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''Antichrist Superstar'' is the second full-length studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. Released on October 8, 1996 in the US through Nothing and Interscope Records, the album debuted at No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200 which launched the band into mainstream success. This, allied with the band's uncompromisingly anti-Christian stance and transgressive performances, led to picketing and numerous protests from religious and civic groups. The album displayed a more musically cohesive and developed sound than any of their previous releases. According to ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, the album's release marked the end of the grunge era in popular music. As a rock opera and a concept album, it was the first installment in a trilogy which included succeeding releases 1998's ''Mechanical Animals'' and 2000's ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)''. After the release of ''Holy Wood'', Manson said that the overarching story within the trilogy is presented in reverse chronological order; ''Antichrist Superstar'', therefore, is the finale despite being the first to be chronologically released. It was recorded at Nothing Studios in New Orleans and produced by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. The album has sold over 7 million copies worldwide, with 1.9 million of those sold in the United States alone.〔 It spawned two commercial singles ("The Beautiful People" and "Tourniquet"), and an autobiography (''The Long Hard Road Out of Hell''). The band supported the album with the controversial Dead to the World Tour. In the years since its release, it has been heralded by numerous publications as a modern classic and essential listening. ==Background== The album's title is a takeoff on Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1971 musical ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. Similarly, the record is a rock opera〔 which, in an issue of ''Kerrang!'' magazine edited by the band's frontman, is stated as a tribute to—and inspired by—the works of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. After the release of ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'', Marilyn Manson divulged that his concept album trilogy is an autobiographical story told in a reverse timeline (chronologically reverse from their actual release dates). That means ''Holy Wood'' opens the storyline followed by ''Mechanical Animals'' and concludes with ''Antichrist Superstar''. Furthermore, though ''Antichrist Superstar'' and ''Mechanical Animals'' made sense as individual concept albums on their own, there was a hidden overarching story running through the three releases. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Antichrist Superstar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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