A lot of Manson fans will tell you that Marilyn Manson’s ninth studio album, 2015’s The Pale Emperor, was a massive artistic sidestep for the shock rocker. Instead of his usual industrialized hard rock, the album dabbles in goth, blues rock, and spaghetti-western flourishes—eliciting both love and hate from longtime fans.…
A lot of Manson fans will tell you that Marilyn Manson’s ninth studio album, 2015’s The Pale Emperor, was a massive artistic sidestep for the shock rocker. Instead of his usual industrialized hard rock, the album dabbles in goth, blues rock, and spaghetti-western flourishes—eliciting both love and hate from longtime fans.…