Manson has agreed to form a joint venture with the London-based label. The deal covers his next album, due in fall 2011, with an option for the album after that. Cooking Vinyl will handle worldwide distribution, marketing and promotion. On the face of it, the two parties make unlikely bedfellows. Cooking Vinyl launched in 1986 as a contemporary folk label but has since broadened its repertoire and scored a major success with the Prodigy's 2009 comeback album, "Invaders Must Die," which sold 1.3 million copies worldwide. Manson's Los Angeles-based manager, Tony Ciulla, says he declined offers from other labels after being impressed with Cooking Vinyl's work on "Invaders Must Die." The indie's "passion and conviction for recognizing Manson as a rock icon and genuine enthusiasm to be part of his future career was key in doing the deal," he says.