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'''''Bad Witch''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 32]]''''') will be was released on June 22, 2018on Capitol Records. This album acts as the third installation installment of a '''[[The Trilogy|trilogy]]''' by [[Nine Inch Nails]], following the 2016 release of ''[[Not The Actual Events]]'' and the 2017 release of ''[[Add Violence]]''. The album leaked on June 18, 2018.

Despite the fact that the two releases that preceded it were marketed as EPs, ''Bad Witch'' was officially announced on May 10, 2018. The official [[nin.com]] website description states: "CONCLUSION. SHADOWS ON THE CAVE WALL." This is marketed as an albumlikely a reference to Plato's allegory of the cave.[https://twitteren.com/consequencewikipedia.org/statuswiki/994607158418386946Allegory_of_the_cave] It was officially announced on May 10, 2018.

On May 19, 2018, at "The official [[ninPhysical World" ticket presale, an exclusive listening station was made available for those in attendance. It gave fans the opportunity to hear the songs "Ahead Of Ourselves" and "Play The Goddamned Part" before the album's release.com]] website description states:

<blockquote>"CONCLUSIONThe album makes use of saxophone on several tracks, more than any previous NIN recording. SHADOWS ON THE CAVE WALLThis is explained in an interview with ''Entertainment Weekly''[http://ew."<com/music/2018/06/20/trent-reznor-bad-witch-interview/blockquote>], where the interviewer compares the use of sax to that on [[David Bowie]]'s ''Blackstar'':

In <blockquote>Clearly, Bowie is front of mind, and that was certainly an interview with Zane Lowe[http://itunesinfluence.apple.com/us/post/sa.24db9a20-59e3-11e8-8359-8a5db8dbb4ce?app=music&ign-itsct=be1_con_zan&ign-itscg=10703]In terms of the precision of arrangement, I think back to [[Trent Reznorbeing]] somewhat explained the concept underlying each piece younger, reading about Psychedelic Furs as a bunch of the trilogy:<blockquote>"Let me drop some cryptic information on youstudents that all picked instruments and learned enough to make a record. The idea of this three EP thing was all As someone that had studied his ass off how to find truth play an instrument, I thought, "You can do that?" Some people worried about technique or if it’s in us figuring out who we are now and how we fit into the worldtune, or if it’s played well. The first EP, [For ''Not The Actual EventsBad Witch'', was meant to be from a personal angry self-destructive of reflection on that question and defining how I feel in a world, thought] let’s just use it feels stranger, part of that’s aging. Part of that’s because and add to the world is getting weirder. Finding your place in a world that looks different every day little bit changes mayhem and reacting message we are trying to that in convey. All this time [the first EP through anger and self-destruction and sax] had been just sitting alone setting a match to your lifein my studio staring at me. Taunting me.</blockquote>

The second EP, ''Add Violence'', was meant to the same question. But looking for answers externally. Maybe it’s because of this and there’s comfort in that. Maybe there’s a reason things feel kind of crazy and it’s not that I’m insane that I’m in a situation that’s insane.<br>There was the third EP which has grown into an LP (''Bad Witch''). It was coming to one final look at that question from rejecting what EP number two says, and it wasn’t an easy answer… The entire system has a much more bleak and pessimistic outlook and I want to say too much because it gives away kind of the what the thing is. But it wasn’t necessarily what we thought it was going to be when we started. I thought it was going to go more science fiction. I don’t really want to overwhelm you with cleverness and deep diving and part of that felt like an arms race and it also felt like a cop out."</blockquote> ==FormatsLP Title==Like Unlike the two previous releasespreceding EPs, the title of ''Bad Witch'' will be available as a 12" vinyl, is not derived from a lyric sung or printed in the album’s digital download and as a CDor liner notes. A white vinyl Spotify exclusive edition was also offereddefinitive explanation of the title is yet to be revealed.

[[Image:Despair.jpeg|thumb|"Despair" by Perham Nahl]]The "scratch marks" seen in the ''Not The Actual Events'' and ''Add Violence'' cover artworks appear in a different form on the right border of the back cover of this album.  An alternate front cover was found, having depicting different hues and contrasts on all five boxes, as well as a different images hand and a different computer chip. The alternate cover appeared on a Caroline Records promo CD. The middle bottom row image is adapted from a painting entitled "Despair" by Perham Nahl.[https://archive.org/details/artincalifornias00port/page/n175/mode/2up] The computer chip, within the fifth box, appears to be an image of the hand [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_4004 Intel 4004 CPU]. In an [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nine-inch-nails-atticus-ross-talks-stage-fright-and-trent-reznors-musical-genius-702117/ interview] with ''Rolling Stone'', Atticus commented: "There's a primitive aspect or reflection of who we are in these times on there. It seems like we've been led. And I think we implied that in the cover, staring at shadows on the wall." ==Credits==*Nine Inch Nails: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross<br> *Written, arranged, produced, programmed and performed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross<br> *Additional vocals "Shit Mirror": [[Mariqueen Maandig Reznor]] and Ian Astbury<br> *Mix: [[Alan Moulder]]*Engineering: Chris Richardson and Justin McGrath*Mastering: Tom Baker at Baker Mastering<br> *Art Direction: 12:01- Office of Hassan Rahim*Legal: Zia Modabber for Katten Munchin Rosenman LLP, Ross Rosen for Ross B. Rosen & Associates, LLC*Management: Silva Artist Management*Booking: Marc Geiger for WME*Business Management: William Harper and Michael Walsh for Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman<br> Thank you: Mariqueen Maandig Reznor, Claudia Sarne, Steve Barnett, Michelle Jubelirer, Ashley Newton, Ambrosia Healy, Arjun Pulijal, Erin Cooney, Ed Scott, Jim Chancellor, Andrew Lazonby, Cesar Rosas<br> © 2018 Form and Texture (ASCAP) / Administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Songs In the computer chipKey of Mink (BMI) / Administered by Downtown DMP Songs ==Live==All songs from ''Bad Witch'' have been played live except "Play The Goddamned Part" and "I'm Not From This World".

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