Friday, August 19, 2011

Antichrist Superstar: Performance Art as Occult Ritual



When preparing to go into the studio to record the album Antichrist Superstar, Marilyn Manson described it as "a musical ritual designed to bring about the Apocalypse."

For the music video made for the song "Antichrist Superstar," Manson hired obscure experimental film-maker E. Elias Merhige---director of the 1991 film Begotten and the better-known 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire, starring Willem Dafoe, John Malkovich and Eddie Izzard---who, according to Wikipedia, "used military footage from different countries and different wars that depicted the fascist aspect of the song. However, Manson was not quite sure that it represented the criticism that the subject matter deserved. Ultimately, release of the video was vetoed by Interscope, who was appalled by the quality of the cinematography. The frontman, for his part, expressed interest in seeing its release someday, quipping: 'that's not to say it won't be seen but I'm not sure if [Merhige] ever had a fair chance of finishing it because of the record company.' "



Manson's close relationship with the occult---particularly the darker, stranger currents of occult thought, including but not limited to LaVeyan Satanism, Kabbalah, alchemy and Hermeticism---should be obvious. Anyone who doesn't know is directed to http://www.nachtkabarett.com/Grotesque, an extremely well-done website by a young man named Nick Kushner, dedicated entirely to exploring the hidden occult meanings and symbolism in Manson's artistic output.

Though many people have claimed that Manson's interest in such things is not genuine, and that he uses such symbolism for "shock value," a closer inspection of the facts will reveal that Manson is very much a real occultist, his interest in the subject is most certainly genuine, and runs much deeper than anyone might have expected.


Live performances of the song have retained the same symbolism to this day; that of a mock fascist rally, "the inauguration of the worm" as "Antichrist Superstar."

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