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2000 Years of Human Error

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If Marilyn Manson went lighter on the metal and heavier on the goth, he'd probably sound something like Godhead, which isn't surprising, considering Manson produced the album. After bouncing around record labels and releasing several low-budget productions, the band finally finds a home for its unique blend of industrial goth-rock with Manson's Posthuman label on Priority Records. Manson does for 2000 Years of Human Error what Trent Reznor did for Antichrist Superstar by taking a band that was already great and adding some extra spike to the punch. Manson's influence is undeniable (he even puts his patented sandpaper vocals to use in Break You Down), but its Godhead's flare for combining dramatic, gothy rock with catchy dance beats over atmospheric, industrial soundscapes that steals the show. From loud rockers The Reckoning, Inside You, and Break You Down to the mellow sounds of Tired Old Man and I Hate Today, Godhead demonstrates a knack for creating emotional yet vaguely creepy music that just happens to rock considerably.

When it comes to the subject of goth metal, I've only ever been fond of Type O Negative and Marilyn Manson (if you consider him goth metal that is), but Godhead (a band pretty much discovered by Manson) is a band that has much more to them than just being classified as goth metal. The music itself is simple enough, but the lyrics are nicely done and well written, and "2000 Years of Human Error" is quite an above average album. Opening track "The Reckoning" is the album's standout track, and other great songs include "Sinking", "Backstander", "I Hate Today", and the surprisingly good cover of The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" are the most memorable, and while the album does have a few parts where it seems it drags, "2000 Years of Human Error" remains a great album. If you like music like Type O, Manson, White Zombie, KMFDM, or Gravity Kills, then check out Godhead, you'll be pleasently surprised.

Godhead put together a very strong, original album. If you enjoy, Rammstein, Marilyn Manson (who produced and performs on this disk), Rob Zombie etc, you'll like this album. Not for the meak! Songs like "2000 years of human error" and "I sell society" are right in the popular cultures face. "I hate today" rings like the anthem of disaffected youth. "Inside you" takes another poke at the Right (but hits them with a good left).
The other gem on this album is the Beetle's "Elenor Rigby", an original rerecording that is refreshingly punk.
Twiggy Rameriz lays down some good base lines on the album but my only critisim is that Marilyn Manson's hand shows a little heavy on a couple of songs and detracts from Godhead's original sound (esp. Break you down). These tracks still jam, but I wonder how much influence the producer had!

Two other pieces of advice, see Godhead live, especially if you can catch them with Rammstein. This band rocks and sounds excellent live (a sign of quality in my opinion).
And listen to it loud!

Seems like I'm always seeing these guys open for heavier bands, and they put on a really good show. They're one of the few groups around today who actually aspire to write real songs, even if they are in many ways just a generic goth-rock band. They all dress like they think they're Nine Inch Nails, complete with flour on their clothes and everything. Plus, the lead singer Jason always wears this blue lipstick that makes him look like a cross between Billy Corgan and a fish. Still, with most of the other garbage out there right now you gotta take what you can get.
2000 Years of Human Error sounds kind of similar to Manson's Holy Wood, though not quite as slick. Not surprising, since Manson was the one who signed the band and helped them produce this record. There are few things more annoying that bands releasing cover songs as singles, but regardless Elenor Rigby is one of the best covers since Manson did Sweet Dreams. There's a lot of other cool dark rock songs on this disk too; check out tracks one and three. The last song, I Hate Today, is particularly cool, although once the heavy guitars come in the song fades out instead of turning into the epic song it should have been. Godhead could be so much more, but they're pretty decent for what they are, and if you're looking for some catchy modern goth-rock this album does the trick nicely.

