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Rating: Once upon a time, Trent Reznor used to take years between album releases. Now he's more prolific than ever: following last year's "Year Zero" and the monumental instrumental quadruple "Ghosts I-IV" released last month, the brand new and compelling "The Slip" arrives. And you can download it completely free from the band's website: http://www.nin.com/.
After the brief intro "999,000", the group begins to hit hard. "I feel a million miles away, I don't feel anything at all" sings Trent in "1,000,000". The NIN sound is always recognizable yet more direct than ever, truly millions of miles away from the past. "Letting You" is characterized by a completely distorted vocal part, the electronics dangerously dance close to hardcore and the chorus is brutally punk. A true sonic assault that is quite convincing. "Discipline", the first single, is hypnotic, a classic journey into Mr. Reznor's twisted mind. "Once I start I can't stop myself", he warns us. And with "Echoplex" you indeed plunge definitively into his damned mind. With "Head Down" it's love at first listen, Trent's words are my words, his voice is my voice, his face is my face.
"Lights In The Sky" is a whispered ballad at the piano that breaks the record in two. The pace slows down, the voice disappears. "Corona Radiata" (yes, that's really the title... could it be a mockery against the famous Italian paparazzo?) is characterized by a glacial atmosphere akin to "2001: A Space Odyssey". "The Four Of Us Are Dying" has a beat of immense depth, the space journey can continue. Grand finale with the rhythmic "Demon Seed", a voice that starts whispering and then crescendos into shouting, while disorienting choruses accompany it, yeah yeah yeah.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 1,000,000 (03:56)
kind of hard
hard to see
when you crawl
on your hands and your knees
with your face
in the trough
wait your turn
while they finish you off
don't know when it started
don't know how
should have found out
should have happened by now
got these lines
on my face
after all this time
and i still haven't found my place
i jump from every rooftop
so high so far to fall
i feel a million miles away
i don't feel any thing at all
i wake up
on the floor
start it up again
like it matters anymore
i don't know
if it does
is this really all
that there ever was?
put the gun
in my mouth
close your eyes
blow my fucking brains out
pretty patterns
on the floor
that's enough for you
but i still need more
i jump from every rooftop
so high so far to fall
i feel a million miles away
i don't feel any thing at all
03 Letting You (03:49)
The sky is painted black
The smoke pours out the stack
One hand upon your heart
One hand behind your back
You train us how to act
You keep the fear intact
The imminent attack
Everything is right on track
And we are letting you get away
We are letting you get away with it
Upon our plates to feed
The dying left to bleed
How much we really need
Your politics of greed
The cancer takes ahold
The wolf is in the fold
Our destiny's been sold
We do just what we're told
And we are letting you get away
We are letting you get away with it
Your armies filled with hate
Believing your charade
Begin to suffocate
For us it's far too late
And we are letting you get away
We are letting you get away with it
04 Discipline (04:19)
Am I - Am I still tough enough?
Feels like I'm wearing down, down, down, down, down
Is my viciousness,
Losing ground, ground, ground, ground, ground?
Am I taking too much?
Did I cross the line, line, line?
I need my role in this
Very clearly defined
(Chorus)
I need your discipline,
I need your help
I need your discipline,
You know once I start I cannot help myself
And now it's starting up,
Feels like I'm losing touch
Nothing matters to me,
Nothing matters as much
I see you left a mark,
Up and down my skin, skin, skin
I don't know where I end,
And where you begin
(Chorus1)
I can not stop myself.
Once I start I can not stop myself.
(x7)And you knew,
That once I start I can not stop myself.
(Chorus2)
I need your discipline,
I need your help.
I need your discipline
Because once I start I cannot stop myself.
05 Echoplex (04:45)
Nice and high and far apart
Just like they said
I built this place with broken parts
Just like they said
You chip away the old version of you
You'd be surprised at what you can do
I'm safe in here
Irrelevant
Just like they said
My voice just echoes off these walls
My voice just echoes off these walls
You feel me breathe
I am watching you
I see it all
The many ways you can't get to me
I see them all
I see the hell you put yourself through
All the things I could do if I wanted to
My voice just echoes off these walls
My voice just echoes off these walls
I don't need anything at all
My voice just echoes off these walls
(whispered)(lalalalalalalalalalalalalalala (3x)
lalalalalalala)
And I just slowly fade away x3
(Fade) x6
You will never ever, ever, ever get to me in here x3
You will never ever, ever, ever get to me
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By GrantNicholas
Reznor is in good form, both artistically and 'productively', and you can feel it right from the sonic onslaughts of '1,000,000'.
'The Slip' is a good piece of work, obviously not on the level of 'The Downward Spiral' or 'The Fragile,' but it nevertheless confirms the talent of Mr. Reznor.
By beso
My answer is NO! Trent Reznor is not finished or sold out.
The Slip is, in my opinion, the sum of the previous albums from the 2000s.
By alCOOL
But where the hell were you when you produced it, in the gym lifting 120kg of weights?!! Extremely pompous music and nonexistent lyrics at worst and repetitions of already heard and re-heard motifs at best!!!
You might ask: 'Where's the review of The Slip?' It is exactly this. NOTHING.
