German}}</ref> and 9th in the Popular Poll<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/mes99.htm#2000l |title=Pop Poll 2000 Album des Jahres |publisher=''Musik Express/Sounds'' |accessdate=2011-03-06 |language=German}}</ref> of German magazine ''Musik Express/Sounds'' in their Albums of the Year 2000. The French edition of the British magazine ''Rock Sound'' ranked ''Holy Wood'' 15th in the ''Le choix de la rédaction'' ("Editor's choice") and 5th in ''Le choix des lecteurs'' ("Reader's choice") of their ''Choix des critiques'' ("Critic's choice") Albums of the Year 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disques.de.l.annee.free.fr/rocksoun.html#2000 |title=''Rock Sound'' Choix des critiques depuis 1993 |publisher=''Rock Sound'' |accessdate=2011-03-06 |language=French }}</ref> British magazine ''Record Collector'' also listed the album among their ''Best of 2000'' list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/recordcollector.htm |title=10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century |issue=#257 |publisher=''Record Collector'' |accessdate=2011-03-06}}</ref>

On their November 10, 2010, issue, ''Kerrang!'' published a 10th-anniversary commemorative piece on the album titled "Screaming For Vengeance",<ref name="autogenerated40"/> in which they described the record as "Manson's finest hour". It went on to note that "Set against the backdrop of what the rest of the rock and metal world were attempting at the turn of the century—Limp Bizkit were parading their jockishness with ''Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water'' and Disturbed were unveiling their contrived anger with ''The Sickness'', for example—it put the singer into a league of his own ... [and] a decade on, there has still not been as eloquent and savage a musical attack on the media and mainstream culture as Manson achieved with ''Holy Wood'' ... [It is] still scathingly relevant today ... perhaps that's where ''Holy Wood'' achieved its greatest success. In deflecting the attention that was targeted at him back onto the media, they reacted exactly as he knew they would: by blustering and further exposing their own inadequacies ... The shame of it all, though, is that so little has changed. That the album is still so relevant today suggests it failed in its task of changing attitudes. That it exists at all, though, is a credit to a man who refused to sit and take it, but instead come out swinging."<ref name="autogenerated40"/>

On their November 10, 2010, issue, ''Kerrang!'' published a 10th-anniversary commemorative piece on the album titled "Screaming For Vengeance",<ref name="autogenerated40"/> in which they described the record as "Manson's finest hour". It went on to note that "Set against the backdrop of what the rest of the rock and metal world were attempting at the turn of the century—Limp Bizkit were parading their jockishness with ''Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water'' and Disturbed were unveiling their contrived anger with ''The Sickness'', for example—it put the singer into a league of his own ... [and] a decade on, there has still not been as eloquent and savage a musical attack on the media and mainstream culture as Manson achieved with ''Holy Wood'' ... [It is] still scathingly relevant today ... perhaps that's where ''Holy Wood'' achieved its greatest success. In deflecting the attention that was targeted at him back onto the media, they reacted exactly as he knew they would: by blustering and further exposing their own inadequacies ... The shame of it all, though, is that so little has changed. That the album is still so relevant today suggests it failed in its task of changing attitudes. That it exists at all, though, is a credit to a man who refused to sit and take it, but instead come out swinging."<ref name="autogenerated40"/>

:''Main article: [[Guns, God and Government]]''

:''Main article: [[Guns, God and Government]]''

