– Customer review on 06/07/2007

All of the lyrics are precise and every song is heavy-hitting musically. This is truly Manson's masterpiece album. This is also the first album he made that he was really proud of. He worked over 7 months to record this album with the help of Reznor's producing, most of which wasn't serious work at all (Read his autobiography The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell as I have to see what I mean by that). This is single-handedly Manson's coming out record - which also brought him one of his most commercially successful hits "The Beautiful People." This is his vision of how the world made him how he is today (as of 1996, when he was working on it) and the world in general. It is record is broken into 3 Cycles, Cycle I. The Heirophant, Cycle II. The Inauguration Of The Worm, and Cycle III. Disintegrator Rising. The main concept of the album is of the Distingrator's rise to power and the destruction of the world and himself that insues because of his power that has risen.

– Customer review on 27/05/2007

Antichrist Superstar is often hailed as Manson's best Cd and rightfully so. Beautiful People is a great track as is Cryptorchid.
Manson is not everyone's cup of tea and that is highly appealing. An artist that sparks so much hate and loathing is quite comical.
AS is an album worth having for any Manson fan.

– Customer review on 28/04/2007

It may be widely regarded as Manson's best album, but 'Antichrist Superstar' is nowhere near as good as its follow-ups 'Mechanical Animals' and 'Holy Wood'. Songs like 'The Beautiful People', 'Tourniquet', 'Irresponsible Hate Anthem' and the title track are all catchy and fun, but for the most part, it all blends into one dreary whole. 'Holy Wood' did it much better, so if you'd take rock Manson over glam Manson, then that's the album to invest in.

– Customer review on 18/04/2007

A huge difference in sound from all his works in Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, and completely different to Portrait of an American Family, Manson’s second album is 16 tracks of anger, pain and suffering. Featuring tracks The Beautiful People, Tourniquet and The Reflecting God, this album is simply a must have for any Industrial/Alternative fan, regardless of your opinion of the man himself.

– Customer review on 27/10/2006

This is easily marilyn mansons best album yet. Being his second it is still going hard and will not be beaten. It is heavy as hell and consisten all the way from start to finish. Best songs are torniquet, man that you fear, wormboy and cryptorchild.

– Customer review on 10/08/2006

This is mansons second album and its heavy as hell. I don’t really see why people get so up in arms about his lyrics cause they aren’t actually that bad or controversial I adnt think anyway.
This album has pretty kool packaging too, there is a standar jewel case inside a slipcase. Very kool album.

– Customer review on 12/06/2006

this album is just another Malylin manson failure to avoid offending anyone whom takes their love in god seriously, He should be shot as he has talent but he wasted it on this crappy album, as im a christian i was pissed off by his constant bikering about there being no god yet he claims hes a jew

– Customer review on 26/04/2006

I was dissapointed buy this the moment I bought it, even as a Marilyn manson fans. The lyrics don't really follow any sort of subject and the music is lacking anything interesting. A few good songs like "Angel With The Scabbed Wings" and "Tourniquet" make this album somewhat enjoyable.
Still not really worth getting unless you are a Manson fan.

4/10

– Customer review on 21/01/2006

Boasting a fuller sound and a more focused sense of purpose, Antichrist Superstar is a substantial improvement on Marilyn Manson's debut album, Portrait of an American Family. The band draws equally from schlock-metal, progressive metal, new wave, goth-rock and industrial rock, and with the help of producers Trent Reznor and Dave Ogilvie, the group creates a boiling, mockingly satanic mess of guitars, and synthesizers.

Marilyn Manson's 'Antichrist Superstar' is an album that is both a history lesson and a self-fulfilling prophecy, as well as more than a little autobiographical. It chronicles the rise of Brian Warner from lonely, disturbed, abused and segregated boy to Marilyn Manson, the last of the Rock Stars and All-American Antichrist. This is the story of how the boy that you loved became the man that you fear.


Antichrist Superstar was released on October 8th, 1996. It peaked at #3 on the billboard charts, earning the band arena venues for their tour to follow, respectfully entitled "Dead to the World."