Artist: MARILYN MANSON
Album: HOLY WOOD (IN THE SHADOW OF VALLEY OF DEATH) (CD)

Release date: 2000
EAN/UPS: 0606949079024
Media type: CD

Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) is the fourth studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson, released in November 2000 through Nothing and Interscope Records. The album marked a return to the industrial and alternative metal style of the band's earlier efforts, after the modernized glam rock sound of Mechanical Animals. As their first release following the Columbine High School massacre of April 20, 1999, Holy Wood served as Marilyn Manson's rebuttal to the accusations leveled against them in the wake of that incident. The band's frontman, Marilyn Manson, described the record as "a declaration of war".

A rock opera concept album, it is the final installment in a trilogy that includes Antichrist Superstar and Mechanical Animals. After its release Manson revealed that the overarching story within the trilogy is presented in reverse chronological order; Holy Wood, therefore, begins the story. It was written in the singer's former home in the Hollywood Hills and recorded in several "undisclosed" locations, including Death Valley and Laurel Canyon.

Upon its release Holy Wood received mixed to positive reviews, with many critics noting that, while ambitious, it was lacking in execution. Initially the album was not as commercially successful as the group's two previous outings, taking three years to attain a gold certification from the RIAA. Nevertheless, with worldwide sales of over 9 million copies as of 2011, it has become one of the most successful of their career. It spawned three singles and an abandoned film project that was modified into the as-yet unreleased Holy Wood novel. Marilyn Manson supported the album with the controversial Guns, God and Government Tour.

All lyrics written by Manson.

TRACKLIST:
No. Title Music Length

A: In the Shadow 
 
1. "GodEatGod"   Manson 2:34
2. "The Love Song"   Ramirez, 5 3:16
3. "The Fight Song"   5 2:55
4. "Disposable Teens"   5, Ramirez 3:01

D: The Androgyne 

5. "Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis)"   Ramirez, 5 4:18
6. ""President Dead""   Ramirez, 5, Gacy 3:13
7. "In the Shadow of the Valley of Death"   Ramirez, 5 4:09
8. "Cruci-Fiction in Space"   Ramirez, 5, Gacy 4:56
9. "A Place in the Dirt"   5 3:37

A: Of Red Earth 

10. "The Nobodies"   5, Manson 3:35
11. "The Death Song"   5, Manson 3:29
12. "Lamb of God"   Ramirez 4:39
13. "Born Again"   Ramirez, 5 3:20
14. "Burning Flag"   Ramirez, 5 3:21

M: The Fallen 

15. "Coma Black: a. Eden Eye b. The Apple of Discord"   Manson, 5, Ramirez 5:58
16. "Valentine's Day"   Ramirez, Manson 3:31
17. "The Fall of Adam"   Ramirez, 5 2:34
18. "King Kill 33є"   Ramirez 2:18
19. "Count to Six and Die (The Vacuum of Infinite Space Encompassing)"   5 3:24