The Pale Emperor was released on January 15 in the US. It is dedicated to Manson’s mother, who died in May 2014 after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia . It was both a critical and commercial success, debuting at number eight on the Billboard 200 with sales of over 51,000 copies, their largest opening-week figure since Eat Me, Drink Me in 2007. Numerous publications referred to it as the band’s best album in over a decade. It would go on to appear on several ‘best of 2015’ lists , with Rolling Stone dubbing it the ‘best metal album’ of 2015. Music videos for both ” The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles ” and “Third Day of a Seven Day Binge” were released in May and July, respectively.
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