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| live = [[Performance 2007]] through [[Lights In The Sky Tour]]<br>[[NIN 2014 Japan Tour]] through present[[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]]}}'''"The Great Destroyer"''' is the thirteenth track on the 2007 release ''[[Year Zero]].''Boutique pedal company Dwarfcraft Devices created a fuzz pedal with the same name, possibly named after the song.

===Theories===

<blockquote>"Trent asked me to pick a song off ''Year Zero'' and to give it a try while we were on tour in Europe. '"The Great Destroyer' " is probably my favorite song off YZ, so I borrowed a bass and an acoustic guitar from Aaron and reconstructed the song in my hotel room in Amsterdam. I also used my Buchla 200e music box, which I love to death. I think I added a couple of tracks when I got back home, then mixed it and sent it in. To be honest, I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that TR liked it. I thought he would hate it since I changed the melody and chords around…"[http://theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=472]</blockquote>

"The Great Destroyer" (in its original album form) made its live debut on [[2007/08/01 Moscow, Russia|August 1, 2007]] in Moscow, Russia during the [[Performance 2007]] tour, and was played at almost every show for the rest of the tour. Later dates of the tour included Not long after its debut, it began to include samples from "[[Happiness In Slavery (song)|Happiness In Slavery]]" in the breakdown.

During the [[Lights In The Sky Tour]], "Happiness In Slavery" was no longer in the breakdown. "The Great Destroyer" was played at slightly under half of the shows, appearing before the "Ghosts" section alongside (or instead of) "[[Vessel]]", "[[Me, I'm Not]]", and "[[The Warning]]". During the [[NIN 2017-2018]] tour, the song featured [[samples]] from speeches made by Donald Trump.