Nine Inch Nails - The Slip review
| Band: | Nine Inch Nails |
| Album: | The Slip |
| Style: | Industrial metal, Industrial rock |
| Release date: | July 2008 |
| A review by: | jupitreas |
Disc I
01. 999,999
02. 1,000,000
03. Letting You
04. Discipline
05. Echoplex
06. Head Down
07. Lights In The Sky
08. Corona Radiata
09. The Four Of Us Are Dying
10. Demon Seed
Disc II [Limited Edition DVD]
01. 1,000,000 [live]
02. Letting You [live]
03. Discipline [live]
04. Echoplex [live]
05. Head Down [live]
Nine Inch Nails fans have it good in recent times. Their favourite artist not only releases a new album as often as a man with irritable bowel syndrome goes to the toilet, he also began to share the products of his creativity completely free of charge. The same is true of The Slip, an album that one can download freely without even being urged to make a voluntary donation.
The Slip sounds like a continuation of the catchy direction of With Teeth but with acknowledgement of Trent's renewed interest in making a lot of noise. The album has a bare and primal quality to it, emanating an urgency often associated with post-punk, to the aesthetics of which the excellent album cover also seems to refer. This is not a bloated conceptual album but one that is quite happy to violate the senses with distorted synths or the once again more prominent guitar squeal. Indeed, songs like "Letting It Go Away" and "1,000,000" bring to mind the more extreme experiments of one Alec Empire, and even an unashamedly pop song like "Discipline" retains a gritty, claustrophobic sound. Meanwhile, the best songs on the album, such as "Echoplex", "Head Down" and "The Four Of Us Are Dying" recall the rich textures of The Fragile but without being beaten to death and overstaying their welcome. Truly, the name of the game here is being concise and succinct.
Evidently, Trent's output isn't a form of artistic diarrhoea and is instead more akin to a good-natured chef proud enough of his work to let people taste it for free. Let's hope his insane productivity doesn't result in our indigestion; however, at least for now, his latest album, The Slip is a very nourishing meal.
 | Written on 12.05.2008 by With Metal Storm since 2002, jupitreas has been subjecting the masses to his reviews for quite a while now. He lives in Warsaw, Poland, where he does his best to avoid prosecution for being so cool. |
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262  |
It's great to see Trent expose himself in a positive manner now. I've only heard the five or so songs on their MySpace, but it sounded like he went back to his roots. Still, some parts did indeed sound average, but much better than I expected. It's amazing how fast this was released after Ghosts.
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| Cassian Posts: 159  |
I've never listened to NIN before, but since this album is freely downloadable, I'm downloading it right away!
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| rohgue123 Posts: 27  |
Written by [user id=23235] on 12.05.2008 at 12:47 I don't see how it devalues music at all. This shows how dedicated to his fans he really is. I think you have the wrong idea of music in general if you think music is for making money.
---- God has a hard-on for me.
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| Goat-Christ Posts: 42  |
Bands have never made a great deal of money from record sales unless of course they're a multi-platinum artist. Constant touring is how the cash flow starts. The whole idea behind giving away albums or select tracks from the record is exposure. The more people who hear your music and like it are most likely going to shell out the fifteen bucks they didn't spend on a CD to go to your show.
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| Marcus Doit Like Bernie Posts: 642  |
Written by [user id=23235] on 27.05.2008 at 12:25 Written by Cassian on 12.05.2008 at 18:34 There you go. It's already been said, he did this not for exposure but as a treat to his fans, giving them music for free, which is how it should be.
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| Uirapuru Liver Failure Posts: 2955  |
Worse NIN album to me. I just didnt get into it, it sounded weird. Maybe after some more spins.
----  ---- member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266  |
I really like this cd. Sounds like a continuation from "Year Zero" which is a great thing cause I liked that direction Trent took. I just wish this album was longer!
---- rekt
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