By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorIt's hard to fathom how Trent Reznor went from being a wiry, mud-caked madman (what up, Woodstock '94?) to a ripped Oscar winner, but one thing's clear at this point in his career: While his… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorBetween his musclebound makeover, flawless "farewell tour," palate-cleansing side projects (How to Destroy Angels' end-of-days elegies, several sessions with Queens of the Stone Age, a couple of solid David Fincher soundtracks) and some long-overdue props… more »
By Ken Micallef, eMusic ContributorIn Dave Grohl's world, if you want to direct a movie about a defunct recording studio, you make a few calls; take a few meetings, and wha-la! you're a director. Similarly, if you need some… more »
By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic ContributorWelcome oblivion, the first full-length album with Trent Reznor's new band How to Destroy Angels, is both totally familiar and unlike anything Reznor has ever done. It's dark, brooding and filled with angst, but the… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorHow to Destroy Angels have unveiled the first video from their grammar adverse debut album, Welcome oblivion. Directed by the London-based visual art collective Shynola, the clip for "How long?" is actually creepier than the… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorFirst it was David Bowie; now we've got word of a new record from his old buddy Trent Reznor. Due out March 5th through Columbia, Welcome oblivion is the warm and fuzzy debut album of… more »
By Annie Zaleski, eMusic ContributorAlthough Trent Reznor recently hinted that he'll be resurrecting Nine Inch Nails in the not-so-distant future, his current focus is How To Destroy Angels, his band with wife Mariqueen Maandig and frequent collaborators Atticus Ross… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorTrent Reznor's How to Destroy Angels project has unveiled its entire An Omen EP a few days early, showing the softer side of Reznor's songwriting while providing quite a few nods to the shuffle board… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorWho could forget the Rolling Stone cover that featured a young David Lynch and a Rasputin-looking Trent Reznor in a rare joint interview meant to promote Lost Highway? Lynch's 1997 film worked partly because of… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorIn some ways, Natural Born Killers was a warm-up session for the David Lynch soundtrack (Lost Highway) that'd arrive three years later. This particular Trent Reznor production is much more scatter-brained however, reflecting Oliver Stone's… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorA song cycle that's "Satanic" in the Anton LaVey sense of the word — an egocentric celebration of the self rather than a rally against an absent, unseen god — Marilyn Manson's second album single-handedly… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorUnlike the first couple decades of Nine Inch Nails — an emo-as-hell era that kept its laser-like focus locked on the skin-pricking peaks and valleys of one troubled soul, Trent Reznor — Year Zero favors… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorAfter disappearing into his own downward spiral of drugs and despair for much of the mid-to-late '90s, Trent Reznor reemerged a broken but not beaten alt-rock icon around the release of With Teeth, a full-length… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorWhen Trent Reznor howls, "Poisoned to my rotten core/ too fucked up to care anymore," against a pulverized wall of ravenous riffs and malfunctioning synths in "Somewhat Damaged" — a track so terrifying it's reportedly… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorHere's how massive Nine Inch Nails were in the platinum-plated aftermath of The Downward Spiral: Its noisy, single-less companion album sold more than 500,000 copies on its own. Try doing that in the age of… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorNot quite poetry, not quite Nietzsche For Dummies, The Downward Spiral is a much deeper listen two decades later than your inner angry teenager ever imagined. And yes, that includes the stripper anthem that smudged… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorThrough the rubberized bass lines of "Down in It" or the Tesla coil loops of "Sanctified," Nine Inch Nails' debut album is, at its heart, synth-pop with a sneer, bookending the '80s with steel-plated beats… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorBetween his musclebound makeover, flawless "farewell tour," palate-cleansing side projects (How to Destroy Angels' end-of-days elegies, several sessions with Queens of the Stone Age, a couple of solid David Fincher soundtracks) and some long-overdue props… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorSome artists just have it: the ability to lead us around by the nose. We happily let them do anything; they have passports to go anywhere, try whatever crazy idea pops into their head. Wear… more »
