Born Villain (album)
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| Studio album by Marilyn Manson | |||||
| Released | Autumn 2011[1] | ||||
| Recorded | 2009–January 2011 | ||||
| Label | Cooking Vinyl, Hell, etc. | ||||
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Born Villain by Marilyn Manson, expected to be released in 2011, entered the writing phase during The High End of Low Tour in 2009. Bassist Twiggy has projected a release date of 2011, when the album will be released through Cooking Vinyl and Marilyn Manson's own label Hell, etc..[2] The album will be Marilyn Manson's first since their contract with Interscope Records expired in late 2009.[3] Marilyn Manson attested that the lyrical content of the album will be "more romantic" yet "self-abusive,"[3] and described the sonic elements of the record as "suicide death metal."
In November of 2010,Twiggy Ramirez was quoted as saying "We've got a new album [that we're working on]. It's almost done. It'll probably be out next year. [...] It's our best record yet, I think. I mean, everyone always says that, but I think this is our best work so far... It's kind of like a little more of a punk rock Mechanical Animals without sounding too pretentious."
Contents
Background and development
The prospect of an eighth studio album by the band was first confirmed by the frontman himself during an interview with Metal Hammer on December 3, 2009.[3] He elaborated, "We've just been released from our record contract with Interscope so I think a lot of the creative control on which my hands were tied on a lot of choices—the music videos—things like that. And the first example is the newest video, they clearly wouldn't have allowed me to make that video. So we started writing new songs on the road—a bit like [David Bowie's album] Aladdin Sane—I think people can expect a new record a lot sooner than we [expected]."[3] According to Chris Vrenna, as of January 2010, the band is "just talking and coming up with concepts" for the album.[4] On January 24, 2010, Manson confirmed on the band's official MySpace profile that "the new album is officially in motion."[5]
In April 2010, during his appearance at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards, Manson divulged that the band had recorded 13 songs, one of which failed to appear in a television series about vampires.[6] Manson also referred to the album as "very death metal," and voiced interest in releasing the album differently than previous Marilyn Manson records.[6] He also indicated his friendship with Slayer as a vague influence on the record.[6] During an interview with Full Metal Jackie, he stated that the album was halfway finished.[7]
On May 7, 2010, both entertainer Rudy Coby and The Nachtkabarett's Nick Kushner were previewed material from the album, the latter describing it on Facebook as "fuckin hardcore." Elaborating on the band's musical direction, Manson commented on Twiggy being influenced by his touring experiences in 2009, particulary during the Rockstar Mayhem festival. Hugh Warner has described the album by stating:
| “ | It will make a vagina wet. What can you say after that? If the vagina's wet, all things are good. That's what he told me when I was listening to it. It's very hard, very heavy, very good. Everyone should be extremely excited and happy. | ” |
| MansonWiki exclusive interview with Hugh Warner conducted in August, 2010. | ||
During an interview with Eric Blair on November 03, 2010, bassist Twiggy Ramirez indicated that the new album was "almost done. It'll probably be out next year. [...] It's our best record yet, I think. I mean, everyone always says that, but I think this is our best work so far... It's kind of like a little more of a punk rock Mechanical Animals without sounding too pretentious."[8]
For much of the early half of 2011, Marilyn Manson removed himself from the public spotlight and ceased almost all communication with his fans or the outside world.[9] On February 24, 2011, Ginger Fish announced his resignation from the group, prompting a search for a replacement.[10] Meanwhile, on March 18, 2011, Marilyn Manson took a short break from his self-imposed sequestration by appearing in the music video for the song "Tempat Ku" by Brunei pop outfit D'Hask.[9] On March 23, 2011, he uploaded new pictures onto the band's Facebook page, in a different style of previous photos.[11] The new style suggested the 'new era' of Marilyn Manson had begun, further generating anticipation for the upcoming release.
