Marilyn Manson - Eat MeDrink Me

Tue 10th Jul, 2007 in Music Reviews

Four years since the release of his last studio album, Golden Age Of Grotesque, the much anticipated release of Eat Me Drink Me has finally emerged from the darkest corners of Marilyn Manson’s mind.
The title Eat Me Drink Me was inspired by the true story of a German man that put an advertisement in the paper searching for someone to eat him. Upon learning of this strange tale, Manson believed it to be incredibly romantic notion and set about exploring the idea for his new album.

The first song on the album – If I Was Your Vampire opens with Manson’s voice scrawling upon your eardrums with “6am, Christmas morning….” A track that’s very well paced with the perfect balance of gothic undertones and passionate highlights of pure musical genius. The song was written in the midst of Manson’s depression at the end of 2006 – and the single effort sparked the flame for an entire record. He even dubbed it as the new “Bela Lugosis Dead”

The album was recorded with bassist Tim Skold in a rented Home studio in the Hollywood Hills. The start to Putting Holes In Happiness could be compared to Golden Age Of Grotesque from Golden Age of Grotesque – it has the same slow-tempo beat followed by a chorus fuelled with dramatic lament.

This album is much more toned down than his previous angst filled, rage infected songs. It has a lot more personal emotional connection, and some would even call it romantic which I think, was his subconscious intention.

Heart Shaped Glasses was inspired by his new 19 year old girlfriend and the day she turned up wearing heart shaped glasses mocking the whole “Lolita” spin the media were putting on their relationship. This is definitely the catchiest most upbeat song on the album, bordering on goth pop. It’s probably the bounciest recorded track since he covered Soft Cell’s Tainted Love.

Evidence is probably my favourite track on the album, the guitar riffs, the vocals and the chorus all blend together perfectly. It has intense emotion, massive build ups and amazing drumming. He closes the album intentionally with the last track that he actually recorded. – Eat Me Drink Me

This album represents an important time in Manson’s musical career, – he has taken his own emotional turmoil and turned it into a masterpeice.
Eat Me Drink Me is by far one of his most impressive albums. It’s a record you have to take as it is, without using the comparison to his past albums to judge on how good or bad it is. Unlike his previous albums, the CD’s liner notes don’t offer much more than lyrics and it doesn’t appear to have a theme to represent the evolution of Marilyn Manson as seen in previous efforts.Instead, what you hear is what you get. Eat him, drink him, consume what he has created for our ears, because every note is priceless.