To support the release of the album, the band staged a worldwide stadium tour, three days after the album's original release date and seventeen days ahead of the album's actual launch, titled the Guns, God and Government Tour.<ref name="LAWeeklyPage2"/><ref name="NME Give Em Enough Pope"/> Beginning on October 27, 2000, and lasting until September 2, 2001, the tour included six legs, spanning Eurasia, Japan, and North America, with a total of 107 completed shows out of the 109 planned.<ref name="LAWeeklyPage2">{{cite web|last=Burk |first=Greg |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2001-01-18/news/marilyn-a-re-examination/2/ |title=Marilyn:A Re-Examination (page 2) |publisher=''LA Weekly'' |date=2001-01-18 |accessdate=2010-08-22}}</ref> Typical of the band, the concerts were extremely theatrical,<ref name="NME Give Em Enough Pope"/> with an average show lasting for 1 hour and 40 minutes. The sets were designed with communist, religious, and "[[Celebritarian Corporation|Celebritarian]]" imagery in mind.<ref name="Kerrang A Day in the Life of Marilyn Manson">{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=2000-02-10 |title=A Day in the Life of Marilyn Manson |journal=''Kerrang!'' |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-20}}</ref> Manson had several costume changes throughout the sets, ranging from a Bishop's dalmatic and mitre (often confused for Papal regalia); a costume made from taxidermied animal anatomies (for example, an epaulette made from a horse's tail and a shirt made from skinned goat heads and ostrich spines); his signature black leather corset, g-string, and garter stocking ensemble; an elaborate Roman legionary-style Imperial galea; an Allgemeine SS-style peaked police cap; a black-and-white fur coat; and a giant rising conical skirt that lifted him 12 meters (40 feet) into the air.<ref name="NME Give Em Enough Pope"/><ref>{{cite journal |date=2000-10-26 |title=Marilyn Manson Muses On Politics As He Prepares For Tour |journal=''Star Tribune'' |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher=Michael J. Klingensmith |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-16}}</ref><ref name="VH1 Metal Scrape Metal">{{cite web|last=Mancini |first=Robert |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1444450/20010612/index.jhtml |title=Metal Scrapes Against Metal At Ozzfest Opener |publisher=VH1 |date=2001-06-12 |accessdate=2011-05-02}}</ref>

To support the release of the album, the band staged a worldwide stadium tour, three days after the album's original release date and seventeen days ahead of the album's actual launch, titled the Guns, God and Government Tour.<ref name="LAWeeklyPage2"/><ref name="NME Give Em Enough Pope"/> Beginning on October 27, 2000, and lasting until September 2, 2001, the tour included six legs, spanning Eurasia, Japan, and North America, with a total of 107 completed shows out of the 109 planned.<ref name="LAWeeklyPage2">{{cite web|last=Burk |first=Greg |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2001-01-18/news/marilyn-a-re-examination/2/ |title=Marilyn:A Re-Examination (page 2) |publisher=''LA Weekly'' |date=2001-01-18 |accessdate=2010-08-22}}</ref> Typical of the band, the concerts were extremely theatrical,<ref name="NME Give Em Enough Pope"/> with an average show lasting for 1 hour and 40 minutes. The sets were designed with communist, religious, and "[[Celebritarian Corporation|Celebritarian]]" imagery in mind.<ref name="Kerrang A Day in the Life of Marilyn Manson">{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=2000-02-10 |title=A Day in the Life of Marilyn Manson |journal=''Kerrang!'' |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-20}}</ref> Manson had several costume changes throughout the sets, ranging from a Bishop's dalmatic and mitre (often confused for Papal regalia); a costume made from taxidermied animal anatomies (for example, an epaulette made from a horse's tail and a shirt made from skinned goat heads and ostrich spines); his signature black leather corset, g-string, and garter stocking ensemble; an elaborate Roman legionary-style Imperial galea; an Allgemeine SS-style peaked police cap; a black-and-white fur coat; and a giant rising conical skirt that lifted him 12 meters (40 feet) into the air.<ref name="NME Give Em Enough Pope"/><ref>{{cite journal |date=2000-10-26 |title=Marilyn Manson Muses On Politics As He Prepares For Tour |journal=''Star Tribune'' |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher=Michael J. Klingensmith |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-16}}</ref><ref name="VH1 Metal Scrape Metal">{{cite web|last=Mancini |first=Robert |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1444450/20010612/index.jhtml |title=Metal Scrapes Against Metal At Ozzfest Opener |publisher=VH1 |date=2001-06-12 |accessdate=2011-05-02}}</ref>

