FOR THE FIVE OR TEN OF US WHO STILL CARE, HERE’S SOME NEW MARILYN MANSON MUSIC

I understand that most readers of this site hate Marilyn Manson, and from a certain perspective, I understand why. But Manson is one of the last consistently decent purveyors of pop metal, and, well, some days I loves me some pop metal.

That being said… these two new Manson leaks from his forthcoming The High End of the Low are just terrible. I think that most fans were hoping that the return of Jeordie White Twiggy Ramirez to the fold would mean the return of the rock to Manson’s music – something a little more in the vein of “Irresponsible Hate Anthem” – and this just isn’t that. Which might be fine – personally, I like the Twiggyless Manson albums – but these songs are weak.

The first one, “Arma-God-Damn-Mother-Fucking-Geddon,” has one kinda funny lyric (“First you try to fuck it, then you try to eat it,”), but otherwise sounds like some third rate hipster bullshit; the second song, “The Wow,” is pretty much just a stright-up rip-off of NIN’s “Only.” Seriously. It’s stupid.

Here are the songs. A third, “We’re From America,” will apparently be avail for free download from Manson’s website later today. Although, after hearing these first two songs, I’m not very excited.

“Arma-God-Damn-Mother-Fucking-Geddon”

“The Wow”

Thanks to long time MetalSucks Maniac Kye for the tip!

-AR