The Pale Emperor is the ninth studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on January 15, 2015, through Loma Vista Recordings and internationally by Cooking Vinyl. Produced by Manson and newcomer Tyler Bates, it eschews the band’s usual industrial rock style in favor of a sparser, blues rock-influenced sound. The album features drummer Gil Sharone, formerly of Stolen Babies and The Dillinger Escape Plan.
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The Pale Emperor is the ninth studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on January 15, 2015, through Loma Vista Recordings and internationally by Cooking Vinyl. Produced by Manson and newcomer Tyler Bates, it eschews the band’s usual industrial rock style in favor of a sparser, blues rock-influenced sound. The album features drummer Gil Sharone, formerly of Stolen Babies and The Dillinger Escape Plan. It is dedicated to Manson’s mother, who died of Alzheimer’s disease during production. It topped Billboard’s Hard Rock Albums chart, as well as the national albums chart in Switzerland, and peaked within the top ten in fifteen other countries. Three official singles were released, \”Third Day of a Seven Day Binge\”, \”Cupid Carries a Gun” and \”Deep Six” The album was supported by The Hell Not Hallelujah Tour, which was interspersed with two co-headlining tours: The End Times with The Smashing Pumpkins, and a summer 2016 tour with Slipknot. It debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 with the band’s highest opening week sales since Eat Me, Drink Me. It was also a commercial success, debuting at number 8 on the billboard chart. Several writers referred to it as the band” best album in over a decade, and multiple publications ranked it as one of the best albums of 2015. The band was dropped by its long-time record label Interscope in 2009. In August 2012, it was announced that Manson would play a fictionalized version of himself in a four-episode arc of the sixth season of TV series Californication.
While filming its season finale, Manson met the series’ score composer, Tyler Bates,. The two discussed a potential collaboration. In May 2013, Manson confirmed that production had started on new material, and the pair failed to write any substantial material. Bates later suggested that they hold further writing sessions at his home studio, which resulted in their composition of “Birds of Hell Awaiting” Manson said that the recording of the album “just became a rhythm. This was something I was excited to do. I didn’t even know where it was going to go and I just went with it” The band’s last album, Born Villain, was released in 2012, and was heralded as a return to form. In 1999, news media scapegoated the band for influencing the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre, which the vocalist has claimed was “totally shoved in the dirt” Manson has said that he was not responsible for any of the events that led to the massacre. He has also claimed that he would not have been able to explain the events of Columbine if he had not been in a position to do so at the time. He said he was able to develop new lyrics and melodies at a high speed or develop new melodies at high speed. By using Pro Tools, he could just throw it down without explaining it without being a lot to explain it.
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