Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)
by Marilyn Manson
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Marilyn Manson bestography
Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) is ranked 3rd best out of 17 albums by Marilyn Manson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Marilyn Manson is Mechanical Animals which is ranked number 1599 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,073.
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Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 78 Music Albums of 2000 | 20/78 | 4 |
| 2026 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 89 Music Albums of 2000 | 28/89 | 3 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 21 Music Albums of 2000 | 2/21 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 48 Music Albums of 2000 | 37/48 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2000 Pt 2 | 46/72 | - |
| 2026 | glynspsa | Top 99 Music Albums of 2000 | 98/99 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 76 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 348 | |||
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Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago |  greatson | 1,866 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 16:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,664 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 15:13 | Jakor | 5,544 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.2/100, a mean average of 66.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 24.3.
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Forum mentions
Purplepash 04/08/2019 11:44 in What album are you listening to right now? Purplepash 04/08/2019 09:49 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionHoly Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) comments
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Best song(s): "Love Song" "Death Song" "In the Shadow of the Valley of Death" "The Nobodies" "The Fight Song"
thirstyDog 09/18/2020 17:01 | #258381 | TOP COMMENT
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I guess I'm an anomaly because I enjoy this thing more now than I did when I was an alienated teen.
elo269megv 10/02/2018 00:01 | #221937 | TOP COMMENT
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Pretty good album. Falls off a bit towards the end. Could’ve benefited from being trimmed to 15 or 16 songs. Overall respectable alternative metal album. Don’t let Manson’s persona scare you away. This is nearly as good as Antichrist Superstar
Love Song, Fight Song, Disposable Teens, Target Audience, Nobodies, Death Song are the standouts
Overall: 77/80
A brilliant critique of American society, set to the most creative I've heard in a very long time.
The third of four great albums (to date) from Marilyn Manson - and first with his guitar soulmate, John 5 (from David Lee Roth's "DLR Band" album.)
junodog4 10/15/2012 19:06 | #52405
A bounce-back from Mechanical Animals, but not quite on the level of Antichrist Superstar. Get past the image, and the music is OK.
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