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My name is Trent Reznor, and I'm turning the music industry on its fucking head.
Ghosts - Splash
About twelve hours ago, out of NOWHERE, Trent released the new Nine Inch Nails full length album, Ghosts I-IV. Remember the release model used for NiggyTardust and Radiohead's latest? It's happening again, in a variety of configurations: Spoiler:
I'm planning on ordering the $10 deal... Once the server isn't completely clogged. I've been trying all morning. This is going to be a very exciting year for NIN (with Year Zero II coming sometime), and maybe the beginning of something awesome for music in general. Totally unexpected and totally incredible. |
I literally leapt out of my fucking chair. Unfortunately I'm near as dammit to broke and I don't get paid for another two weeks >.>
EDIT: Props for prompt shoutout. DOUBLE EDIT: The free zip file of Ghosts 1 won't work; apparently the file is corrupt, or is that just me? |
The servers are STILL backed up as fuck. I'm going to wait until later; I've tried ordering/downloading at least six times now...
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Let me preface this by saying that I am a bit of an NIN fanboy.
I just ordered the $300 set. |
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On the subject of NIN, is there any way for people in the UK to get a hold of the Still album? It's on amazon.com, not .uk, and the only way of getting it from there or the NIN site is to have a bank account in the US, as far as the sites have told me. I was assuming that I'd have the same problem with the Ghosts album but I can't find out until the server calms down. |
I'm not a particularly big NIN fan, but heres to hoping that more artists decide to go with this format.
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FINALLY. Trent Reznor now has my 5bux.
Bit of a shame that the download link keeps conking out after 100kb, but I can keep trying... |
I remember hearing that he was going to do this in some Wired Magazine interview.
How's the album sound, has anyone heard it yet? |
No, because for FUCK'S SAKE, it says I've exceeded my download limit.
FUCK. If they're going to do this, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO FUCKING MANAGE IT. You've got my five bux. I want my music. |
Of course I try to download the FLAC version and the download blows up at some point between zero and ten megs. And it says that I have exceeded my limit. Yeah ok, I have exceeded my limit of zero completed downloads.
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Fuck it; I just downloaded it from some guy's blog.
This is a very nice way to do things, but seriously, I'm going to wait and see how successful other people are in grabbing it before I lay down my cash in the future. :/ |
NIN actually uploaded it to a bunch of torrent sites just before it went on sale, so it wasn't exactly hard to get. Too bad it's awful. :(
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1) The torrents are only the first nine songs
2) It's pretty fucking good and you're wrong |
Well, maybe what NIN uploaded was only the first nine, but all 36 were up about an hour after the release.
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Huh.
As for 'hard to get', all torrent traffic and the like is blocked here, so I have to rely on shit like Mediafire for my fix. |
You could always buy the $5 36 track version from Amazon.com too...
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Bought the download version. I would've got the digipak, but the shipping turned out to be more expensive that the album itself, so fuck that.
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Is the whole album as depressing as the first two tracks?
Wish more artists did instrumentals like this. |
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Wow, I did not see this one coming at all.
Bought the 2CD digipak thats coming out next month. w00t. |
These nine tracks definitely have more of a Fragile vibe than the past two albums, which kinda supports the theory that he was just trying to squeeze out a couple to get out from under his record contract.
Hm...all instrumental, huh? I wasn't expecting that. |
Fragile / Aphex Twin Ambient Works vibe.
I like it. In fact, the more I listen to it, the more Aphex Twin-ish tracks appear. Which is not a bad thing actually, just a bit unexpected. I like it when my favourite bands to unexpected things. :D (Especially when they release complete albums without warning) |
can someone explain how the studio-bluray version differs in quality from the FLAC files? and why is it worth so much more?
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In retrospect, I should've ordered the ultra-deluxe package and sold it on eBay for 150% profit.
This is actually a cool instrumental album, though. Track 28 is my favourite so far. The photographs in the booklet are great, too. |
Yeah, the ebay thing might be a good idea at some point down the line. I guess when I get mine I will not open it, just in case. Well, that is assuming that I get to actually download the album in FLAC at some point this year.
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An artist named The Flashbulb is also helping changing the music industry. He released his latest album, Soundtrack To A Vacant Life, on a lot of torrent networks the same day the CD was released. Several large sites ran stories on it.
The album is awesome by the way, check it out if you like excellently produced instrumental music! |
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Anyone else thinking the next NIN album will be released in the same fashion? |
A big chunk of that $1.6 million came from the limited edition sales. That would be to the tune of $750,000 for the 2,500 limited editions that sold out. So in approximately 797,500 transactions that were not limited editions, they made $850,000, or $1.07 per transaction. That tells me that there were a ton of free transactions counted in that figure since the least money you could pay was $5. Obviously selling a limited edition for huge bucks was a smart business move.
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Also, I think the price is absolutely on-track. $5 for an album is very reasonable. Even if you don't like it, you're down $5. If you've spent $10 on an album you didn't like, I think you're more wary to try new music since that shit adds up. As far as the actual album goes, I found the album to be a bit underwhelming, but I only listened through it once. I might change my mind after a few times. |
What the hell? A new NIN single appeared from nowhere and now we're told to check the official site on May 5th?
Is Trent Reznor about to turn the industry on its fucking ear YET AGAIN!? |
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And it would be pretty cool. But then he should probably give it some rest. I love what he does, but a new album every 2-4 months would be a bit... Excessive. Good news. |
Decent song. Sounded a bit With Teeth-ly, but still better than most tracks on that album by default.
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^Above Post: Riiiiight....
Anyway, not the best NiN song ever, but it is definitely single material. Its a nice song overall, I wonder if it will be considered a Halo in time. Who knows. |
Hey, guys, another new song. This one's called "Echoplex", and by Trent's standards it's pretty progressive.
I like Discipline more, but this is a long way from bad. Two days, and we know what's going on... |
What? Where? O_รด Can't seem to find it on the nin.com page...
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Oh, sorry. This one was released through a Facebook app, actually: http://c.ilike.com/d/0000/198/000019...s-Echoplex.mp3
Also, everything gets revealed tomorrow. Halo 27? Additional Spam: OH HEY GUYS, enjoy your new, free, full-length album. nine inch nails: the slip 1. "999,999" 1:25 2. "1,000,000" 3:56 3. "Letting You" 3:49 4. "Discipline" 4:19 5. "Echoplex" 4:45 6. "Head Down" 4:55 7. "Lights in the Sky" 3:29 8. "Corona Radiata" 7:33 9. "The Four of Us Are Dying" 4:37 10. "Demon Seed" 4:59 |
The new album is pretty awesome. I like Year Zero more, but this album is still great regardless. I like Head Down and The Four of Us are Dying. Trent is on a roll this year. Its the year of Nine Inch Nails, that's for sure.
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Yeah I'm not hating this either, releasing it for free was the only way I was ever going to listen to this and I was pleasantly surprised. Although the download for Demon Seed was corrupted, if anyone could throw that up for me I'd appreciate it.
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I'm surprised, this album is pretty good, especially for a freebie. I wonder if there's some ulterior motive here besides giving it to the fans.
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Hey guys, I just got the Ghosts I-IV LE that I ordered. Number 1324 of 2500.
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Not pictured are the vinyls. It's a pretty cool set. |
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