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The Golden Age of Grotesque
Rock · 2003 · 12 tracks

The Golden Age of Grotesque

Marilyn Manson

A high-gloss collision of 1930s cabaret and industrial metal. Heavy on electronic swing beats, digital glitching, and theatrical, decadent defiance.

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It's like a haunted 1930s nightclub where the house band is a group of industrial robots.

A high-gloss, theatrical defiance that feels like a riot in a velvet-lined ballroom.

The Golden Age of Grotesque · vs · Marilyn Manson
Surreal Abstract+2.9σ

The writing leans far further into surreal abstract than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Thaeter
1:14
04
Doll‐Dagga Buzz‐Buzz Ziggety‐Zag
4:11
06
The Golden Age of Grotesque
4:05
08
Ka‐Boom Ka‐Boom
4:03
09
Slutgarden
4:07
10
♠
4:35
11
Para‐Noir
6:01
12
The Bright Young Things
4:19
13
Better of Two Evils
3:48
14
Vodevil
4:40
15
Obsequey (The Death of Art)
1:48
17
Baboon Rape Party
2:46
Moments Worth Waiting For
the stuttering, mechanical swing rhythm of track 4 that mimics a militaristic dance line
the sudden drop into a deep, distorted bass groove on track 10 that shifts the album's energy toward the noir
the abrasive, self-referential explosion of the final track where the music disintegrates into pure rhythmic noise
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