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17 years ago
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I decided to ask for opinions about this industrial metal band, "Nine Inch Nails," if anyone has heard of them.

I personally love them...

Brief history:

Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated NIN or NIИ, meaning "nine-inch nails" in English) is an American rock band formed by Trent Reznor in 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio. As the main producer, singer, lyricist, and musician, Reznor is the only official member of the band and bears sole responsibility for its development. NIN's music covers a wide range of genres while maintaining a distinctive sound achieved through the use of electronic instruments and sound processing. After recording an album, Reznor typically brings in musicians to join him on a concert tour to support the album; this touring lineup exists separately from Nine Inch Nails in the studio. On stage, NIN often uses spectacular visual elements to accompany their performances, often culminating in the musicians destroying their instruments.

Fans of underground music warmly embraced NIN in its early years. In the 1990s, the band released several significant recordings that achieved widespread popularity: many NIN songs became radio hits, two recordings won Grammy Awards, and the band sold over 20 million albums worldwide and 10 million in the United States. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed NIN at number 94 on its list of the 100 greatest rock artists of all time. Despite this warm reception, the band has had several conflicts with the recording industry. In 2007, Trent Reznor announced that NIN would continue to develop independently of record labels.
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17 years ago
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Great band! I especially like The Fragile.
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17 years ago
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Great band! I especially love The Fragile.

What do you think of their latest album, "The Slip"?
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17 years ago
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Yeah, I haven't even heard of it:(. When was it released? From their work, I only know everything up to Fragile and With Teeth. I'll look around the city (but I doubt I'll find anything – we don't even have a regional center here), and my internet is on a strict data plan (600MB):D...
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17 years ago
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After the album With Teeth, the album Year Zero (2007) was released, followed by Ghosts (2008) (it is distributed for free and can be downloaded from the official website) and The Slip (2008)....

I personally downloaded all their music from the internet...
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17 years ago
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What's your favorite album? And what is this free Ghosts thing – is it any good, or just a shoddy piece of work? Is it worth downloading?
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17 years ago
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My favorites are definitely The Fragile and Year Zero; I think these are Trent's best works, but the others are good too...

The Ghosts album consists entirely of electronic-industrial compositions (instrumental, sometimes with guitar); they are more atmospheric, but you can still listen to it, although the album was made more for electronic music fans...
Personally, I liked it more when Trent made the soundtrack for the game Quake II; it turned out to be cool, a kind of dark industrial metal...
In general, if you have the opportunity, download it; even if you don't like it, I don't think you'll regret downloading it.
The album consists of 36 songs and weighs 189 MB.
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17 years ago
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Great band. I especially like the albums Pretty Hate Machine and Year Zero.
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17 years ago
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Ghosts is actually quite good, even though it's free; it captures the industrial atmosphere very well.

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