Marilyn Manson Album Leaks, Vampires High-Five
Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images
What's new on the file-sharing networks this week.
Marilyn Manson, Eat Me, Drink Me
Official release date: June 5
The Internet loves it! "This album is very well put together … Very guitar riff-y [and] he sings a lot, not screams … [It] could be one of his best." [Digitydon]
The Internet hates it!: "[A]fter the first listen I was disappointed … I think the problem was that I wanted [it to be] another Antichrist Superstar... Manson can do better." [MarkManson88]
We think: Trading the usual synth-metal acrimony for post-punk guitars and memorable hooks, Eat Me sounds sort of like Satan jamming with Interpol. Manson's bloodcurdling croon helps make tracks like "If I Was Your Vampire" and "Mutilation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery" as good as their titles. All in all, a pretty great sixth record by a guy who still remembers how to shock us. —Lane Brown
The Kubrick Masterpiece He Never Made
Bob Dylan, the New Bing Crosby
Edelstein on Brothers and
Up in the Air
Fela! Gets Broadway Audiences to Shake It
