Review of both the industrial rock album year zero by nine inch nails and the accompanying alternate reality game arg that was played worldwide. Listen to songs by nine inch nails on myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share. Halo 24 year zero is the fifth studio album by nine inch nails, released april 17, 2007. Features song lyrics for nine inch nails s year zero album. Thirteen years prior to 0000 is listed as ba, or born again.
Even if you dont remember any nine inch nails lyrics, your brain has probably been forever imprinted with the nin logo, as seen carved into. Jan 01, 2007 listen free to nine inch nails year zero hyperpower. Nine inch nail army recruiting commercial connecting vets. What i cannot understand is how the allmusic staff rates the fragile 3 stars whereas this one 4 12. Nine inch nails is one of the most innovative bands performing today, and they just did the score for a army recruiting commercial. Included in rolling stones 50 top albums of the year 2007. Year zero erinnert mich vom noiselevel an quake1soundtrackzeiten.
It may mark the first time that the advance strategy conceived of and executed, for the most part, by nin auteur trent reznor himself with 42 entertainment became part and parcel of the edifice that is the albums concept. Year zero international version by nine inch nails on spotify. Nine inch nails year zero lyrics and tracklist genius. This was trent reznors vision fully realized, and it all led to an exclusive, underground nine inch nails concert for his ravenously engaged fans. Nine inch nails sixth studio release, year zero takes the concept album further than it may have ever gone before. Creator trent reznor has put out a concept album, year zero. Start your free trial learn more new subscribers only. Hesitation marks is the eighth studio album by nine inch nails, and their first release since 2008s the slip, and the first release on a major record label since 2007s year zero. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Nine inch nails 2007 release year zero will undoubtedly go down in rock history for the way the recording was marketed before its release. Nine inch nails fifth studio album, year zero, was released only two years after.
By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. Trent reznor and nine inch nails have joined the superstar exodus from. Nine inch nails, commonly abbreviated as nin stylized as ni, is an american industrial rock. Wired contributing editor frank rose interviewed nine inch nails trent reznor at his house in beverly hills on october 18, 2007. I remember reading some interview with trent where he said something like the presence is some extremely pretentious concept we had that i might expand upon in year zero 2. Conceived while touring in support of the bands previous album, with teeth, the album was recorded throughout late2006, and was produced by frontman trent reznor and atticus ross.
Weird times indeed as the news seems to turn ever more grim by the hour, weve found ourselves vacillating wildly between feeling like there may be. Reznor announced in october 2007 that nine inch nails had fulfilled its contractual commitments to interscope and could proceed free of any recording contract with any label, effectively ending the bands relationship with its record label. From politics, war, the destruction of nature and the supernatural, trent begins what would be a starting point for a new era of nine inch nails material. It was produced by trent reznor in collaboration with alan moulder and engineer atticus ross, both of whom worked in a similar capacity on nine inch nails previous. Download nine inch nails new album for free in metal news. Review of both the industrial rock album year zero by nine inch nails and the accompanying alternate reality game arg that was played worldwide before and after the release of the record. What angst, this is fun, interesting, dark, and entertaining. While record labels bemoan their sad plight, artists like nine inch nails are coming up with creative ways to inject mystery and playfulness into the music promotion game. Nine inch nails mainman trent reznor released his latest work ghosts. Year zero is an alternate reality game arg by american studio 42 entertainment based on the nine inch nails concept album of the same name. Zero sum fringe tv promo version lyrics about year zero year zero also known as halo 24 is the sixth studio album by nine inch nails and was created as a concept album of a dystopian. I believe its not as cohesive or musically essential as any of their previous releases to that date 2007.
The innovative part, it seems, was offering nine of the tracks free as a teaser for the rest of the album, and offering the entire, 36track album as. The latest nine inch nails studio album is titled year zero and was released on april 17, 2007. Trent reznor makes an easily digestible album with hooks galore, heart, and loads of what we have come to expect from nin. Year zero project the way a viral campaign should be run. Year zero nine inch nails to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Year zero was the last nine inch nails studio album released on interscope. Feb 22, 2007 yearzero trent reznor inducts the cure rock and roll hall of fame 2019 full speech duration.
Friendsweird times indeed as the news seems to turn ever more grim by the hour, weve found ourselves vacillating wildly between feeling like there may be hope at times to utter despair often changing minute to minute. The elaborate campaign for nin s new year zero album 42 entertainment is the agency behind it is a great example of blurring the line between marketing and. Jan 04, 2014 inspired by the homonym concept album year zero by nine inch nails. Year zero nine inch nails arg documentary aholicknight. In advance of its release, urls were hidden in tour tshirts, music and imagefilled usb drives were found at concerts, and dozens of websites have been packed with conspiracy stories that all involve the year 2022 or year zero. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Was having a kinda shitty day, so i was happy to hear my college radio make it a little better. Year zero is a music studio album recording by nine inch nails crossover progprogressive rock released in 2007 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. On his surprise 2005 comeback, with teeth, reznor sounded unsure of himself.
