Rise

Format

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  CID8012CD  £4.00

Label

Interscope

Nine Inch Nails

Downward Spiral

America Canada the downward spiral is a visceral haunting concept album telling the story of a mans descent into despair and depravity modeled on trent reznor the sole member of nine inch nailsthis despair is evident from the beginning with the album opening with mr self destruct a song that displays reznors trademark whisperscream vocal dynamic throughout before segueing into the bassheavy piggy with an almost chant like refrain of nothing can stop me now cause i don't care anymore the bleakness of life that the downward spiral presents is shown through tales of selfloathing and sexual deviancy subjects that have fueled many of nine inch nails greatest songs including the infamous closeran mtv hit that has become greatly misconstrued as a song simply about sex it is the embodiment of the escapism and nihilistic tendencies that are present in every second of this album the textured soundscapes that reznor creates help to form an experience that every listener longs for with an album the music sounds insurmountably huge with the vocals emerging from layers of distorted sounds and blank noise ambience shown most prominently on eraserwhile the album may be almost entirely desolate the way reznor crafts the songs with unflinching honesty and sonic precision make it such a pleasure to hear on multiple listens a new sound is picked up each time or a lyric might have a different meaning than what you first thought