Ambient DecayChapter of Music - Nine Inch Nails -- Year Zero
NIN :: Year Zero - What's the Buzz
US release date: 17 April 2007
UK release date: 16 April 2007
It takes place about 15 years in the future. Things are not good. If you imagine a world where greed and power continue to run their likely course, you’ll have an idea of the backdrop. The world has reached the breaking point—politically, spiritually and ecologically. Written from various perspectives of people in this world, Year Zero examines various viewpoints set against an impending moment of truth.
The latest reviews on Year Zero has been that of astounding. Rivet, Industrialist, and even metal heads have been raving since this albums release on April 17 of this year. Year Zero is the most ‘industrial’ record he has yet made; full of swirling synthetic beats and double-edged mechanical onslaughts. At sixteen tracks, it’s the densest single-disc set he’s produced, with hardly a guitar to be heard. Even his vocal performance is restrained—not once does he erupt into a throaty yell, and he intonates with a grim finality, allowing the humming computers to be angry for him. And if you thought “The Hand That Feeds” was politically charged, that was a barrel of laughs compared to some of the material on here; no prizes to anyone who can guess what the track “Capital G” is about.
Living with a few rivet heads myself, daily I can hear the constant electronic rants and raves about what society can become and is well on its way. " The Great Destroyer" has been deemed "Iconic sounding" by a plethora of fans. This album wasn't created over a mass amount of assorted drugs and the ramblings of a few rich drunks. Reznor created this with every single sober bone and muscle in his body. If this is what happens on a recently sober mastermind, one can only wait in purgatory for his next album.
Year Zero, the fifth studio effort from the pioneering industrial-rock icon, is a full-length concept disc set in the dark days of 2022. Reznor professes that this is the worlds end as we know it. A few cuts have a hip-hoppy bounce in their step. And nearly all of them are just a little leaner and more focused than Reznor has been in the past. That's probably another side-effect of his newer, healthier lifestyle.
Either that or it's something in the water..
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This is a great review. I've been thinking about buying it but wasn't quite sure....
Do you know why their gig was postponed last night?
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NIN hasn't yet said why they postponed it other than their lovely note of "Due to Circumstances beyond our control..."
But keep your ticket if you have one. Tool did that last month and a lot of people junked their tickets. Come to find out over 100 seats were still available the night of the show.
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Thanks for the comment and keep in touch!
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Gosh, Reznor is 42?!
Aha, I didn't get tickets and just heard a snippet on the radio saying that it was postphoned....hmmm, sounds like fans have to be patient....
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