Following the conclusion of 2007s year zero album, alternate. Listen to a partial recording or read the full transcript. Apr 14, 2007 check out year zero by nine inch nails on amazon music. Year zero by nine inch nails released in 2007 via nothing. The cd is an expression of reznors view of the world as amoral and doomed. In year zero, the calendar has been altered from the traditional bcead structure. Nine inch nails reveal how add violence is connected to year zero. Listen free to nine inch nails year zero hyperpower. Although the album was released on april 16, 2007 in europe, and the following day worldwide, the game had been underway since roughly february 12, 2007 and was expected to continue for approximately eighteen months. Initial ambitions for nine inch nails in 1988 were to release one 12 inch single on a small european label. Jul 17, 2017 the back cover for nine inch nails add violence ep has surfaced, and it features several words, including one the strongly hints at a connection to the concept surrounding nins 2007 album.
Reznor brings the pain on year zero, his strongest, weirdest and most complex record since the downward spiral. Year zero is the fifth studio album by american industrial rock band nine inch nails, released by interscope records on april 17, 2007. Nine inch nails year zero 2007, digipak, cd discogs. Official multitrack files for the nine inch nails album year zero released by trent reznor. Zero genten in japan is the sixth studio album by nine inch nails, released on april, 2007 in the uk and europe, and april 17, 2007 worldwide, by interscope records. Having become dissatisfied with the traditional musicdistribution model, reznor released both ghosts iiv and the songoriented the slip 2008 as free. Hesitation marks deluxe version hdtracks the worlds. In july, 2008, nine inch nails released their album the slip for free, via a ccbyncsa license.
Survivalism is the third track and the first single from the 2007 album year zero survivalism is the belief that one must be prepared to survive a. The concept album year zero 2007 was accompanied by an ambitious viral marketing campaign, and instrumental samples used in its creation were collected in ghosts iiv 2008. Download will include the 40 page pdf and the digital extras pack. An alternate reality game has emerged to promote the albums concept. When referring to the past, the years are subtracted from the date of the calendrical reconstruction. On year zero, the 42yearold is still writing bathroomwall lyrics more suited to trenchcoated teens or jim.
Set in the year 2022 dubbed 0000 or year zero, the album tells the story of a corrupted american government bent on absolute control on the remaining people of the world. Mar 07, 2008 being free from everything that binds wall street with the music industry has given the nine inch nails frontman the ability to do whatever he wants whenever he wants. Recorded in secret to avoid interference from the record label, the followup to pretty hate machine takes an unexpected abrupt turn into sheer aggression. Listen to your favorite songs from year zero by nine inch nails now. With the addition of future singles head like a hole and sin, many of these demo tracks would later appear in revised form on the bands debut studio album, pretty hate machine. Every intellectual property belongs to nin, 42 entertainment, trent reznor and rob sheridan. Apr 17, 2007 zerosum fringe tv promo version lyrics about year zero year zero also known as halo 24 is the sixth studio album by nine inch nails and was created as a concept album of a dystopian.
Year zero is at its best an average but still solid effort from nin. Nine inch nails year zero 2007 nine inch nails y34rz3r0r3m1x3d 2007 nine inch nails ghosts iiv 2008. Studio owner bart koster granted reznor free access to the studio between bookings to. Reznor has served as the main producer, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and sole member of nine inch nails for 28 years. The songs are pure pop beauty set to the ugliness of machines going wrong and the decay of organic settings. It is a concept album that describes reznors forecast of how the united states governments current policies will impact the world fifteen years in the future.
Year zero by nine inch nails on amazon music unlimited. Stream ad free with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Nin, nine inch nails, year zero, remix, instrumental language english. Nine inch nails classic first record, produced by trent reznor with flood, john fryer, keith leblanc and adrian sherwood. Thumb drives showed up in the real world, websites and phone numbers announced the coming of a new audio revolution, and 3 million participants propagated that central message. Year zero, an album by nine inch nails on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. A bleak and unflinching celebration of selfdestruction in the. Get an ad free experience with special benefits, and directly support reddit.
The original industrial rock band, nine inch nails, is back. Year zero is a concept album released in 2007 by nine inch nails. Nine inch nails alben entfalten ihr potential immer erst nach mehrmaligem horen. Industrial rock band nine inch nails abbreviated as nin and stylized as ni was formed in 1988 by trent reznor in cleveland, ohio. Year zero by nine inch nails album listen for free on. May 03, 2007 reznor brings the pain on year zero, his strongest, weirdest and most complex record since the downward spiral. And he does it better then he has in nearly 15 years.