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==Credits and personnel==
 
==Credits and personnel==

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Born Villain
Born Villain cover
Studio album by Marilyn Manson
Released April 30th, 2012
Recorded 2009–January 2011
Label Cooking Vinyl, Dine Alone Records, Hell, etc.
Marilyn Manson chronology
The High End of Low
(2009)
Born Villain
(2012)
This article is about the upcoming album. For the short film, see Born Villain (film)

Born Villain is the eighth full-length studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It is set to be jointly released [1] on April 30, 2012 by Cooking Vinyl Records and Manson's own vanity label Hell, etc.[2]

The album will be Marilyn Manson's first since their contract with Interscope Records expired in late 2009.[3] It entered the writing phase during The High End of Low Tour in 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."

However, as quoted in Interview:2010/10 "A Three-Minute Act and You Can Tour the World" (Interview with Rudy Coby), the album has been consistently reworked. Coby briefly made mention of much newer songs having been recorded by September 2010, and when elaborating further on the transitions said "I've heard the songs that are six months later and it's like throw all of the other songs away, before these six months. That's how much stronger they are."

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."

Background and development

Template:Quote box 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. On September 2, 2011, the album was officially titled Born Villain.[12][13]

Book and Film

Born Villain, a short film directed by actor Shia LaBeouf, was a promotional "trailer" released concomitantly for the then-upcoming album.[14] The idea for the film originated after Manson and LaBeouf struck up a friendship at a concert of The Kills.[15] The actor, who "has always been intrigued" with the singer, then offered to direct his next music video.[15] In order to convince him, LaBeouf gave Manson a screening of Maniac — his directorial collaboration with American rappers Kid Cudi and Cage.[15] Impressed, Manson commissioned the aspiring director to create a "making-of" video documenting the album's recording and production.[16][17][18]

Manson and LaBeouf produced the film throughout July of 2011 under the management of California-based production company Vanderson Inc.[14][19] 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.[15] LaBeouf explained that "we tried to make Manson's 'Un Chien Andalou' macabre 'Macbeth' — that's sort of what that became."[15] Manson, for his part, described his intention with the film as "both an homage and a mockery of the history of Cinema."[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".[14] He also mentioned that the film contain short clips of the album and its own score.[14]

A coffee table book of photographs, titled Campaign, was also attached to the project.[15][20] 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.[21] A DVD of Born Villain is also included with the book.[15]

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.[22] 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.[15]

Timeline

Main article: Born Villain era timeline

Album Artwork

On February 7th 2012 photographer Dean Karr (who also photographed the album artwork for Antichrist Superstar) held a photo shoot with Marilyn Manson for the artwork of Born Villain. Karr had this to say "New Marilyn Manson album cover shoot tonight, history shall be repeated!". Several of the shots were released a few weeks after the shoot in the March 2012 issue of Revolver magazine in which Manson spoke about his upcoming album "Born Villain".[23]

On March 16th, Steven Coy confirmed via his Facebook page that the album artwork was being finalised.

Singles

On February 9th, 2012, Marilyn Manson confirmed on The Alan Cox Show that the first single off "Born Villain" will be "No Reflection". Details were sketchy with Manson only stating that the single would be "coming soon". Manson also told The Alan Cox Show host that he would be starting work on a music video for No Reflection the following week. A few weeks later on March 6th the single artwork and a release date of March 20th were announced via Amazon. The song quickly made it's debut on the radio station KROQ. Shortly before the song aired Manson encouraged his fans to tune in via his Twitter feed.

Hey Cruel World... Tour

To support the release of the album, the band staged their thirteenth tour. It is their ninth tour to spread over multiple legs spanning over multiple countries. As early as June 3, 2011, the Brazilian edition of the Portuguese broadsheet newspaper Destak announced 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 from the second week of November 2011.[24] The festival saw a change in venue and while organizers have yet to finalize details, it was speculated that the launch of the event may be held at the São Paulo municipality of Paulínia.[24] The tour's 2012 itinerary has been confirmed to include an Australian leg from late February to early March as part of the 5-day 2012 Soundwave music festival.[25] .[26]

Imagery


Track Listing

Marilyn Manson confirmed that the band has recorded 13 tracks as of April 2010:[6]

  1. "Hey, Cruel World" [27]
  2. "No Reflection" – 4:36
  3. "Pistol Whipped"
  4. "Overneath The Path of Misery" [28]
  5. "Slow-Mo-Tion"
  6. "The Gardener"
  7. "The Flowers of Evil" [29]
  8. "Children of Cain"
  9. "Disengaged" [30]
  10. "Lay Down Your Goddamn Arms" [31]
  11. "Murderers Are Getting Prettier Every Day" [32]
  12. "Born Villain" [33]
  13. "Breaking the Same Old Ground"

Bonus Tracks

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

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Japan April 27, 2012 Victor Entertainment CD ASIN: VICP65058[36] [37]
Germany April 27, 2012 Universal Records CD ASIN: B007JPE14K
Worldwide April 30, 2012 Cooking Vinyl Records 2LP Vinyl
CD
ASIN: B007KL8WAM
ASIN: B007KIZ6IG
United Kingdom April 30, 2012 Cooking Vinyl Records CD ASIN: COOKCD554
Canada May 1, 2012 Dine Alone Records
USA May 1, 2012 Cooking Vinyl Records 2LP Vinyl
CD
ASIN: B007KL8WAM
ASIN: B007KIZ6IG

References

Footnotes

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