Antichrist Superstar es un álbum de Marilyn Manson, publicado en 1996 por Nothing Records. El disco incluye 17 canciones, entre ellas «Irresponsible Hate Anthem», «Beautiful People», «Dried up, Tied and Dead to the World» y «Tourniquet».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Marilyn Manson alcanza su cúspide conceptual y su mayor impacto con "Antichrist Superstar", un álbum que, de inmediato, se percibe como una creación notable épica y una declaración audaz contra la religión y la autoridad. Este disco explora temas de nihilismo, alienación, transformación y la búsqueda de un "superhombre", fusionando el industrial metal con elementos góticos y una narrativa apocalíptica. El álbum se siente como un rito, una subversión total de los valores establecidos y una inmersión en la oscuridad.
Las canciones combinan riffs de guitarra abrasivos con atmósferas opresivas, ritmos industriales contundentes y coros grandilocuentes que añaden dramatismo. "The Beautiful People", "Tourniquet" y "Antichrist Superstar" se convirtieron en himnos generacionales, resonando con una fuerza inquebrantable que desafiaba a la sociedad. Por otra parte, la voz de Marilyn Manson se muestra más versátil y expresiva que nunca, navegando entre los gritos desgarradores, los susurros macabros y los pasajes melódicos con una maestría que cautiva. El álbum suena monumental y perturbador, una obra de arte para los amantes de la música que incita a la reflexión y a la controversia.
"Antichrist Superstar" no solo fue un éxito comercial masivo y de crítica, sino que también consolidó la reputación de Marilyn Manson como una figura visionaria y transgresora, capaz de utilizar el arte para generar debate y desafiar la moralidad. Su impacto en la música, la cultura y el pensamiento es innegable, inspirando a innumerables artistas y resonando con millones de personas que se identificaron con su mensaje de rebeldía. Es una prueba irrefutable de la genialidad de Marilyn Manson y su habilidad para transformar la música en un fenómeno global y cultural, dejando una huella imborrable en la historia del rock, como un "superestrella" de la antítesis.
Listado de Canciones
- Irresponsible Hate Anthem4:17
Letra
I am so all-American, I'll sell you suicide I am totalitarian, I've got abortions in my eyes I hate the hater, I'd rape the raper I am the animal who will not be himself fuck it Hey victim, should I black your eyes again? Hey victim, You were the one who put the stick in my hand I am the ism, my hate's a prism let's just kill everyone and let your god sort them out fuck it Everybody's someone else's nigger, I know you are so am I I wasn't born with enough middle fingers I don't need to choose a side I better, better, better, better not say this better, better, better, better not tell I hate the hater, I'd rape the raper I am the idiot who will not be himself fuck it America cannot see anything History is written by the winner Fuck it - Beautiful People
- Dried up, Tied and Dead to the World4:15
Letra
You cut off all of your fingers Trade them in for dollar bills Cake on some more make-up to Cover all those lines Wake up and stop shaking Cuz you're just wasting time Don't you want some of this? Don't you need some of this? You take but cannot be given You ride but cannot be ridden Pinch this tiny heart of mine Wrap it up in soiled twine You never read what you've written [Chorus:] I'll be your lover, i'll be forever I'll be tomorrow, i am anything when i'm high Don't you want some of this? Don't you need some of this? You shove your hair down my throat I feel your fingers in me Tear this bitter fruit to mess And wrap it in your soiled dress Now you must spit out the seeds [Chorus] Anything when i'm high [Chorus] Anything when i'm high All dried up and tied up forever All fucked up and dead to the world... - Tourniquet4:29
Letra
She's made of hair and bone and little teeth Things that cannot speak She comes on like a crippled plaything Spine is just a string I wrapped our love in all this foil Silver-tight like spider legs I never wanted it to ever spoil But flies will lay their eggs Take your hatred out on me Make your victim my head You never ever believed in me I am your tourniquet Prosthetic synthesis with butterfly Sealed up with virgin stitch If it hurts, baby, please tell me Preserve the innocence I never wanted it to end like this But flies will lay their eggs Take your hatred out on me Make your victim my head You never ever believed in me I am your tourniquet What I wanted, what I needed, what I got for me What I wanted, what I needed, what I got for me Take your hatred out on me Make your victim my head You never ever believed in me I am your tourniquet Take your, take your Get up out of me I'm not proud with me I never ever believed in me I am your tourniquet - Little Horn2:43
Letra