This is some truly excellent industrial rock right here. I wasn't expecting much to be honest, the only band to be signed to Marilyn Manson's label, hell, I thought they may have just sunk him, so color me shocked when I picked this up on a whim and absolutely loved it! It has distinct industrial elements to it but lacks the genre's harsh electronics and instead strives for smoother electronics fused with hard rock. Jason Miller's voice is absolutely perfect for this band, he has amazing vocal skills and is able to show them off nicely here. Included on this disc is an excellent cover of "Eleanor Rigby" which sounds enough like the original to let you know what it is, but ends up adding so much more to it. Vastly superior to the original. Sorry, I'm not a Beatles fan. This album does sound like a stab at mainstream status, but it is seriously excellent stuff and I can't blame a talented band for wanted to get into the limelight. I also highly recommend "Sinking", my favorite track on the CD, it really highlights Jason's voice and their skill for musicmaking

This is quite possibly as good as it's ever ganna get for this band. The lyrics are meaningful and intelligent, the music is well composed, and the album is well engineered and produced. Godhead have a typical neo-industrial/radio-gothic style that is hardley anything original....Nevertheless, it's the sincerity of this record that makes it special to fans. It's well worth checking out.

Wherever Marilyn Manson goes, controversy is sure to follow. And with Godhead, the first band signed to Manson's Priority/Posthuman Records, the petals do not fall too far from the seed. Though the tracks on 2000 Years of Human Error (2001) sound more like an eerie electronic aural score than a symphony of pure evil grumblings from the beasts under your bed, the band Godhead is determined to push society's buttons. And if they keep it up, they might just succeed. 2000 Years is a vessel of angst-ridden tunes that condemn society's ill will, in which the band scolds the evils of the innate nature of humans as a whole. The powerhouse track, "I Sell Society," is a satirical statement in which singer Jason Miller howls in a deep, hypnotic voice, "Tell me all your problems/I've got just the thing to fix it/sell it to you for this bargain basement price." With Godhead's dark, macabre attitude and brash electronic musings on the folly of human sin, it didn't take long for Marilyn Manson to pick up on their scent and take them under his dark wing. Manson lends his vocals to the hypnotic track "Break You Down" and worked as executive producer for the album. Godhead's cover of the Beatles' tune "Eleanor Rigby" is a mysterious, dark tribute that is sure to ring terror in the ears of the Fab Four like a recurring nightmare hosted by Trent Reznor of NIN. The fourth album from the industrial goth band with a penchant for picketing outside the gates of the ignorantly grazing humankind, 2000 Years is a guitar-ripping dissertation -- only it's sealed inside a musical envelope that's addressed to the likes of Adam and Eve. With a little help from Manson, Godhead will keep the nightmare alive.

Godhead can kind of be described as a Manson/Orgy hybrid with their own distinct touch. This 11 song album is very strong and its strongest with "the reckoning" "eleanor rigby" and "break you down" (with guest vocals by Manson himself), the album from start to finish is very strong. Godhead can only become better from here..

Its not surprising that a band like Godhead would be discovered by Marilyn Manson; sharing pretty similar lyrics and musical sound (on a lighter scale, of course) as every parent's worst nightmare. The lyrics are very well written, because they share a double meaning within them. It either uses organized religion in it or it doesn't, it all depends on how you look at it. This plus the lighter musical sound make it more accessable than Manson's offerings.

The songs musically, however, are a much more different issue. You either love this song or you hate it; there is no in-between. I can easily say I loved half the songs (tracks 1-3,6, and 10) and couldn't stand the rest.

Still for its inexpensive price (5-10 bucks cheaper than most CD's) it shouldn't hurt to give this one a shot, you'll probably like it. If you don't like it, you can sleep easy knowing you didn't pay much for it.

I'd have to say i enjoyed this album, because im an Orgy fan and a Manson fan. This would have to fit as a gothic version of Orgy meets Nine Inch Nails. So that's what they sound like. They have really strong bass and guitar. And the drummer knows how to stir up things. The singers voice never gets hard though, but you can handle without, right. The standout tracks are: Backstander, I Sell Society, The Reckoning, Break you Down (Marilyn Manson).

Overall, a pretty good album. ... .