This information is kind of old, but no one has posted it so I will. I'm really looking forward to it. I like Marilyn Manson alot. I'm just hoping it'll be more like Antichrist Superstar and Mechanical Animals, but with Skold I don't think that'll happen. However, with his recent divorce I can see there being some interesting songs. EDIT: I forgot to add that the album is said to be coming out March 23rd.
He's said twice that he was retiring from music and yet he's releasing another album. Manson is a bit topsey turvey with his music because if he does something good it's fucking good but if it's bad it's fucking terrible.
I think where he fell short in Golden Age of Grotesque was he had nothing making him angry. Haha. Antichrist Superstar was his album coming from when everyone said he was disgusting when they started out. Mechanical Animals was driven by everyone freaking out because of his Antichrist Superstar album and all of his anti-Christian statements. Then with Columbine he was blamed, and that heavily influenced Holy Wood. Then....he got a girlfriend....got married...started making artwork and being this happy guy....Golden Age of Grotesque came out... Now he's gotten a divorce so he's pissed off again! And he has a whole bunch of new influences. I think it'll definitely be interesting.