Broken Neck Radio: Marilyn Manson

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Marilyn Manson - No Reflection

Marilyn Manson is back May 1st with a new album called Born Villain, and the first single “No Reflection” has hit us hard.
Manson hasn’t been gone for very long The High End of Low came out in 2009, but it has been a while since he has been a significant part of the pop culture conversation. The last time he made a big impact was with 2003′s The Golden Age of Grotesque, and even then it seemed like the seams were showing and the decline was inevitable.

But is “No Reflection” the return of the old Manson? The guitars are still loud, the beat still propulsive, and the chorus pretty melodic. Give it a listen below. (click the link)

Marilyn Manson - No Reflection

It doesn’t quite hit the highs of big hits like “The Beautiful People” or “The Dope Show,” but this is as tight as Manson has sounded in years.
Make no mistake: In the latter half of the ’90s into the turn of the century, Marilyn Manson was as important a pop culture icon as there was in the rock world.

The band lived in a remarkable place as well, where they could simultaneously be loved by metalheads (the co-sign from Trent Reznor always helped) but also embraced wholeheartedly by MTV He always seemed to be on the cutting edge of what people were afraid of:

The Internet seemed to have de-mystified Manson, and most of what he was doing was simply cheap parlor tricks anyway, but when was the last time a mainstream band agitated people enough with talk of drugs and the devil to force protests of their shows and schoolwide bans on their T-shirts?

What do you think of Marilyn Manson’s new single?