Halloween is not over until I say its over because this week’s Fun Firday AMV will surely scare the Vegeta out of you. Dead to the World, the Story of the Antichrist is an AMV made by the Anglo-Saxon poetic hero Beowulf, using the music from Marilyn Manson’s “Story of Adam”, which is a series a songs from three of his albums that tell the story of the Antichrist. According to Beowulf, this AMV was his hardest video he made, taking up two years of his life in the process.
He also said that the story is incredibly deep and will take many viewings in order to soak in all the information. Yes, there might be a story underneath everything, but its just too damn hard to understand. What I say is that this AMV is just a really good AMV, story or no story, and its even better when watched on (or near) Halloween. Don’t take my word for it, check out the rest of the parts after the jump.
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Antichrist Superstar is one of the greatest albums of our time. Everything after that is just pointless self-indulgence, IMO. Much like Trent Reznor after The Downward Spiral, Manson took the easy road and just pumped out half-assed material after Antichrist. Troubled artists cannot have legions of fans (mindlessly aping their image) and continue to produce anything of worth, again IMO.
Zac, I'd have to disagree with you there. I'm not a fan of Manson's stuff in general, but when it comes to NIN, I'd have to say that The Fragile feels more like Trent's best work. The diversity of some of the tracks and the way they flow into each other creates a wonderful image and body of work. I could listen to that album endlessly. It's simply fantastic. To each their own, of course, but I don't think people should simply chuck NIN's later albums aside just because of how "perfect" The Downward Spiral is (which, quite frankly, it's not).
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