Two concert films depicting the worldwide tour were recorded. The ''[[Guns, God and Government]]'' DVD, released by Eagle Rock Entertainment on October 29, 2002, featured live concert footage spliced from performances in Los Angeles, Europe, Russia, and Japan.<ref name="AmazonGGGDVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Marilyn-Manson-Guns-Government-World/dp/B00005U2JL/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301296337&sr=8-1 |title=Marilyn Manson – Guns, God and Government World Tour (2001)|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref><ref name="MTVGGGDVD">{{cite web |last=LeVasseur |first=Andrea |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/217688/moviemain.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson: Guns, God and Government World Tour |publisher=MTV |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref> It also included a 30-minute behind-the-scenes featurette titled ''The Death Parade'', with guest appearances from Ozzy Osbourne and Eminem.<ref name="MTVGGGDVD"/> Seven years later, it was followed by ''[[Guns, God, and Government – Live in L.A.]]'' Released on Blu-ray format by Eagle Rock Entertainment division Eagle Records on November 17, 2009, it depicted the sixteen-song set of the Los Angeles performance in its entirety.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Marilyn-Manson-Government-L-Blu-ray/dp/B002OOG6YY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1301296337&sr=8-3 |title=Marilyn Manson: Guns, God and Government - Live in L.A. [Blu-ray] (2009)|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Seibert |first=Perry |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/437258/moviemain.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson: Guns, God and Government - Live in L.A. |publisher=MTV |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref>

Two concert films depicting the worldwide tour were recorded. The ''[[Guns, God and Government]]'' DVD, released by Eagle Rock Entertainment on October 29, 2002, featured live concert footage spliced from performances in Los Angeles, Europe, Russia, and Japan.<ref name="AmazonGGGDVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Marilyn-Manson-Guns-Government-World/dp/B00005U2JL/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301296337&sr=8-1 |title=Marilyn Manson – Guns, God and Government World Tour (2001)|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref><ref name="MTVGGGDVD">{{cite web |last=LeVasseur |first=Andrea |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/217688/moviemain.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson: Guns, God and Government World Tour |publisher=MTV |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref> It also included a 30-minute behind-the-scenes featurette titled ''The Death Parade'', with guest appearances from Ozzy Osbourne and Eminem.<ref name="MTVGGGDVD"/> Seven years later, it was followed by ''[[Guns, God, and Government – Live in L.A.]]'' Released on Blu-ray format by Eagle Rock Entertainment division Eagle Records on November 17, 2009, it depicted the sixteen-song set of the Los Angeles performance in its entirety.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Marilyn-Manson-Government-L-Blu-ray/dp/B002OOG6YY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1301296337&sr=8-3 |title=Marilyn Manson: Guns, God and Government - Live in L.A. [Blu-ray] (2009)|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Seibert |first=Perry |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/437258/moviemain.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson: Guns, God and Government - Live in L.A. |publisher=MTV |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref>

All lyrics written by Manson.<ref name="Amazon">{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Wood-Shadow-Valley-Death/dp/B000050ITX/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1289904690&sr=1-1 |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) Enhanced|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref><ref name="allmusichwreview"/>

All lyrics written by Manson.<ref name="Amazon">{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Wood-Shadow-Valley-Death/dp/B000050ITX/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1289904690&sr=1-1 |title=Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) Enhanced|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref><ref name="allmusichwreview"/>

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* "[[Diamonds & Pollen]]" – 3:55

* "[[Diamonds & Pollen]]" – 3:55

* "[[Five to One]]" <small>(The Doors cover)</small> – 4:22

* "[[Five to One]]" <small>(The Doors cover)</small> – 4:22

The disc contains a data track which leads to a video no longer hosted by Interscope's website.<ref name="Amazon"/> This video was later included as a secret track on the companion DVD of ''[[Lest We Forget – The Best Of|Lest We Forget]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Lest-We-Forget-Best-Bonus/dp/B0002Y4T4W/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1289904991&sr=1-3 |title=Lest We Forget: The Best of (Bonus Dvd) (Coll) [Explicit Lyrics] |publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref>

The disc contains a data track which leads to a video no longer hosted by Interscope's website.<ref name="Amazon"/> This video was later included as a secret track on the companion DVD of ''[[Lest We Forget – The Best Of|Lest We Forget]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Lest-We-Forget-Best-Bonus/dp/B0002Y4T4W/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1289904991&sr=1-3 |title=Lest We Forget: The Best of (Bonus Dvd) (Coll) [Explicit Lyrics] |publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref>

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This version was dated August 3, 2000, and this copy was labeled "unmastered" and in "no particular order". "Love Love Song" contains additional spoken word intro, "Coma Black" does not contain the intro, "The Fall of Adam" is not a separate track, "Born Again" is not included.

