I think it just sounded cool to him. He obviously thought "SAY10" sounded cool and was clever, when we all know it's super cheese.

Album Rating: 3.5

It's obviously the same mentality he's used when writing 'Warship My Wreck' or 'Odds of Even' - instead of just recycling commonly used hooks, he's tried to come up with something a little different.



Sounds decent sometimes, and sometimes sounds cheesy.

Album Rating: 3.5

He used to be a legitimate lyrical genius, and I don't give a fuck if I get heat for saying it; 90s/early 00's Manson was m/.



I think now he's quite out of touch. I was expecting a pretty heavily political album for this. Not really the case.

Album Rating: 3.5

'He used to be a legitimate lyrical genius, and I don't give a fuck if I get heat for saying it; 90s/early 00's Manson was m/.'



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I'd still argue that his writing on Pale Emperor and this is still pretty solid. His misses a beat every now and then, but he can still write good shit.

I agree with Gonzo, the lyricism from Antichrist Superstar to Holywood was phenomenal. I would even go as far to say he has some real good lyrics on Portrait Of An American Family. But all in all, Antichrist Superstar was his best lyrical work. I still jam that album constantly.

Thought this was garbage

Album Rating: 3.0

Yay, a Gonzo review.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the title track, because you've went over almost every song.



Am I the only one who can't tolerate the fact that Saturnalia is straight up nicked from Bela Lugosi's Dead?

Album Rating: 3.5

I personally found the title track really underwhelming.

Album Rating: 3.0

He bragged in an interview somewhere that the title track was supposed to be a "roll credits" type song, "really cinematic" and whatnot.

Turns out he tried to write his own version of "Gimme Danger", didn't work.

Still, I liked this way more on my second run. First impressions were pretty atrocious but second time around I just unclinched my ass a bit and decided to stop looking for flaws deliberately. Still, some things were too obnoxious to let fly.

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Solid review of a lackluster album. I was really disappointed in the lyrical content. What the hell happened to him? He sounds like the little bitchy goth boy everybody assumed he was back when he was putting out good albums.

Album Rating: 3.5

'everybody assumed he was back when he was putting out good albums. '



Because Pale Emperor was fucking awesome, we did.

Can't wait until his next album, 'H E Double Hockey Sticks'

Album Rating: 3.5

Complete with another album cover of just his face.

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

album suffers from a terminal case of non-hodgkin's cream foam-a..

It’s an overgrown man child spouting irrelevance to an audience who either no longer cares or never cared in the first place and its done with too much seriousness with no point.
When I’m shouted at I want to be lambasted by somebody who does it through necessity, to free the shackles, to unburden and who actually shouts at me because he is like me and is channeling that anger we all carry.
Take the make up off, don’t climb up stage props that hold nothing new, you’re not Maiden who are in it for a laugh. Your a man called Brian and you’re built on a sham of sterile shock that ran thin in ‘99.
Fires burn bright over 40 so where’s yours? The real anger? Is it cos you can’t have kids? Or haven’t been truly loved and trusted? Write an album about that one bri.

Album Rating: 3.5

Careful now, he knows where you fucking live.

Album Rating: 1.5

I never thought Brian was trying to channel his inner demons - always more an Alice Cooper/Ozzy Osbourne/Rob Zombie figure of fun :/

They were in it for a laugh. None of ‘em give a fuck.
Brian is an ‘artist’ who doesn’t understand he’s one of those goth kids at college who was in if for the long haul and got on everyone’s tits.

Album Rating: 1.5

He considers himself a 'true artiste'? I need quotes wtf, he can't be that deluded, shirley knott?

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

there is a point you cross in writing music for disaffected teens when you're just a 50-year old man yelling at lofty children for money their parents paid you..