Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)

holy wood was a concept alb-m released by marilyn manson on 2000 after the columbine high school m-ssacre and serves as their reb-ttal at the accusations leveled at them. their frontman has described it as “a declaration of war”.

the record made numerous allegories to pop culture history to show how everyone had a partic-p-ting role in columbine: from abraham zapruder to the jfk -ss-ssination, from the beatles’ white alb-m to the charles manson murders and from the crucifixion to the dead rock star celebrity worship phenomenon, manson left no stone unturned to give america a righteous -ss-kicking.

notable themes:
1.guns, g-d and government – rightwing america’s main obsession that, arguably, f-cked klebold and harris up more than any ‘rock’ or ‘metal’ alb-m.

2.celebritarianism – a word coined by manson to describe a devotion to celebrity and celebrity culture. in the alb-m it is a religion that canonizes dead celebrities into saints in the same way the crucifixion canonized jesus christ into a superstar messiah and celebrity. in effect, the crucifixion is the root cause of sh-t like reality tv, jersey sh-r-, tmz and harris and klebold’s desire to become famous by murdering people.

holy wood was never a commercial success and received mixed reviews from music journalists who said the band’s artistic pretensions overshadowed the powerful lyrical indictment contained in it. despite this, many people view it as the band’s finest hour.
kerrang magazine: …there has still not been as eloquent and savage a musical attack on the media and mainstream culture as manson achieved with holy wood (in the shadow of the valley of death).

me:if you thought what manson said about columbine in michael moore’s doc-mentary was incisive, you should see how holy wood throws his detractors hypocrisies right back into their faces.
holy wood was a concept alb-m released by marilyn manson in 2000 following the columbine high school m-ssacre and serves as their reb-ttal at the accusations leveled at them. their frontman has described it as “a declaration of war”.

the record make numerous allegories to pop culture history to show how everyone had a partic-p-ting role in columbine: from abraham zapruder to the jfk -ss-ssination, from the beatles’ white alb-m to the charles manson murders and from the crucifixion to the dead rock star celebrity worship phenomenon, the band left no stone unturned to give america a righteous -ss-kicking.

notable themes:

1.guns, g-d and government – rightwing america’s main obsession that, arguably, f-cked klebold and harris up more than any ‘rock’ or ‘metal’ alb-m.

2.celebritarianism – a word coined by manson to describe a devotion to celebrity and celebrity culture. in the alb-m it is a religion that canonizes dead celebrities into saints in the same way the crucifixion canonized jesus christ into a superstar messiah and celebrity. in effect, the crucifixion is the root cause of sh-t like reality tv, jersey sh-r-, tmz and harris and klebold’s desire to become famous by murdering people.

holy wood was never a commercial success and received mixed reviews from music journalists who said the band’s artistic pretensions overshadowed the powerful lyrical indictment contained in it. despite this, many people view it as the band’s finest hour.
kerrang magazine: …there has still not been as eloquent and savage a musical attack on the media and mainstream culture as manson achieved with holy wood (in the shadow of the valley of death).

me:if you thought what manson said about columbine in michael moore’s doc-mentary was incisive, you should see how holy wood throws his detractors hypocrisies right back into their faces.