Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero

[Avarice-ness]

I know it's like... really early in the morning (for me atleast), but I'm wondering if anyone's picked up the new NiN cd. I'm -planning- on going to buy it today but I think the rain is trying to stop me.

But still With Teeth was mediocre (compared to other NiN cds) and I always fear the cd after the cd were the songs where just... that.

So for those who may have it in their possession, please give a thumb up or something.

If you don't have it, what are your thoughts on a new cd, are you going to buy it today, are you as excited about it as I am?

[Nominus Experse]

Ever since The Fragile, NIN has steadily become a mediocre mess that is an insult to the raw and gritty wonders found in such albums as Pretty Hate Machine and Further Down the Spiral.

With Teeth was just a final nail in the coffin, truly showing what a sad, sad poppy-watered-down version of Trent we now have.

I'll likely download this album to see whether or not its actually worthy of listening to, seeing how Trent hasn't put such an album out in many, many years.

[Avarice-ness]

Ever since The Fragile, NIN has steadily become a mediocre mess that is an insult to the raw and gritty wonders found in such albums as Pretty Hate Machine and Further Down the Spiral.

With Teeth was just a final nail in the coffin, truly showing what a sad, sad poppy-watered-down version of Trent we now have.

I'll likely download this album to see whether or not its actually worthy of listening to, seeing how Trent hasn't put such an album out in many, many years.

I DON'T WANT THAT TRENT. ; ;
I was raised with "Pretty Hate Machine" as are my neices. My sister started listening to NiN when I was 4 (just turned 4 seeing as she bought the cd a few days after it came out way back when) and I always listened to them through her, luckly she plays "Pretty Hate Machine" in the car when taking my neices to school who are 8 and 2, to show them, in my opinion, what good music is.

And yeah that's true, alot of people are like "No, "The Fragile" is the best cd" which easily could have resulted in the fall of the music, seeing as he's apparently aiming at a fan base that is -not- the one's he had back in the day. If you have a large fanbase that likes all the previous cd's, the chances of you losing that fanbase by aiming to the smaller fan base, goes up. *sigh* "The Downward Spiral" is my favorite cd by far, including "Further Down the Spiral" 'cause it's all remixy.

But if you download it keep me updated, I don't want to go out in the rain only to come back with a cd that will make me go "BACK IN MY DAY, NiN WAS GOOD. ; ;"

[blim]

Ever since The Fragile, NIN has steadily become a mediocre mess that is an insult to the raw and gritty wonders found in such albums as Pretty Hate Machine and Further Down the Spiral.

With Teeth was just a final nail in the coffin, truly showing what a sad, sad poppy-watered-down version of Trent we now have.

I'll likely download this album to see whether or not its actually worthy of listening to, seeing how Trent hasn't put such an album out in many, many years.

couldnt have put it better, i swapped my copy of with teeth cos i knew i would never want to listen to it again.

[Sephex]

Finally came out today. Though, I am glad that Trent didn't decide to take another five years off before making yet another album. If you are picky about it, Year Zero came out JUST under two years from the release date of With Teeth. I think I'll do what I did for With Teeth...review every track!

1) Hyperpower!-- A very interesting opening instrumental. This track does a good job telling you what's in store for the rest of the album. Cool drums, power chord driven guitar, if you're a NIN fan you know the drill. It sounds like a riot is going on in the background too.

2) The Beginning Of The End-- The opening drum beat kind of sounds like "My Sharona" for a second! Anyway, this actually kind of sounds like NIN's cover of "Metal" by Gary Numan. However, like a lot of NIN songs, the song slowly builds up by adding new sounds as it goes on.

3) Survivalism-- This is the current radio single. I have heard people say this album sounds like With Teeth, but I only think this is the only track that does. With that said it has it's own unique flavor. Very political song. Heavy on the electronics.

4) The Good Soldier-- While this is another beat driven song, this also has a nice soft feeling to it. The music really syncs well with the lyrics. This is probably one of my favorites off this album. I don't know, it just drew me in.

5) Vessel-- Those of you who love the gritty, dirty side of NIN will love this song. This song has a ****ing NASTY beat. If you want to show off your superpowered sound system to someone, this would be a good song to show off.

6) Me, I'm not-- Another favorite of mine. I dig the splashing sound effects from the drums. I like the pace of the lyrics, too. Once again, good use of electronic sounding effects. Though I doubt it will happen, I really want to see this one live.

7) Capital G-- An obvious shot at George W. Bush throughout the whole song. The way the lyrics are sung have a childish feel to them--but in a good way. It makes sense. This is going to be another weird anology, but it sounds as if the insturments themselves are drunk at parts. Once again, that's a good thing. This might be the next single by the way.

