Name: The Downward Spiral
Brand: Nine Inch Nails

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Bonus disc: No

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B002568301

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Format detail

180 Gram LP.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2017-11-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Unive­rsal

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

602557142785

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Total Cap

LPx2

INTD92346

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1998-03-09

606949234621

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Artist

Nine Inch Nails

Genre US

Experimental / Avant-Garde / Industrial / Noise

Label US

Nothing

Industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ) was formed in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. Reznor has served as the main producer, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and sole member of Nine Inch Nails for 28 years. This changed in December 2016 when Atticus Ross officially became the second member of the band.
Nine Inch Nails straddles a wide range of many styles of rock music and other genres that require an electronic sound, which can often cause drastic changes in sound from album to album. However NIN albums in general have many identifiable characteristics in common, such as recurring leitmotifs, chromatic melodies, dissonance, terraced dynamics and common lyrical themes.
Nine Inch Nails is most famously known for the melding of industrial elements with pop sensibilities in their first albums. This move was considered instrumental in bringing the industrial genre as a whole into the mainstream, although genre purists and Trent Reznor alike have refused to identify NIN as an industrial band.

The downward spiral is a visceral, haunting concept album telling the story of a mans descent into despair and depravity. Modeled on trent reznor, the sole member of nine inch nails.this despair is evident from the beginning, with the album opening with mr. self destruct, a song that displays reznors trademark whisper/scream vocal dynamic throughout, before segueing into the bass-heavy piggy, with an almost chant like refrain of nothing can stop me now / cause i don't care anymore. the bleakness of life that the downward spiral presents is shown through tales of self-loathing and sexual deviancy, subjects that have fueled many of nine inch nails greatest songs, including the infamous closer.an mtv hit that has become greatly misconstrued as a song simply about sex, it is the embodiment of the escapism and nihilistic tendencies that are present in every second of this album. The textured soundscapes that reznor creates help to form an experience that every listener longs for with an album; the music sounds insurmountably huge, with the vocals emerging from layers of distorted sounds and blank noise ambience, shown most prominently on eraser.while the album may be almost entirely desolate, the way reznor crafts the songs with unflinching honesty and sonic precision make it such a pleasure to hear. on multiple listens, a new sound is picked up each time, or a lyric might have a different meaning than what you first thought.

The Downward Spiral

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