…wait for it, wait for it… wait for it… Reznor! (You must be 30 or older to get this joke.)

Vent… is a post from: The Inquisitr

Call me an old, but I feel like the kids of today can totally not understand how Trent Reznor articulated our complex souls in the 1990s.

Still, the king of searing internal pain translated to industrial rock is still churning out albums, and has shared released information about his newest effort, titled “How To Destroy Angels.” Reznor talked about the new album- a collaboration between Reznor, wife Mariqueen Maandig and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo co-composer Atticus Ross- to Rolling Stone, pegging the first few months of 2012 for a release date:

“[We are] finishing our full-length record, which has fully matured our sound into something that is very unique… I can’t wait for that record to come out, actually probably [in the] first quarter of next year.”

Reznor, who also confirmed that the couple is expecting a baby in “a couple of weeks,” also reflected upon the creative outlet provided by working on new NIN material. He said that he’d felt boxed in in the past, and explained:

“Really, why I stopped Nine Inch Nails as a live entity was because it started to feel like I’ve done it, I’ve done it, and I’ve done it again. [I] started to feel like I needed reinvention and I needed to force myself into that… How to Destroy Angels has been an interesting creative outlet. I think when people hear what we’ve been up to, it will be very validating on my part.”

You can follow Trent Reznor over on Twitter for new information on “How To Destroy Angels” as it becomes available.

Trent Reznor Confirms Release For How To Destroy Angels Early Next Year is a post from: The Inquisitr

Ah, “Pretty Hate Machine,” the soundtrack of early high school breakups.

Twenty-two (!!) years after its 1989 release, the epic debut album of Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails is being rereleased, but Reznor has warned fans the new version is not worthy of repurchase. The musician took to Twitter to alert his followers that the album was coming out again, but that there was no new material on the reissue and that none of the tracks had been remastered.

On the microblogging service, Reznor tweets:

NIN fans, don’t waste your money on this version of PHM that was just released: http://www.nincatalog.com/item.asp?key=01-00275

He adds:

… a record label bullshit move repackaging the old version. Ignore please.

If your cassette version of Pretty Hate Machine is getting pretty worn down from replay or coming unraveled in your backpack, the album was remastered last year and released in November. Reznor stated plans earlier this year to release new NIN material at some point soon.

Trent Reznor: “Don’t Buy Pretty Hate Machine Reissue!” is a post from: The Inquisitr

It just won’t stop.

Rick Astley plus Nirvana wasn’t enough for someone- they’re determined to go through the entire catalogue of our high school angst and Rick Roll all of it.

It will never stop: Rick Astley vs. Nine Inch Nails is a post from: The Inquisitr

You gotta hand it to Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame. First it’s reported that even though he gave away Ghosts I-IV it was also the biggest selling MP3 album on Amazon for 2008 now he’s sharing the fact that some 400 GB of HD quality raw concert footage has been <ahem>leaked</ahem> onto the net. In a post on the Nine Inch Nails fan forums he is quoted as saying

Your gift…
The internet is full of surprises these days.
I was contacted by a mysterious, shadowy group of subversives who SOMEHOW managed to film a substantial amount (over 400 GB!) of raw, unedited HD footage from three separate complete shows of our Lights in the Sky tour. Security must have been lacking at these shows because the quality of the footage is excellent.
If any of you could find a LINK to that footage I’ll bet some enterprising fans could assemble something pretty cool.
Oh yeah, you didn’t hear this from me.

You can read the whole thread here on the NiN forums yourself but for those of you who know how to use torrents they provided some download links to share for the torrent files

Here are the links
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Victoria
Portland
Sacramento

The included README files have some further notes about the footage, which has been conveniently formatted for easy editing and even includes Final Cut Pro sequences with the footage pre-organized for editing.

While NiN aren’t my cup of tea musically I am sure more than a few of you out there might be interested – so have at and you can thank me later.

400 GB of Raw NiN concert footage out in the wild is a post from: The Inquisitr

It’s an interesting concept in the day of closely guarded rights and constantly monitored filesharing: In addition to letting you stream an artist’s music, TrueAnthem offers you the option to download individual tracks or complete albums for free. The free versions come with a brief embedded ad at the top — or, if you want to pay the standard 99 cents per song rate, you can get the tracks ad-free.

TrueAnthem has about 5,000 active widgets around the Web right now. Bands on its roster include acts such as Nine Inch Nails, Hootie and the Blowfish, and Ryan Huston. The company, based in San Francisco, says it’s seen a 500 percent increase in usage since its April launch.

TrueAnthem Tunes In $2 Million is a post from: The Inquisitr