Marilyn Manson

Manson... All flash, no substance. I'll give him credit for being an edgelord before it was a thing... Oh , wait, GG Allen, nevermind.
Final emphasis in Manson sucks tremendously.

I won't say he's not an artist but I will say Trent is a much more respectable and consistent guy than Manson

The Pale Emperor is good but it gets old really quick.

It needs some variety

Like at least two or three faster-paced songs and maybe a few synth-driven ones with vocal effects.

Never thought of him as an edge lord. I thought he was more like Alice cooper. Vaudeville horror/music. More spectacle than edge lord.

he's "respectable" by the standards of a HR manager looking for "respectable" employees for a dead-end desk job (and his recent music is also somewhat more workspace-friendly).
But Trent and Brian are both petty, spiteful dickheads.

you write like a tumblrite douchebag

ya got me. I'm a 300lb girl with blue hair and far left liberal ideals. Figured me out.

theatrics aside, he did get caught up in the provocative rockstar power trip he made fun of.

>no substance
extremely intricate wordplay (even on his dumbest albums), relevant cultural commentary with shitloads of interesting references, impressive use of his vocal range, clever song ideas and great album structures. Also a decent composer/producer.

>no substance

You can either like Manson or hate him, but saying he has no substance is just a hivemind opinion that Sup Forums cooked up. I think mostly because they suck Trent's cock so much

Lyrically, musically, stage set up, live performance, album concepts, cultural references, talk show appearances and interviews, marketing. He even is a somewhat successeful painter and writter.

The dude breathes arts, and he references in his works are so many it takes days to look them all up

Also, back then there was no "edgyness" in the sense we perceive today. The stuff he said wasn't easy to be said specially since he was part of the mainstream. Nowdays people talk shit about religion and whatnot, but back then things weren't so easy, don't commit that mistake. Everything he does can be seen in a very profound way, I'd say he's one of the last pretentious artists out there

Being a tumblrite fatso is no excuse for writing like one