Born Villain (film) and Campaign
- Main articles: Born Villain (film) and Campaign
Born Villain, a short film directed by actor Shia LaBeouf, was a promotional "trailer" released concomitantly for the then-upcoming album.[12] The idea for the film originated after Manson and LaBeouf struck up a friendship at a concert of The Kills.[13] The actor, who "has always been intrigued" with the singer, then offered to direct his next music video.[13] In order to convince him, LaBeouf gave Manson a screening of Maniac — his directorial collaboration with American rappers Kid Cudi and Cage.[13] Impressed, Manson commissioned the aspiring director to create a "making-of" video documenting the album's recording and production.[14][15][16]
Manson and LaBeouf produced the film throughout July of 2011 under the management of California-based production company Vanderson Inc.[12][17] The film borrows a variety of "very intense, graphic imagery" from an number of sources including Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1973 film The Holy Mountain, Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel's 1929 short film Un Chien Andalou, Shakespeare and theology.[13] LaBeouf explained that "we tried to make Manson's 'Un Chien Andalou' macabre 'Macbeth' — that's sort of what that became."[13] On August 17, Sablan leaked the film's official website on his Twitter blog. The website announced the project's August 28, 2011, inaugural screening at the L.A. Silent Theater. Drummer Chris Vrenna has claimed that Born Villain is not a music video but "a full thing".[12] He also mentioned that the film contain short clips of the album and its own score.[12]
A coffee table book of photographs, titled Campaign, was also attached to the project.[13][18] Released alongside the film by LaBeouf's Grassy Slope Entertainment production company through various retailers, the book contains images of Los Angeles taken by LaBeouf and his girlfriend, Karolyn Pho, during a night traversing the city with Manson.[19] A DVD of Born Villain is also included with the book.[13]
LaBeouf and Pho took an unconventional approach to promoting the project by vandalizing various locations in the city with handbills of the book and film's promotional posters.[20] Simultaneously, the book was made available for pre-order and served as a "ticket" to an in-store book signing with LaBeouf and Manson as well as a private screening of the film at niche bookstore Hennessey & Ingalls' Hollywood outlet on September 1, 2011.[13]
Timeline
- January 2010
- On January 14, 2010, Marilyn Manson updated the status of the band's MySpace profile with the announcement "Let the new era begin," seemingly signifying the end of The High End of Low term and the band's foray into their next studio album.
- On January 24, 2010, Manson updated the status of the band's MySpace profile, declaring, "I've finished 7 paintings this week and the new album is officially in motion. We begin with a short story captured on pixels."
- April 2010
- On April 4, 2010, Perou mentioned a new photo shoot with Manson was in the works and that he had the opportunity "to hear a couple of KILLER tracks being put together. dirty HEAVY music. GREAT."
- May 2010
- On May 1, 2010, Manson updated the status of the band's MySpace profile to "Writing, breaking."
- On May 4, 2010, Manson updated the band's MySpace profile status with "Making death metal" and a mood of "Aids."
- On May 6, 2010, Manson updated the band's MySpace profile status to "Sayid played guitar, jamming good with..." and a mood of "Sore throat."
- On May 7, 2010, Rudy Coby updated his Twitter feed, reporting, "Still going strong listening to brand-new MM music and watching Art being created Magically in front of our eyes."
- On May 10, 2010, Manson updated the status of the band's Facebook page, declaring, "There is something coming, that is gonna hurt you more than it hurts me. More than simply an album."
- On May 19, 2010, Manson updated the band's MySpace profile status to "carving an album out of stone." and a mood of "electric."
- June 2010
- On June 13, 2010, Manson updated the band's MySpace profile status to "All work and no plays" and a mood of "discontent."
- On June 30, 2010, Manson updated the status of the band's MySpace profile with "New day, New music, New shit, Knew it was coming..."
- July 2010
- On July 1, 2010, Manson updated the status of the band's MySpace profile with "New day, New music, New shit, Knew it was coming..." and a mood of "wanted."
- On July 24, 2010, Manson added Fred Sablan's name to the band's list of members, and added there would be "info soon" on their next record label.
- On July 25, 2010, Manson updated the band's MySpace profile status to "the countdown to unleashing new creations has begun" and a mood of "horny."
- On July 28, 2010, Sablan noted "Zaneadu studio all night" on his Twitter feed.
