What is The Pale Emperor?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox Album | name = The Pale Emperor | type = studio | artist = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] | cover = | released = January 15, 2015 | recorded = May 2013–September 2014 at Abattoir Studios and Igloo Studios in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] | genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[blues rock]], [[hard rock]] | length = 52:00 | language = [[English language|English]] | label = [[Hell, etc. (label)|Hell, etc.]] | producer = [[Marilyn Manson (musician)|Marilyn Manson]]<br>[[Tyler Bates]] | Reviews = | prev_title = [[Born Villain]] | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = }} '''''The Pale Emperor''''' is the ninth [[studio album]] by American [[Rock music|rock]] band, [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]. ''The Pale Emperor'' was released on January 15, 2015 through [[Hell, etc. (label)|Hell, etc.]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-pale-emperor-mw0002783213/releases|accessdate=2015-05-11|title=The Pale Emperor - Marilyn Manson - Releases|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Manson dedicated the album to his late mother, Barbara Warner, who died on May 13, 2014 after an eight-year battle with [[Alzheimer's disease]] and [[dementia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/arts/music/a-dark-prince-steps-into-the-light-.html?_r=1|accessdate=2015-05-11|title=A Dark Prince Steps Into the Light|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The album peaked at #8 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/309449/Marilyn+Manson/chart?f=305|accessdate=2015-05-11|title=Marilyn Manson Album & Song Chart History (Billboard 200)|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=2015-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705204741/http://www.billboard.com/artist/309449/Marilyn+Manson/chart?f=305|url-status=dead}}</ref> #6 on the Top Album Sales,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/309449/Marilyn%20Manson/chart?f=2160|accessdate=2015-05-11|title=Marilyn Manson Album & Song Chart History (Top A