[Nemerov]

Aren't the years of disaffected loneliness enough of a punishment for people who still care enough about Trent Reznor to download the latest Nine Inch Nails record?

[Knqzjbmf]

No offense intended. I used to like NIN too, but then the '90s ended...

[mortgrhhh]

If it was such a good idea, I probably would've heard about it from someone other than you. Given what I know, it seems about as relevant as the latest Pearl Jam album...

[Qzmsdoem]

Drake only listens to Oprah nowadays. Did Oprah mention NIN's latest album by any chance?

[Kilaoksrsa]

regarless, is that sort of thing apropriate? answer the question!

[mdUzAMbG]

Originally posted by self biased
regarless, is that sort of thing apropriate? answer the question! If Reznor only did that, he's lenient. I would have taken legal actions, if possible.

[KkJvrG4d]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
No offense intended. I used to like NIN too, but then the '90s ended... qft

[Mjyzpzph]

Originally posted by Asher
Can you please condense all of your masturbatory threads to PMs to yourself, or at least one thread? so long as we are being civil, could you please kindly not troll my threads? i try to maintain a respectable distance, and i hope you can try to do the same.


Originally posted by Dis
I didn't care for the fragile very much.

Can this album compare to Donward spiral?

Pretty much their best album. Further downward spiral was a good remix though. the fragile was sprawling and organic. some people didn't get the use of leitmotif; they just thought he had run out of ideas and was recycling.

my own opinon of year zero is jaded by the fact that i've gone and seen much of the extra material. i suppose you could say that there has been much clarity and driving purpose in the new album as compared to the downward spiral. Trent has been sober for a few years now, and it appears to be having a positive effect.

it depends on how you want to look at things: just what attracted you to pretty hate machine in the first place? was it the synth sounds? or the use of drum machines, sequencers and processors? Year Zero is quoted as drawing inspiration for old public enemy records in their use of layered sound, noise and what have you.

Originally posted by nostromo
The reviews I read claim that its on the same level as Pretty hate machine and Downward spiral. But I saw the "Survivalism" video (nice video clip, btw) and, IMO, it sounds a lot like what they did in the nineties. it certainly harkens back to some of the older days. the intensity is only nearly matched by PHM and Broken. where Year Zero wins by leaps and bounds is all the supplemental content. the fact that many of these sites were decoded from t-shirts, usb drives left at concerts, and a curious white line pattern in the album booklet.

all the websites thus far have an index at this site.

[Dreqsqse]

Something else may be going on. My understanding is the band has done some very original marketing with this cd and this may be part of it.

[Malinguenem]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Something else may be going on. My understanding is the band has done some very original marketing with this cd and this may be part of it. apparently, this isn't wholly marketing. i'll find the quote later, but these sites, clues, etc, are a part of the whole experience.

I'm not really into the synth sound that much. It's really the guitar sound I like. Broken is what got me into NIN. But I do like Pretty Hate Machine. Even though there are no guitars, there's a certain heaviness to it. Esp. head like a hole. I like fixed as well, and the 3 remixes of downward spiral. Actually 2 were singles with remixes on them. March of the Pigs and Closer. And then further downward spiral. They had some good sound. go check out the myspace page. last i knew it had some tracks on it.

[CO2490pL]

self, a lot of tracks were "hidden" around the net in order to peak interest in the cd. NIN placed clues to let people find certain tracks, information, pics, etc for the past several months. There was just an NPR business report on it early last week.