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<b><span style="color:black">For Immediate Release</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
May 9, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt">BORN VILLAIN</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt"> DEBUTS BILLBOARD TOP 10!</span></b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:black"> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Los Angeles, CA</span></b><span style="color:black">…Today
<b>Marilyn Manson</b>’s eighth full-length album <b><u>Born Villain</u></b> debuts at
<b>#10</b> on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, sandwiched right there between the TV songs of
<u>The Music of Smash </u>and Hollywood Blockbuster movie album </span><u>Avengers Assemble.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">His first album for Cooking Vinyl, <b><u>Born Villain</u></b> also grabs the
<b>#1</b> spot on the Heavy Album Chart and <b>#1</b> on the Independent Album Chart.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"If I were to go on Match.com and I was doing some sort of, oh, would you like to know me? situation, this record would represent me," Manson told CNN.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Marilyn Manson</span></b><span style="color:black"> has had astounding success across the globe including three albums being certified platinum and three more certified gold in the USA, in addition to three
top ten albums and two number-one albums (<u>Mechanical Animals</u> and <u>The Golden Age of Grotesque</u>). The band is currently on it’s sold out
</span>“Hey Cruel World...” Tour. Upcoming dates listed below.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“It's Manson’s most vicious and heavy album in years”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“The eighth Marilyn Manson album features some of his finest lyrics yet and, musically, it often approaches the heyday of
<em>Holy Wood</em> and <em>Mechanical Animals.”</em><em><span style="font-style:normal">5 out of 5</span><o:p></o:p></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“<u>Born Villain</u> finds a seemingly refreshed and clear-minded Manson and his band poring through a diverse set of moods and styles in songs that cut a little deeper.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“