 Personal songs are unusual for Manson, but that doesn't mean he's abandoned his tendency to write about grand concepts.The difference is that this time around, Manson himself is the grand concept which may give him a lyrical hook, but not a musical one.On a sonic level, this is a bit of "Manson-by-numbers", but it feels as if his usual murky menace has lifted, with the music sounding clearer, less affected, and obtuse, while still retaining much of its gothic romanticism and churning heaviness.