There's an apple in the pussy mouth Now I am the dinner whore There's a tumor in the t.v. mouth Burn it out before it grows Someone better get the dog to kick, Jaws wired shut to save the dick Out of the bottomless pit comes the little horn "little horn is born" [Chorus:] The world spreads its legs for another star World shows its face for another scar Dead will dance for what is left The worms will wait with baited breath "your blind have now become my deaf" So says this little horn "save yourself from this..." [Chorus] Everyone will suffer now... You can't save yourself... [Chorus] - Cryporchid
- Deformography4:31
Letra
When you wish upon your star Don't let yourself fall, fall in too hard I fell into you and I'm on my back An insect decaying in your little trap I squirm into you, now I'm in your gut I fell into you, now I'm in a rut "I lift you up like the sweetest angel, I'll tear you down like a whore. I will bury your god in my warm spit, You'll be deformed in your porn" Rock star, yeah (you're such a dirty, dirty) Rock star, yeah (dirty, dirty, dirty) You eat up my heart and all the little parts Your star is so sharp It leaves me jagged holes I make myself sick just to poison you If I can't have you then no one will [chorus] You are the one I want and what I want is so unreal I'm such a dirty Rock star yeah... (I am the one you want and the one you want is so unreal) - Wormboy3:56
Letra
When will you realize you're already there? So watered-down, your feelings have turned to mud. "Love everybody" is destroying the value of All hate has got me nowhere I know I'm slipping, I know I'm slipping, I know I'm slipping away I know I'm slipping, I know I'm slipping, I know I'm slipping away [chorus:] Oh no, it is everything they said it was Oh no, I am all the things they said I was Oh no, it is everything they said it was Oh no, I am all the things they said I was When you you get to heaven you will wish you're in hell When you you get to heaven you will wish you're in hell When will you realize you're already here? You'll thank us now that you have crossed over Don't pick the scabs or you will never heal The world shudders as the worm gets its wings [chorus] When you get to heaven you will wish you're in hell When you get to heaven you will wish you're in hell [chorus 3x] - Mister Superstar5:04
Letra
Hey. Mr. Superstar I'll do anything for you Hey. Mr. Superstar I'm your number one fan Hey Mr. Porno Star I, I, I, I want you Hey Mr. Sickly Star I wanna get sick from you Hey Mr. Fallen Star Don't you know I worship you? Hey Mr. Big Rock Star I wanna grow up just like you I know that I can turn you on I wish I could just turn you off I never wanted this Hey Mr. Superhate I just wanted to love you Hey, hey, hey Mr. Superfuck I wanna go down on you Hey Mr. Supergod Will you answer my prayers? Hey, hey, hey Mr. Superman I wanna be your little girl I know that I can turn you on I wish I could just turn you off I never wanted this I know that I can turn you I wish I could just turn you I never wanted any of this I know that I can turn you I wish I could just turn you I never, never, never, never, never, never, wanted this Will you kill yourself on TV? (I wish I was dead) I wish you'd kill yourself on TV (I wish I was dead) Will you kill yourself on TV? (I wish I was dead) We'd like to see you dead (I wish I was dead) Hey Mr. Superstar I'll kill myself for you Hey Mr. Superstar I'll kill you if I can't have you Superstar, superfuck baby Superstar, superfuck baby Superstar, superfuck baby Superstar, superfuck baby Superstar, superfuck baby Superstar, superfuck baby Superstar, superfuck baby Superstar, superfuck baby - Angel With the Scabbed Wings3:52
Letra
He is the angel with the scabbed wings Hard-drug face, wanna powder his nose He will deflower the freshest crop Dry up all the wombs with his rock and roll sores Rock and roll sores Rock and roll sores [2x] Dead is what he is. He does what he please The things that he has you'll never want to see What you're never gonna be now Sketch a little keyhole for looking-glass people You don't want to see him You only want to be him Mommy's got a scarecrow. Gotta let the corn grow Man can't always reap what he sow He is the maker He is the taker He is the saviour He is the raper [2x] Get back you're never gonna leave him Get back you're always gonna please him He is the angel with the scabbed wings Hard-drug face, wanna powder his nose He will deflower the freshest crop Dry up all the wombs. Rock and roll sores Rock and roll sores [repeat] Man can't always reap what he sow - Kinderfeld4:51
Letra
