1989 saw the claustrophobic and introverted debut album from Nine Inch Nails in “Pretty Hate Machine” with Trent Reznor recording as a multi instrumentalist, a record that spawned a collection of singles and would eventually lead to the huge success both commercially and critically that was “The Downward Spiral“. Unlike a lot of Industrially tinged
Between Nine Inch Nails 1989 debut album “Pretty Hate Machine” and 1994’s highly influential “The Downward Spiral” were a pair of EPs entitled “Broken” and “Fixed” which sowed the seeds that would become that sophomore record. The first of those, “Broken” saw something of a style shift from essentially darkwave gothic 80’s inspired synth pop
When it comes down to classic albums, “The Downward Spiral” by Nine Inch Nails is an Industrial Metal masterpiece. Just ask Kissing Candice bassist Mike Grippo, who spoke to us about the album for Under The Influence #31 back in January. The album itself stepped away from the synth pop influenced “Pretty Hate Machine” and
Five years after their 1989 debut “Pretty Hate Machine“, 1994 saw the release of the second, critically acclaimed and highly influential album from American Industrial Rock outfit Nine Inch Nails. A concept album that depicts the self destruction of a Man as he moves along “The Downward Spiral” to his eventual suicide, it’s widely considered
Produced by the band themselves and recorded at Chris Blancato’s Studio in Sydney, with the exception of Marcus Bridge’s vocals which were recorded at Sydney’s Electric Sun Studios, “Alien” is the fifth studio album from Australian Titans Northlane. Having surprise released their previous effort “Mesmer”, this time out their label UNFD have taken the usual
If you haven’t already heard “Societal Sects” from Kinkshamer, which we had the joy of reviewing earlier this month then what are you waiting for?! We had the pleasure of previewing it before its release thanks to vocalist Riley Rowe and then the chance to talk to him about the offering. Here’s what he had