This version was dated August 3, 2000, and this copy was labeled "unmastered" and in "no particular order". "Love Love Song" contains additional spoken word intro, "Coma Black" does not contain the intro, "The Fall of Adam" is not a separate track, "Born Again" is not included.

A short film known as ''[[Autopsy]]'' could be viewed by running a "START.exe" program included in the disk (in the same way one would run a similar program to listen to the hidden track "[[Untitled]]" on the previous album ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''. While the video, in which a dead Manson has a fetus removed from his skull during autopsy, was originally hosted on the Interscope website it is no longer featured there and can only be viewed as an easter egg on the [[Lest We Forget – The Best Of|Lest We Forget (The Best of)]] bonus DVD.

A short film known as ''[[Autopsy]]'' could be viewed by running a "START.exe" program included in the disk (in the same way one would run a similar program to listen to the hidden track "[[Untitled]]" on the previous album ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''. While the video, in which a dead Manson has a fetus removed from his skull during autopsy, was originally hosted on the Interscope website it is no longer featured there and can only be viewed as an easter egg on the [[Lest We Forget – The Best Of|Lest We Forget (The Best of)]] bonus DVD.

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<small>ALL LYRICS BY [[Marilyn Manson|M. MANSON]]  

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INFO: 7336 SANTA MONICA BLVD., #730, LOS ANGELES, CA 90046</small>

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* The front cover of the demo ''[[Big Black Bus]]'' features the band's first use of the term "Holy Wood", where the words "<small>HOLYWOOD PROD.</small>" can be seen on the side of the school bus. The term was later used in a July 28, 1999 post by Manson on [[MarilynManson.net]]'s message board, which opened with the line "Hello from the depths of Holy Wood..."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marilynmanson.com |title=''TOMORROW...AT LAST WE MEET AGAIN'' |publisher=[[MarilynManson.net]] |date=1999-07-28 |accessdate=2010-11-28}}</ref>

* The front cover of the demo ''[[Big Black Bus]]'' features the band's first use of the term "Holy Wood", where the words "<small>HOLYWOOD PROD.</small>" can be seen on the side of the school bus. The term was later used in a July 28, 1999 post by Manson on [[MarilynManson.net]]'s message board, which opened with the line "Hello from the depths of Holy Wood..."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marilynmanson.com |title=''TOMORROW...AT LAST WE MEET AGAIN'' |publisher=[[MarilynManson.net]] |date=1999-07-28 |accessdate=2010-11-28}}</ref>

* The liner foldout of ''Holy Wood'' appears in the ''X-Files'' episode "Empedocles," where it is recovered from the desk of a possessed office worker.

* The liner foldout of ''Holy Wood'' appears in the ''X-Files'' episode "Empedocles," where it is recovered from the desk of a possessed office worker.

* The term "Holy Wood" was once used in a poem by Aleister Crowley, to whom Marilyn Manson frequently references. It is also used as a mockery of Hollywood, as per the imagery in the album's cover art. 'Holywood Productions' was also painted on the side of the black bus in which Charles Manson traveled briefly in the 1960's before settling at Spahn Ranch. It simply a misspelling of the word Hollywood. 

* The term "Holy Wood" was once used in a poem by Aleister Crowley, to whom Marilyn Manson frequently references. It is also used as a mockery of Hollywood, as per the imagery in the album's cover art. 'Holywood Productions' was also painted on the side of the black bus in which Charles Manson traveled briefly in the 1960's before settling at Spahn Ranch. It simply a misspelling of the word Hollywood. 

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* [[Marilyn Manson: Mercury Web Address]]

* [[Marilyn Manson: Mercury Web Address]]

* [[Tarot cards]]

* [[Tarot cards]]