{{expandit}}[[Image:Yearzero_cover.jpg|thumb|250px|Confirmed Cover for Halo 24: ''Year Zero as found on yearzero.nin.com'']]
'''''Year Zero''''' (rumored to be also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 24]]''''', but not yet confirmed) (or ''Year Zero: Zero-Gen-Ten'' in Japan) is an upcoming the sixth studio album by [[Nine Inch Nails]] studio album, due for release released on April 13, 2007 in the UK and Europe, and April 17, 2007worldwide, by [[Interscope Records]]. It was produced by NIN frontman [[Trent Reznor]] in collaboration with [[Alan Moulder ]] and engineer [[Atticus Ross]], both of whom worked in a similar capacity on NINNine Inch Nails's previous major studio release, '''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]].'''. Mastering was done by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner.
In a 2005 interview with A subsection of [[nin.com]], [[yearzero.nin.com]], was created and contained various things ''Year Zero'Kerrang!''', Reznor expressed his intentions -related. A companion piece to write material for a new release during the album with [[Remixes|remixes]] of nearly every track was released as ''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'With Teeth''' tour, and it was confirmed that he was working on it by September 2006. Year Zero began its mixing stage in January of 2007, and TR stated on his Spiral blog that the album was finished as of February 5November 20, 2007.
A string of mysterious websites are being discovered around the internet. Learn more at the ==Track List=====CD/Digital===# "''[[Hyperpower!]]''" – 1:42# "[[The Beginning Of The End]]" – 2:47# "[[Survivalism (song)|Survivalism]]" – 4:23# "[[The Good Soldier]]" – 3:23# "[[Vessel]]" – 4:53# "[[Me, I'm Not]]" – 4:52# "[[Capital G (song)|Capital G]]" – 3:50# "[[My Violent Heart]]" – 4:19# "[[The Warning (Year Zero Researchsong)|The Warning]]" – 3:38# "[[God Given]]" – 3:50# "[[Meet Your Master]]" – 4:08# "[[The Greater Good]]" – 4:52# "[[The Great Destroyer]]" – 3:17# "[[Another Version Of The Truth (song)|Another Version Of The Truth]]" – 4:09# "[[In This Twilight]]" – 3:33# "[[Zero-Sum]] page." – 6:14
===12" Vinyl=== A1 "HYPERPOWER!" - 1:42<br> A2 "The Beginning Of The End" - 2:47<br> A3 "Survivalism" - 4:23<br> A4 "The Good Soldier" - 3:23<br> A5 "Vessel" - 4:52<br> A6 "Me, I'm Not" - 4:51<br> B1 "Capital G" - 3:50<br> B2 "My Violent Heart" - 4:13<br> B3 "The Warning" - 3:38<br> B4 "God Given" - 3:50<br> B5 "Meet Your Master" - 4:14<br> C1 "The Greater Good" - 5:03<br> C2 "The Great Destroyer" - 3:17<br> C3 "Another Version Of The Truth" - 4:09<br> C4 "In This Twilight" - 3:33<br> C5 "Zero-Sum" - 6:14*All versions feature an etching of The Presence with the words "NINE INCH NAILS / YEAR ZERO" on side D. ===UK iTunes===The UK iTunes version of the album included the Dave Sitek remix of "Survivalism" as a bonus track. <ol start="17"><li>"Survivalism (Dave Sitek Mix)" – 4:31</li></ol> ==Instrumentals==The instrumental versions of all the songs on ''Year Zero'' were made available on [[remix.nin.com]] for streaming and free download. The site was eventually taken down and they can now be found on archive.org.[https://archive.org/details/yearzeroinstrumental] ==About==In a 2005 interview with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerrang%21 Kerrang!], Reznor expressed his intentions to write material for a new release during the [[Live: With Teeth|''With Teeth'' tour]], and it was confirmed that he was working on it by September 2006. ''Year Zero'' began its mixing stage in January of 2007, and Reznor stated on his blog on [[The Spiral]] that the album was finished as of February 5, 2007. The album marks a new style of lyric writing for Reznor: <blockquote>...for the first time in my life, I wanted to break away from the idea of opening up my journal and transferring that into song lyrics. And I really thought about what was at the forefront of my concern, and, at the state I'm at right now, at the age I'm at, just the state of being an American citizen, a lot of concern I have about the direction the country's headed in, and uh, kind of the erosion of freedoms that seems like we're experiencing, and the way we treat the world and our own citizens felt like something I needed to comment on. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr8FXnur5Z4]</blockquote> ==Alternate Reality Game=={{see also|:Category:World of Year Zero}}[[Image:artisresistance.jpg|thumb|Art Is Resistance Poster]]An alternate reality game was constructed by Trent on Reznor and [[Rob Sheridan]], then run in partnership with and developed by [[wp:42 Entertainment|42 Entertainment]] to provide listeners with a greater understanding of the album's concept. Reznor paid for the ARG himself, trying to keep it a secret from his record company as much as possible[http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_args], stating: ''"What you are now starting to experience IS 'year zero'. It's not some kind of gimmick to get you to buy a record - it IS the art form... and