For the NIN fans: http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home (The $300 Limited Edition Packages of 2500 have been SOLD OUT according to the site)
anyone heard it? Im not a big heavy metal guy but ive always liked NIN. I love how they arrange their music.
I wouldn't classify him/them as heavy metal, even their older, harder stuff, they are purely industrial. Anyways, I've heard bits and pieces of the new stuff, it is all instrumental. Not a huge fan myself, I used to like their older stuff back in the day like Pretty Hate Machine/Broken/Downward Spiral albums.
It's a good album ... no lyrics, more ambiance as opposed to actual music. It's more like a soundtrack as opposed to an album. You can download the first 9 tracks for free from ghosts.nin.com and listen for yourself.
I was always a fan of that song Piggy... and they are fun to watch live. But I never got hooked into the whole industrial thing
Trent has definitely strayed away from the Industrial genre in it's true form. NIN was always a bit mainstream but after DS came out something had definitely changed during the making of the next album, it was a bit obvious the direction he was headed was a softer, pop style which incorporated radio friendly elements that focused more so on an ambient sound. When I think of the word Industrial it takes me back to names like Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Frontline Assembly, Wumpscut, Front 242, Godflesh, Leatherstrip, etc. Still songs like 'Something I Can Never Have', 'Terrible Lie', 'Sin', 'March of the Pigs', 'A Warm Place', 'Reptile' and pretty much the entire 'Broken' album is how I like to remember NIN.
The Hand That Feeds rocks on Rock Band, lol. I downloaded the 9 free ones too, not something I'd listen to in the car, but maybe for background when I'm doing something else.
