The album ends with “ Broken Needle ” which bounces with an almost blues-like stomp while Manson openly acknowledges his own shortcomings as a human being with the instrumentation soaking this song in darkness until the epic conclusion builds to breaking point. “ Paint You With My Love” and “ Solve Coagula” in particular would not work if it wasn’t for the wonderful instrumentation Jennings injects into these songs turning them into ballads aching with beauty and pain in equal measure. It’s because of him that these songs really go beyond a simple 80s nostalgia trip. The real standout here is Shooter Jennings, who collaborated with Manson on this album. These songs are balanced out by songs like “ Red, Black & Blue” and “ Infinite Darkness” which ramp up the heaviness and ooze the same vitriolic venom Manson has thrived off for his entire career. Songs such as “ Don’t Chase The Dead” only add to this assumption with their 80s synthwave goodness and the kind of chorus that evokes a night drive, on an abandoned road, at the eve of the apocalypse. Now press play on this album and throw every 80s goth band into a blender, add a few parts of Elton John and maybe a dash of U2 and you have what is essentially We Are Chaos.įrom the onset, this album sounds like it’s the long lost version of The Lost Boys soundtrack. Indeed, this album in many ways signifies the biggest curve-ball Manson has thrown at his fans in his entire career.įorget this man wrote Antichrist Superstar for just a second. This is one of the first things you will hear when you press play on We Are Chaos, the eleventh studio album from Marilyn Manson, who these days seemingly has the cross-cultural appeal of Coca-Cola. “ I will cover the Earth in honey and everyone will eat themselves”

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