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{{Cquote|With ''[[The Pale Emperor]]'', [[Marilyn Manson]] finally realized the goth-metal album he had been threatening to make since he declared himself the "[[Antichrist Superstar]]" back in '96. All he needed was a little restraint. Where the Manson of yore reveled in over-the-top, garish showmanship — the first words he bellowed on his 1994 debut were "I am the God of Fuck" — the stately Pale Emperor, age 46, would rather swagger his way through eerie textures, primal drums and whining guitar to whisper about feeling lonely before, naturally, dubbing himself the "[[The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles|Mephistopheles of Los Angeles]]" on one of the record's standouts. Moody tracks like "[[Third Day of a Seven Day Binge]]" and "[[Odds of Even]]" serve as treatises on the after-effects of decadence, while the disco-ish "[[Deep Six]]" is the best dance-floor banger he's come up with since "[[The Beautiful People]]." Gone, though, are the thumping signposts of nu-metal (save a couple of cheeky one-liners), replaced instead with echoes of Bauhaus, [[David Bowie|Bowie]] and, most surprising, the blues. For once, Manson's true voice — husky, morose, full — shines through. Our boy's all grown up.|author=K.G.}}

{{Cquote|With ''[[The Pale Emperor]]'', [[Marilyn Manson]] finally realized the goth-metal album he had been threatening to make since he declared himself the "[[Antichrist Superstar]]" back in '96. All he needed was a little restraint. Where the Manson of yore reveled in over-the-top, garish showmanship — the first words he bellowed on his 1994 debut were "I am the God of Fuck" — the stately Pale Emperor, age 46, would rather swagger his way through eerie textures, primal drums and whining guitar to whisper about feeling lonely before, naturally, dubbing himself the "[[The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles|Mephistopheles of Los Angeles]]" on one of the record's standouts. Moody tracks like "[[Third Day of a Seven Day Binge]]" and "[[Odds of Even]]" serve as treatises on the after-effects of decadence, while the disco-ish "[[Deep Six]]" is the best dance-floor banger he's come up with since "[[The Beautiful People]]." Gone, though, are the thumping signposts of nu-metal (save a couple of cheeky one-liners), replaced instead with echoes of Bauhaus, [[David Bowie|Bowie]] and, most surprising, the blues. For once, Manson's true voice — husky, morose, full — shines through. Our boy's all grown up.|author=K.G.}}

* [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-best-metal-albums-of-2015-20151210/marilyn-manson-the-pale-emperor-20151209 20 Best Metal Albums of 2015: 1) Marilyn Manson, 'The Pale Emperor']

* [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-best-metal-albums-of-2015-20151210/marilyn-manson-the-pale-emperor-20151209 20 Best Metal Albums of 2015: 1) Marilyn Manson, 'The Pale Emperor']