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===10th Anniversary===
To mark the album's tenth anniversary, ''The Downward Spiral'' was re-released on November 23, 2004 in two new formats:
* As a 2-CD "Deluxe Edition" (labeled [[Halo numbers|Halo 8 DE]]). The first disc is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SACD SACD]/CD hybrid featuring the album in high-resolution stereo and 5.1 surround sound. The second disc is a SACD/CD hybrid that features various remixes, b-sides, demos, and other non-album tracks that were available around the time of the original release, in high-resolution stereo.* As a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DualDisc DualDisc] (labeled Halo 8 DVD-A). The CD side features a digitally remastered version of the album. The DVD side includes high-resolution stereo and 5.1 surround sound versions of the album as well as playable on DVD-Audio players, and Dolby Digital stereo and 5.1 surround sound versions playable on standard DVD players. It also includes music videos for "Closer" (director's cut), "March Of The Pigs" , and "Hurt" (live). Also included is a gallery of artwork from ''The Downward Spiral'' era (though many photos of ''[[Closure]]'' artwork are also included) and a discography.
The [[nin.com]] subsite [[tds.nin.com]] was set up to promote the re-release.
*Assistance: [[Chris Vrenna]], Maise
*Engineering (2004): [[Alan Moulder]]
*Additional engineering: Sean Beavan, Chris Vrenna, Alan Moulder, Bill Kennedy, [[Brian Pollack]], John Aguto
*Additional sampling and sound design: Chris Vrenna
*Studios: [[Le Pig ]] of Beverly Hills, The Record Plant, A&M Studios
*Continuity: Trent Reznor, Chris Vrenna, [[Charlie Clouser]]
*Mastering (1994): Tom Baker at Futuredisc<br>
*All paintings: Russell Mills
*Photography: David Buckland, Rob Sheridan]
*Original package: [[Gary Talpas]]
*Deluxe Edition/DualDisc package: Rob Sheridan<br>
==External links==
*[httphttps://portraitofdecayweb.archive.netorg/web/20041229152155/http://tds.nin.com/ tds.nin.com (archived at Portrait of Decay)Wayback Machine]
*[http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep12/articles/classic-tracks-0912.htm ''Sound On Sound'' article about the album and "Closer"]
*[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/key394a.shtml ''Keyboard'' Magazine article about the the making of ''The Downward Spiral'']
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