He lives inside my mouth And tells me what to say When he turns the trains On he makes it go away The hands are cracked and dirty and The nails are beetle wings When he turns the trains on he Unties all of the strings [The worm:] "Tell me something beautiful, Tell me something free, Tell me something beautiful And I wish that I could be." (then I got my wings and I never even knew it, When I was a worm, thought I couldn't get through it) [Jack (not spoken):] Come, come The toys all smell like children And scab-knees will obey I'll have to kneel on broomsticks Just to make it go away [The inauguration of the worm] (then I got my wings and I never even knew it, When I was a worm, thought I couldn't get through it) [A voice we have not yet heard:] "because today is black Because there is no turning back. Because your lies have watered me I have become the strongest weed" weed... [Through jack's eyes:] The taste of metal Disintegrator Three holes upon the leather belt It's cut and swollen And the age is showing [Boy:] "There's no one here to save ourself." [The disintegrator (to himself):] This is what you should fear You are what you should fear - Antichrist Superstar5:14
Letra
You built me up with your wishing hell I didn't have to sell you You threw your money in the pissing well You do just what they tell you Repent, that's what I'm talking about I shed the skin to feed the fake Repent, that's what I'm talking about Whose mistake am I anyway? Cut the head off Grows back hard I am the Hydra Now you'll see your star Prick your finger it is done The moon has now eclipsed the sun Angel has spread its wings The time has come for bitter things Prick your finger it is done The moon has now eclipsed the sun Angel has spread its wings The time has come for bitter things Repent, that's what he's talking about I shed the skin to feed the fake Repent, that's what he's talking about Whose mistake am I anyway? Cut the head off Grows back hard I am the Hydra Now you'll see your star Time has come it is quite clear Our Antichrist is almost here Time has come it is quite clear Our Antichrist is almost here Time has come it is quite clear Our Antichrist is almost here Cut the head off Grows back hard I am the Hydra Now you'll see your star [repeat until the end:] When you are suffering know that I have betrayed you - 19964:01
Letra
Light a candle for the sinners Set the world on fire Anti-choice and anti-girl I am the anti-flag unfurled Anti-white and anti-man I got the anti-future plan Anti-fascist Anti-mod I am the anti-music god Anti-sober Anti-whore There will never be enough of anti-more I can't believe in the things That don't believe in me Now it's your turn to see what I hate about me Anti-people now you've gone too far Here's your Antichrist Superstar Anti-money Anti-hate Anti-things I fucked and ate Anti-cop And anti-fun Here is my anti-president gun Anti-Satan Anti-black the anti-world is on my back Anti-gay and anti-dope I am the fagot anti-pope I can't believe in the things That don't believe in me Now it's your turn to see what I hate about me Anti-people now you've gone too far Here's your Antichrist Superstar [2x] This is where your faith is 1996 [4x] Anti-peace Anti-life Anti-husband, anti-wife Anti-song and anti-me I don't deserve a chance to be Anti-people now you've gone too far Here's your Antichrist Superstar - Minute of Decay4:44
- Reflecting God
- Man That You Fear6:10
Letra
The ants are in the sugar The muscles atrophied We're on the other side, the screen is us and we're t.v. Spread me open, Sticking to my pointy ribs Are all your infants in abortion cribs I was born into this Everything turns to shit The boy that you loved is the man that you fear Pray until your number, Asleep from all your pain, Your apple has been rotting Tomorrow's turned up dead I have it all and I have no choice but to I'll make everyone pay and you will see You can kill yourself now Because you're dead In my mind The boy that you loved is the monster you fear Peel off all those eyes and crawl into the dark, You've poisoned all of your children to camouflage your scars Pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear Pray your life was just a dream The cut that never heals Pray now baby, pray your life was just a dream (I am so tangled in my sins that I cannot escape) Pinch the head off, collapse me like a weed Someone had to go this far I was born into this Everything turns to shit The boy that you loved is the man that you fear Peel off all those eyes and crawl into the dark, You've poisoned all of your children to camouflage your scars Pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear Pray your life was just a dream The cut that never heals Pray now baby, pray your life was just a dream The world in my hands, there's no one left to hear you scream There's no one left for you When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed - Untitled
Letra
In The End I Became Them And I Led Them After All None Of Us Really Qualified as Humans We Were Hardworn Automatic And As Hollow As The "O" In God I Reattached My Emotions Cellular And Narcotic From The Top Of Hollywood It Looked Like Space Millions Of Capsules And Mechanical Animals A City Full Of Dead Stars And A Girl I Called Coma White This Is My Omega