I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.

Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got into it in my late teens, so when Marilyn Manson formed, it was at a time when I was still excited about approaching music from that angle.

If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.

There will be some tracks on the next album which that will consist of mostly noise and feedback, whereas others may just have guitar parts and samples.

What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.

We're approaching things quite differently this time, but it will still sound like Marilyn Manson.