Godhead: 2000 Years Of Human Error : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone

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The cycle of goth-industrial life continues: As Trent Reznor discovered Marilyn Manson, so Manson now midwifes Godhead. With 2000 Years of Human Error -- the band's fourth album overall, and the first disc on Manson's new Posthuman label -- Godhead crunch guitars and act like pariahs, just like their forefathers. On "The Reckoning," singer Jason Miller ridicules the effect of organized religion; "I Hate Today" reaffirms the group's outsider status. But Godhead's stash of smart musical touches proves they're more than Manson's Mini-Me. On "Break You Down," a well-placed harmonica bleat stretches the tension like taffy. "Inside You" grafts Prodigy big beats and Pearl Jam riffs onto an industrial throb. And the band inhabits its cover of "Eleanor Rigby" like a parasite, feeding off the song's inherent creepiness and turning "look at all the lonely people" into a rally for the goth masses. (RS 862)

CHRIS NELSON