Antichrist Superstar (written Antichrist Svperstar in several places as an allusion to Latin) is Marilyn Manson's second full-length studio release and was released in 1996. The album raised awareness of the band, and led to numerous protests due to the band's perceived anti-Christian stance. It was produced by the band's leader Manson and Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor.

The album can be considered a concept album; it follows a three part storyline, which tells the story of an abused and apathetic person (no sex given, metaphorized as "The Worm") who is attracted to a self-abusive rock star, and a resulting transformation into a new, destructive character known as "The Disintegrator". In an issue of Kerrang! magazine edited by Manson, he stated that the album was a tribute to - and inspired by - the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Yet much of the album is deliberately vague, allowing listeners to draw their own conclusions.

It has elaborate packaging, consisting of a black cardstock sleeve covering the plastic jewel case with graphics of Manson on both the front and back, the latter of which is flanked by the red Superstar Shock logo and the roman numerals IX, VI, III and VII. The booklet contains pictures of the band, a visual worm-to-angel metamorphosis, symbols related to the Kabbalah, medical diagrams, printed lyrics to each song, and liner notes including traditional thanks and credits as well as a curious entry found under the lyrics to the song "Irresponsible Hate Anthem", stating it was recorded live on February 14, 1997, despite the album being released well before that in October of 1996. There is severe division amongst Manson fans over whether their best album is either this, or Mechanical Animals.

The album, despite containing a gap of silence a few minutes long, is cyclical, as both opening and closing seconds include the distorted phrase "When you are suffering, know that I have betrayed you." When the album is placed on loop, the pacing between the sentences matches that of the additional distorted recitation found in the preceding hidden track "Empty Sounds Of Hate". "Empty Sounds Of Hate" could therefore be seen as both a prologue and an epilogue to the album.

Contents [hide]
1 Track listing
2 Possible storylines
2.1 The Rise and Fall of Little Horn
2.2 Semi-Autobiographical Superstar
3 Credits
4 Billboard charts



[edit] Track listing
The album is broken up into three parts, called "cycles" (although all on a single CD).

Cycle I - The Heirophant

1. "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" (Manson/Berkowitz/Gacy/Ramirez) - 4:17
2. "The Beautiful People" (Manson/Ramirez) - 3:38
3. "Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World" (Manson/Ramirez) - 4:15
4. "Tourniquet" (Manson/Berkowitz/Ramirez) - 4:29
Cycle II - Inauguration of the Worm

5. "Little Horn" (Manson/Ramirez/Reznor) - 2:43
6. "Cryptorchid" (Manson/Gacy) - 2:44
7. "Deformography" (Manson/Ramirez/Reznor) - 4:31
8. "Wormboy" (Manson/Berkowitz/Ramirez) - 3:56
9. "Mister Superstar" (Manson/Ramirez) - 5:04
10. "Angel With the Scabbed Wings" (Manson/Ramirez/Gacy) - 3:52
11. "Kinderfeld" (Manson/Ramirez/Gacy) - 4:51
Cycle III - Disintegrator Rising

12. "Antichrist Superstar" (Manson/Ramirez/Gacy) - 5:14
13. "1996" (Manson/Ramirez) - 4:01
14. "Minute Of Decay" (Manson) - 4:44
15. "The Reflecting God" (Manson/Ramirez/Reznor) - 5:36
16. "Man That You Fear" (Manson/Ramirez/Gacy/Berkowitz) - 6:10
Tracks 17-98 are blank, four second tracks.

Cycle ∞ - Epilogue/Prologue

99. "(Untitled)" - 1:39

[edit] Possible storylines
There are several possible storylines for the events that take place within the album. Below are two of the more popular theories to unravel this concept album. These are only assumptions, although some of the information provided is documented in Manson's Autobiography, The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell.


[edit] The Rise and Fall of Little Horn

Antichrist Superstar Shock

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(s)AINT Lyrics
(s)AINT Lyrics
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1996 Lyrics
1996 Lyrics
A Long Hard Road Out Of Hell Lyrics
A Long Hard Road Out Of Hell Lyrics
A Place In Dirt Lyrics
A Place In Dirt Lyrics
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Angel With Scabbed Wings Lyrics
Angel With Scabbed Wings Lyrics
Angel With The Scabbed Wings Lyrics
Angel With The Scabbed Wings Lyrics
Angel With The Scabbed Wings (Video) Lyrics
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Apple Of Sodom Lyrics
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Believe Lyrics
Better Of Two Evils Lyrics
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Blood Shit Cum Lyrics
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Born Again Lyrics
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Bright Young Things Lyrics
Burn Lyrics
Burning Flag Lyrics
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By Myself Lyrics
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Cryptorchid Lyrics
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Cryptorchild Lyrics
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Cyclops Lyrics
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Dance Of The Dope Hats Lyrics
Dance Of The Dope Hats (Mixes) Lyrics
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Dead God Lyrics
Dead God Lyrics
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Deformagraphy Lyrics
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Deformography Lyrics
Deformography Lyrics
Devil In My Lunchbox Lyrics
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Diamonds And Pollen Lyrics
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Diary Of A Dope Fiend Lyrics
Disassociative Lyrics
Disassociative Lyrics
Disposable Teens Lyrics
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Dogma Lyrics
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Doll-Dagga Buzz-Buzz Ziggety-Zag Lyrics
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marilyn manson best work was anticrist superstar and boy did it go well tell me what ya think of his bedt albums

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last tour on earth
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Lest we forget
the betiful monster new album out feb 2007