8) My Violent Heart-- Another gitty track, at least during the chorus and the end of the song. The verses almost sound narrated, and they are carrying a nice beat right along with them. This is the best example of how Trent Reznor can take noise and make like it is a natural part of song structure.

9) The Warning-- Trent wasn't kidding when he said this album would sound noisy and beat oriented. However, this track has some nice funk to it. I like how the song itself flows. It doesn't slow down and it doesn't need a chorus.

10) God Given-- This is yet another favorite of mine. The high sound effect heard throughout most of the song is simply haunting. This is another classic NIN track where it builds and builds into a well placed chatoic mess.

11) Meet Your Master-- Very cool bass line. This is a song I can easily be performed live. It has that attitude about it. If you are a NIN fan, you know what I am talking about even if you haven't heard this track. Also, this is one of the most industrial sounding songs on the album. Then this song slids right into...

12) The Greater Good-- This is where things start getting more ambient. Don't get me wrong. A nice beat is still present, but the lyrics sound more like instructions. Like something is taking somebody over. One of the most eerie NIN tracks. The most common lyric you hear whispered is, "Beathe us in...slowly...slowly."

13) The Great Destroyer-- This song has alot of melody to it, and it is also one of my favorites. The climax to this song is simply excellent and comes out of nowhere. I'll probably end up overplaying this song!

14) Another Version Of The Truth-- Another insturmental. The most ambient track on the album. I like it a lot. Very peaceful sounding. It almost sounds as if it were something you were to hear on The Fragile.

15) In This Twilight-- If Trent Reznor decided to make music for a Silent Hill game, this would what it probably would sound like. Not to say that the music is all distorted and TOTALLY ambient or anything. There is a very solid song structure here.

16) Zero Sum-- As usual, Trent decides to put heavy empahisis on piano for a closing track...BUT...like most of the album, there is a heavy beat that is in your face. It's a perfect closing track for Year Zero. The verse sounds like he is talking to someone with a regretable attitude while the chorus is amazing. What's cool about this song is that the beat and the piano sound as if they are battling one another, but at the same time they are working together.

Overall: I love the album a lot. I already like it better than With Teeth, but time will tell if I decide I like it better than The Downward Spiral (my favorite NIN album to this day so probably not) or The Fragile. Trent already said the next album he releases will be tied into this one, and I already can't wait!

Oh! And here is something that's REAL cool about the CD itself...

****SPOILERS FOR SENSITIVE PEOPLE****

When you first see the CD, it is all black and at the bottom you see in small font "Year Zero". After I listened to it the CD is white with a lot of random lines and binary code written on it! If you let it sit for awhile it goes back to being all black (at least it looks like it is doing that now)!

EDIT: Actually it fades more to a biege color, but gets brighter when you play it and take it out. UPDATE: It IS fading back to black now!

EDIT2: I forgot to mention that the CD package has this paper attached to the back of it that has a fake "US Bureau of Morality" message on it with a number. Call it, it's pretty funny. 1-866-445-6580.

[theundeadhero]

If it wasn't for you I would have never known this was out, and now I am happy. Hopefully I'll see a copy around here soon.

[Avarice-ness]

Yeah, we'll just pretend my NiN thread doesn't exist and how I wanted people to talk about the new cd and their thoughts in general.

[theundeadhero]

You should have known better than to make one instead of Sephex

[Psychotic]

Now neither of your threads exist. Behold the power of merge!

[Avarice-ness]

Now neither of your threads exist. Behold the power of merge!

I love you long time Psy. Mostly 'cause you just confused the mittens out of me, good job, have an invisible cookie.

[Momiji]

I might get it, I don't know. I recently started liking Nine Inch Nails, but I think the older songs I downloaded were better than the more recent ones. I'll download it if anything.

[Jowy]

Bleh, after With Teeth I don't think I can sit through another new nine inch nails album. D:

*editga* also, nothing is better than The Fragile.

[Momiji]

I liked Head Like a Hole, Closer, and Hurt. Which albums are they from? I heard some from With Teeth and didn't really care for them. I liked The Hand That Feeds though...

[Sephex]

I don't get all the hate towards the new stuff. It's kind of closeminded to not even listen to Year Zero just because of With Teeth. Form your own opinion, not one based off of how you felt about a completely different album. Also, I have no idea where people are getting the idea by saying Year Zero sounds like With Teeth.

And it's pretty funny that people are saying that The Fragile is cool now because when it came out, everyone was showing the same type of distaste for it like they do now for With Teeth.

As much as I love NIN, I hate the ****ing elitist fanbase.

[Elly]

i totaly agree i remember when The Fragile came out all the eletist NIN fans hated it without giving it a fair chance, now 2 albums later and people are hailing it as genuis, just wait another album and people will do the same thing to With Teeth, it'll become the next great album people compare the new album after Year Zero to without listening to it also...