- August 2010
- On August 2, 2010, Sablan updated his Twitter feed to "Night time. Studio time," and later, "HTT-M."
- On August 10, 2010, Sablan updated his Twitter feed to "Zaneadu. All. Night. New. Songs. Volume. 10."
- On August 17, 2010, Manson's Facebook revealed "CV" as the record label, however the meaning of this was unknown at the time. It was speculated that Chris Vrenna might be producing the album.
- On August 31, 2010, Rudy Coby updated his Twitter feed to "Dying here because I can't say anything about the new songs on an upcoming album that will make people's heads explode. But....wow."
- November 2010
- On November 8, 2010, it is announced that the new album will be released via Manson's personal record label Hell, etc. through Cooking Vinyl.[2]
- January 2011
- On January 20, 2011, Marilyn Manson and Gerald Matt (Kunsthalle wien director) presented the exhibition catalogue for Manson's "Genealogies of Pain" and Manson announced that the new album is finished.
- February 2011
- On February 23rd, 2011 Ginger Fish announced his departure from the band.
- May 2011
- On May 22, 2011, Marilyn Manson's official website was updated to include a new logo for the era as well as a brief teaser video. The logo consists of the letter M repeated four times in a spiral pattern, each with one long tail. At the ends of two of the long tails are a solid line, a broken line, and a solid line; this is the Chinese trigram ☲ (離 lí) of the I Ching. If the logo is "read" lengthwise, the two trigrams form Hexagram 30, "Radiance," also called "The Clinging" and "The Net." The origin of the character has its roots in symbols of long-tailed birds such as the peacock or the legendary phoenix. The site update also included the video I Am Among No One as a teaser for a yet to be titled song.
- June 2011
- On June 21, 2011, Marilyn Manson appeared live via the Ustream broadcast of Fleischer's Universe where he announced that the new album title will be revealed within a week and also gave away the following lyrics of a yet to be released song, "The center of the universe cannot exist without edges."[21]
Singles
On July 13, 2011, the entertainment construction company, VANDERSON INC. divulged on their Facebook page that LaBeouf's commitments to the album had expanded to directing a music video for an as-yet-unnamed single. Extreme performance artist Steve Truitt is confirmed to appear in the video. There is also speculation that another extreme performance artist, Miss Crash, will also make a cameo. Template:-
Marilyn Manson's thirteenth tour
- Main article: Marilyn Manson's thirteenth tour
Expected to be launched in support the release of the album, the band's thirteenth tour will be the band's ninth tour to span over multiple legs. The summer leg will be opened by the Los Angeles-based electro-rock band 9Electric.[22] On June 03, 2011 the Brazilian edition of the Portuguese broadsheet newspaper Destak confirmed that agents for the band had finalized negotiations for the group to tour in Brazil and other South American countries as part of the SWU Music & Arts Festival beginning on the second week of November 2011.[23] The Brazilian festival also saw a change in venue for 2011.[23] While organizers have yet to finalize details, it was speculated that the event may be held at the São Paulo municipality of Paulínia.[23]
Imagery
- Main article: 2010-2011 The New Era Imagery
December 14th, 2010Angel Hard-On. 
December 14th, 2010Queen of the Hood. Pic by Ashley Walters BMW 
December 14th, 2010Show me where it hurts. 
December 14th, 2010are we raping? 
December 17th, 2010Photo By Ashley Walters 
December 17th, 2010Photo By Ashley Walters 
April 20th, 2010
I painted. Perou photographed. Pink shadows.- December 14th, 2010
Queen of the Hood. Pic by Ashley Walters BMW 
March 23rd, 2011
Condemned to wear the sadness of others.
August 9th, 2010
semi-selfish portrait. random asshole captured in
Credits and personnel
The personnel list for this album have not been entirely confirmed. Based on the current touring line-up and various comments made to the media througout the album's conception, the following contributors have been identified:
- Marilyn Manson – vocals, lyrics
- Twiggy – guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, compositions
- Chris Vrenna – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, drums, percussion, compositions
- Fred Sablan – bass guitar, guitars & compositions
References
- Footnotes
External Links
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