Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) is the fourth studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson, released in November 2000 by Nothing and Interscope Records. The album marked a return to the industrial and alternative metal styles of the band's earlier efforts, after the modernized glam rock of Mechanical Animals. As their first release following the Columbine High School massacre of April 20, 1999, Holy Wood was Marilyn Manson's rebuttal to accusations leveled against them in the wake of the shootings. The band's frontman, Marilyn Manson, described the record as "a declaration of war". A Read more on Last.fm.
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No one blended antagonist screeds and amped up industrial rock better than Manson. The truth is, he lost most of his credibility after Holywood. This was his final farewell to the Columbine generation, an aching rant against religion and government. The rebellion wasn’t all that original, but the method was liberating.