we're just getting started. Hope you enjoy the ride."'' The game ran from roughly February 12, 2007 to May 2007, beginning when a string of mysterious websites was discovered around the internet related to the album; the game has since been nominated for two Webby Awards[http://www.theninhotline.net/news/#1207737486]. Learn more at the [[Year Zero Research]] page and view the [[Timeline of Year Zero Discovery|timeline of discovery]] for an explanation of how things unfolded, also, 42 Entertainment has a complete overview of the project [http://www.42entertainment.com/work/yearzero here]. A glossary of terms related to the world of ''Year Zero''can be found [[Year Zero Glossary|here]]. ===Year Zero Hints===For full details on all hints found through the retail release of the CD see [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?t=22943&highlight=year+zero++lyric+booklet this ETS thread].====The Booklet====* On the front of the booklet the words "THE MAILSTROM" can be read in the top left corner. This leads to the website [[The_Mailstrom|http://www.themailstrom.com/]].* Highlighted characters in the lyrics and notes throughout the booklet spell out the wreckage and shard for the Mailstrom wreckage Usurp.* Numbers scattered throughout the booklet led to the discovery of the wreckage and shard for the Mailstrom wreckage Flood.* The white bars in the bottom left of the "Meet Your Master" lyrics page are different in the Metropolis Records release and Interscope release of the CD. When combined with similar lines found on an [[Open Source Resistance]] flier the words "VIABILITY INDEX"can be read, leading to [[Viability_Index|http://www.viabilityindex.com]].====The CD====* When the CD is warmed up, the thermocrome covering on the CD reveals a string of binary numbers that when translated into ASCII read "exterminal.net", leading to the website [[Exterminal|http://www.exterminal.net]].====The Case====* The characters printed on the gun on the panel left of the CD spell out the wreckage and shard for Mailstrom wreckage Scorpion. ==Trent Reznor on ''Year Zero''==<blockquote><p>This record began as an experiment with noise on a laptop in a bus on tour somewhere. That sound led to a daydream about the end of the world. That daydream stuck with me and over time revealed itself to be much more. I believe sometimes you have a choice in what inspiration you choose to follow and other times you really don't. This record is the latter. Once I tuned into it, everything fell into place... as if it were meant to be. With a framework established, the songs were very easy to write. Things started happening in my "real" life that blurred the lines of what was fiction and what wasn't. The record turned out to be more than a just a record in scale, as you will see over time.
Part one is year zero. Concept record. Sixteen tracks. All written and performed by me, produced / programmed by me and Atticus Ross, mixed by Alan Moulder, mastered by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner. Release date: April 17, 2007.
It's not just music.
It's probably too long, but it felt like the right thing to do was to paint the complete picture.
== Track Listing ==It was revealed by Rob Sheridan in a 2019 episode of the ''Pod Like A Hole'' NIN [[podcasts|podcast]] that he and Reznor had at one point considered making a comic book based on ''Year Zero''.
# "==External Links==*[http://vimeo.com/3554852 ''[[Hyperpower!]]Year Zero''"# "[[The Beginning Of The End]teaser trailer]"# "*[[Survivalism http://portraitofdecay.net/yearzero.nin.com/index.html yearzero.nin.com (songarchived at Portrait of Decay)|Survivalism]]"# "*[[The Good Soldier]http://www.42entertainment.com/work/yearzero 42Entertainment's summary of the ARG]"# "*[[Vesselhttp://robsheridan.tumblr.com/post/45355542834/trent-reznor-london-2007-promo-photos-by-rob ''Year Zero'' promo photos by Rob Sheridan, part 1]]"# "*[[Mehttp://nineinchnails.tumblr.com/post/45437416550/robsheridan-part-two-continued-from-yesterday ''Year Zero'' promo photos by Rob Sheridan, I'm Notpart 2]]"# "*[[Capital Ghttp://nineinchnails.tumblr.com/post/52064675258/halo-twenty-four-year-zero-2007-artwork-by ''Year Zero'' album imagery]]"# "*[[My Violent Heart]http://nincatalog.com/year-zero/ ''Year Zero'' at nincatalog.com]"# "*[[The Warning]http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dnine%2520inch%2520nails%2520year%2520zero%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 ''Year Zero'' at Amazon]"# "[[God Given]]"# "[[Meet Your Master]]"# "[[The Greater Good]]"# "[[The Great Destroyer]]"# "[[Another Version Of The Truth (song)|Another Version Of The Truth]]"# "[[In This Twilight]]"# "[*[http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&pub=5574848848&toolid=10001&campid=5336384580&customid=&icep_uq=nine+inch+nails+year+zero&icep_sellerId=&icep_ex_kw=&icep_sortBy=12&icep_catId=&icep_minPrice=&icep_maxPrice=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg ''Year Zero-Sum]'' at eBay]"
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