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It is a semi-autobiographical concept album, in which the overarching plot follows the protagonist's descent into madness in his own inner solipsistic world through a metaphorical "downward spiral", dealing with religion, dehumanization, violence, disease, society, drugs, sex, and finally, suicide.
- Track List
- Instrumentals
- Inspiration
- Recording
- Concept and Interpretations
- Writings on The Album
- Recurring Themes and Styles
- Samples
- Re-Releases
- Touring
"Mr. Self Destruct" – 4:30"Piggy" – 4:24"Heresy" – 3:54"March Of The Pigs" – 2:58The unmastered instrumental versions of almost all the songs on The Downward Spiral ("Ruiner" and "Big Man With A Gun" were not included) were made available on remix.nin.comfor streaming and free download. The site was eventually taken down and they can now be found on archive.org.
Trent Reznorhas stated in various interviews some of the ideas and inspiration behind the album: Pink Floyd's The Wall was also heavy in Reznor's rotation during the making of the album. In a Q+A session before the 2017 Riot Fest show, it was revealed that David Lynch's use of sound in his films was an inspiration for the sound design of The Downwa...
Reznor set out to make an album that was a departure from the Broken EP ("when I went into the studio, I knew that I didn't want to make Broken again"), which he described as "a real hard-sounding record that was just one big blast of anger." Instead, Reznor wanted to create an album "that went in 10 different directions, but that was all united so...
There are numerous layers of metaphors that are present throughout the album, which leaves it open to wide interpretation. As a whole, The Downward Spiralis defined by Nietzschean concepts and a prominent theme of existentialism. It is a concept album in which the overarching plot follows the protagonist moving through his own "downward spiral", de...
"A dissertation on The Downward Spiral"
This is a lengthy interpretation of the album's story written by two men back around 1998. Read it at: 1. http://www.4degreez.com/nailz/ninterpretations/downspiral.htmlwith feedback from several fans 2. http://web.archive.org/web/20050920110644/http://www.sickamongthepure.com/files/2002/02/TDS/TDS.html archive of the article on SickAmongthePure
Into The Never book
In 2020, author Adam Steiner published a book called Into The Never: Nine Inch Nails And The Creation Of The Downward Spiral. The book's press release states that it "explores the creation and cultural impact of The Downward Spiral, one of the most influential and artistically significant albums of the twentieth century" and features "new interviews with collaborators and artists inspired by the album."
The ending keyboard melody of "Closer" is repeated in the climax of "The Downward Spiral" and the chorus of "Heresy." A similar piano melody is played at the end of "Piggy." This recurring melody i...The lyric "nothing can stop me now" appears in "Piggy," "Ruiner" and "Big Man With A Gun." The same phrase would recur on later albums in "La Mer," "We're In This Together" and "Sunspots."Quite a few of the songs end by repeating the same line or set of lines: "Piggy," "Ruiner," "I Do Not Want This," "Big Man With A Gun" and "Eraser." These deviate from the traditional chorus-chorus...see also Samples In NIN Songs "Mr. Self Destruct" begins with a sample from the 1971 film THX 1138.It is taken from a scene in which a man is being beaten by a guard depicted on a holographic television. "Closer" uses a heavily modified sample of a kick drum from the song "Nightclubbing" from The Idiot album by Iggy Pop. It also uses a reversed sam...
10th Anniversary
To mark the album's tenth anniversary, The Downward Spiralwas re-released on November 23, 2004 in two new formats: 1. As a 2-CD "Deluxe Edition" (labeled Halo 8 DE). The first disc is an SACD/CD hybrid featuring the album in high-resolution stereo and 5.1 surround sound. The second disc is a SACD/CD hybrid that features various remixes, b-sides, demos, and other non-album tracks that were available around the time of the original release, in high-resolution stereo. 2. As a DualDisc (labeled H...
Back To Black Vinyl
Universal chose, without consulting Trent Reznor, to re-release the vinyl edition of The Downward Spiral as a part of their "Back To Black" collection celebrating the 60th anniversary of vinyl. Trent's opinion on this was posted on nin.com: The vinyl was released on September 23, 2008, and has the same artwork and track listing as the original 1994 release.
Definitive 2017 Edition Vinyl
A vinyl reissue was announced in December 2016 and began shipping in August 2017, with further vinyl reissues of the other major NIN releases to follow. This edition of the vinyl comes with a digital download card and a booklet containing photos and an essay about the album, written by John Doran. It also remedies the issue of retained song transitions that were split across sides.
For more information, see Self Destruct Touring Cycle The album was supported by a major tour that lasted nearly two years. It circled North America a few times and also visited Europe and Australia. The shows were very intense and included well-programmed lighting and very aggressive performances, with many instruments being mangled in the process...
"I Do Not Want This" è pura schizofrenia messa in musica, ambientata in un paesaggio spoglio e squallido, marchiata a fuoco dal fenomenale drumming di Stephen Perkins.
Perkins also played drums on the Nine Inch Nails album The Downward Spiral on the track "I Do Not Want This". In addition to Banyan, Perkins worked with Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction bass player Chris Chaney and singer/guitarist Steve Isaacs on a project entitled The Panic Channel from 2004 until 2007.
17 mag 2021 · Darkness, perversity and the shadow of Charles Manson – how Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral turned Trent Reznor into America’s poster boy for nihilism
The Downward Spiral è universalmente ritenuto dalla critica specializzata il capolavoro dei Nine Inch Nails e uno dei dischi più importanti degli anni novanta. Si trova alla posizione 201 nella classifica dei 500 migliori album di sempre stilata dalla rivista Rolling Stone.
27 apr 2015 · Many of the loops used on The Downward Spiral’s tracks were assembled using recordings of live drummers including Chris Vrenna and Stephen Perkins, which were then re-assembled and occasionally treated by adding synth and Pro Tools manipulation.
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