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On his 2007 full-length studio follow-up to WITH TEETH, Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor steps away from the relatively straight-ahead rock aesthetic of that record, opting instead for an intentionally abrasive sound lined with sharp ... Full Descriptionshards of noise and static. Tied together by an enigmatic, X-FILES-like concept involving an apocalyptic scenario, YEAR ZERO is marked by tell-tale tracks such as "Survivalism," a fierce number that harkens back to THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL, and "In This Twilight," a bleak, distortion-filled song.
Reportedly influenced by the Bomb Squad's spare, hard-hitting production on vintage Public Enemy releases (a point driven home by the stark, stuttering "My Violent Heart"), ZERO also reveals that Reznor picked up a few experimental tricks from tour-mates TV on the Radio, as best exemplified by the guitar squalls of the aforementioned "Survivalism." Less personal and more cinematic than preceding outings, YEAR ZERO is arguably NIN's least-accessible album, and proves that Reznor hasn't abandoned his SPIRAL-era post as a sonic agitator who has infiltrated the mainstream.Rolling Stone (p.111) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007".
Entertainment Weekly (p.61) - "[H]e drives his messages home with the whisper-to-a-scream vocal melodrama and the most chaotically catchy tunes he and his arsenal of machines can generate."
Alternative Press (p.158) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "For YEAR ZERO, Nine Inch Nails chairman Trent Reznor sets his machinery on 'kill' and points it toward authority and herd mentality, dicing up guitars and laptops synths like an Enron paper trail."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.70) - Ranked #8 in Kerrang's "The Top 20 Albums Of 2007" -- "[A] spectacular, chilling record..." Hide Description Year Zero Music | List Price | $17.95 (You save $3.46) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Industrial CDs, Rock | | Label | Interscope | | Orig Year | 2007 | | All Time Sales Rank |  3813  | | CD Universe Part number | 7412024 | | Catalog number | 000876402 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 17, 2007 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Trent Reznor; Atticus Ross | | Engineer | Atticus Ross; Trent Reznor; Alan Moulder | | Recording Time | 63 minutes |
Nine Inch Nails Year Zero Songs Purchase Year Zero CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Nine Inch Nails With Teeth CD (2005) Digipak; DualDisc
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Over the course of his musical career, Trent Reznor has managed to deliver a full-length studio album about every five years. Although he's a bit late with 2005's WITH TEETH (following 1999's THE FRAGILE), listeners are rewarded with Nine Inch Nails' most streamlined and straightforward record since PRETTY HATE MACHINE. Here Reznor cuts back on programming and synthesizers, opting for heavy use of guitars, bass, and--surprisingly--piano and live drums. In fact, the album's secret weapon is drummer Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), whose thunderous percussive style gives certain songs--most notably the frenetic "You Know What You Are?"--added weight and a welcome no-frills rock edge. Though the techno/industrial element of Reznor's music has been played down, his lyrics are typically angst-ridden, with dramatic tales of isolation, deception, loss, and love gone wrong. More than 15 years after his debut, Reznor is as tormented as ever, and Nine Inch Nails fans wouldn't have it any other way.
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To its legion of fans, everything the band Tool does is an event, but the elaborate plan behind their sporadic release schedule--roughly five years, on average, between albums--is due primarily to the time and effort the band packs into each successive effort. To title their fourth album 10,000 DAYS, then, isn't as much an exaggeration as it would seem. Tool are America's most consummate mainstream perfectionists, revitalizing progressive rock to the grandeur of its '70s heyday, but updated with technocratic tension and existential dread not known to previous generations. Perhaps it's the development of more musical genres at the turn of the millennium, but it's also Tool's ability to take what is needed from each and leave the florid excesses behind, forming a seething gray core of angst and release ...
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Following the arty explorations of its predecessor, GET BEHIND ME SATAN, ICKY THUMP finds everybody's favorite platinum-selling, post-modern garage-rock duo returning to their bang-and-stomp rock-&-roll roots. The marimbas and pianos of the former are kicked to the curb in favor of the kind of Led Zeppelin-in-a-trash-can riffs on which Jack and Meg White built their cooler-than-ice reputation.
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Mere months after Trent Reznor unveiled the 2008 instrumental collection GHOSTS I-IV online without warning, the Nine Inch Nails frontman issued another independent album out of the blue--a completely free studio album entitled THE SLIP. While not a radical departure from the fuzzed-out dystopia of YEAR ZERO, this 10-track outing does hark back to Reznor's earlier work (most notably THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL), as on the pounding "Discipline," which is tempered by a chiming keyboard melody, and the spare, piano-driven piece "Light in the Sky," a song that showcases the artist's brooding persona. Pithy and immediate, THE SLIP functions as a refreshing counterpoint ...
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Year Zero Music Review Average Rating: (4.2 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews More Than A CD
Reznor really drags you in this oppressive, apocalyptic universe. Songs like Meet you master and Capital G are very pop-influenced, but The Greater Good and In This Twilight really show the genius of Trent Reznor. Buy it. Buy it now.
Submitted by Simon (Repentigny,Qc,CAN)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful.  Not very impressed.
Yeah, Trent said this is a concept album; The Fragile was a concept album too, and is one of the best works to date, but Year Zero simply doesn't reach that level of perfection. It is still NIN, but very pop influenced.
Submitted by elcomegatodavid (Venezuela) 
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Overall? Good!
This was a great album, but mabey not quite as good as The Fragile or The Downward Spiral. It is very electronical and kinda goes in a different direction than some of NINs other albums. My favorites are God Given, Capital G, The Good Soldiar, and Meet Your Master. I was reluctant to get this album but give it a chance; it'll grow on you!
Submitted by Matt (Chatham, NY)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  most bombastic album i've ever heard
i think nin have taken their sound to the next level this is a notch above with teeth which was a good album this album bumps year zero brings the bass and noise so hard it'll leave your ears achin
Submitted by Westonnixon89 (Altoona,Iowa)
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Bad first impression, first impressions are lies
I think this scared a lot of old school NIN fans. I think it stands out wholly from the rest. It is less personally neurotic and more satirical, aggressive and powerful.
I was also hesitant with this album, but after a couple of listens I might actually deem this with the title of best album.
The thought Reznor put into not just the plain album, but the whole story, is amazing. Even if you listen to just the music, and don't get into the story, I think you would feel empowered to kill the system.
Submitted by muscat42 (Malta.)
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