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'''''Year Zero''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 24]]''''' or ''Year Zero: Zero-Gen-Ten'' in Japan) is the sixth studio album by [[Nine Inch Nails]], due for release released on April 1613, 2007 in the UK and Europe, and April 17, 2007 worldwide, by [[Interscope Records]]. It was produced by Nine Inch Nails frontman [[Trent Reznor]] in collaboration with [[Alan Moulder ]] and engineer [[Atticus Ross]], both of whom worked in a similar capacity on Nne Nine Inch Nails' 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]], [[http://enyearzero.wikipedianin.org/wiki/Kerrang%21 Kerrang!com]], Reznor expressed his intentions to write material for a new release during the ''With Teeth'' tour, was created and it was confirmed that he was working on it by September 2006. contains various things ''Year Zero'' began its mixing stage in January of 2007, and Reznor stated on his -related. A companion piece to the album with [[The SpiralRemixes|Spiralremixes]] blog that the album of nearly every track was finished released as of February 5''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'' on November 20, 2007.
A string of mysterious websites are being discovered around the internet. Learn more at the ==Track List=====CD===# "''[[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
==Trent on ''Year Zero''=12" Vinyl=== A1 "HYPERPOWER!"''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 - 1:42<br> A2 "The Beginning Of The End" - 2:47<br> A3 "Survivalism"real- 4:23<br> A4 " 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 scaleGood Soldier" - 3:23<br> A5 "Vessel" - 4:52<br> A6 "Me, as you will see over time.'I'm Not" - 4:51<br>
''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 B1 "Big BassCapital G" Gardner. Release date- 3: April 17, 2007.''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>
''What's it about? Well, it takes place about fifteen years in the future. Things are not good. If you imagine a world where greed and power continue to run their likely course, you'll have an idea of the backdrop. C1 "The Greater Good" - 5:03<br> C2 "The Great Destroyer" - 3:17<br> C3 "Another Version Of The world has reached the breaking point Truth" - 4:09<br> C4 "In This Twilight" - politically, spiritually and ecologically. Written from various perspectives of people in this world, 3:33<br> C5 "year zeroZero-Sum" examines various viewpoints set against - 6:14*All versions feature an impending moment etching of truth. How does it sound? You will hear for yourself soon enough, but given The Presence with the point of this document is to provide information..words "NINE INCH NAILS / YEAR ZERO" on side D.''
==Instrumentals==The instrumental versions of all the songs on ''This record is much more Year Zero'' have been made available on [[remix.nin.com]] for streaming and free download. They can be found under the "general playlists" section in the lower right hand corner of a the page, in the "sound collagefeatured" than recent efforts from mesubsection.
==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==
An alternate reality game was constructed by Trent 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]].
==Trent Reznor on ''Year Zero''==
<blockquote>"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.
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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.
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What's it about? Well, it takes place about fifteen years in the future. Things are not good. If you imagine a world where greed and power continue to run their likely course, you'll have an idea of the backdrop. The world has reached the breaking point - politically, spiritually and ecologically. Written from various perspectives of people in this world, "year zero" examines various viewpoints set against an impending moment of truth. How does it sound? You will hear for yourself soon enough, but given the point of this document is to provide information...
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This record is much more of a "sound collage" than recent efforts from me.
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A lot of it was improvised.
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It is very tedious describing your own music.
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It's not just music.
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It's probably too long, but it felt like the right thing to do was to paint the complete picture.
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It will sound different after a few listens.
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You can think about it and it will reveal more than you were expecting.
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You can dance to a lot of it.
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You can fuck to a lot of it (maybe all of it depending on what you're into)."[http://www.xtaster.co.uk/feature_detail.php?id=13688]</blockquote>
It's not just musicOn March 10, 2011, Trent confirmed on the nin.com board that work on the TV series was still in progress. [http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?59,1227855,1227855#msg-1227855]
ItOn June 24, 2011, ''Pitchfork Magazine''s probably too longhad a section of news stating that Jim Uhls, but it felt like the right thing man who had written the screenplay for ''Fight Club'' and the screenplay for the 2008 film ''Jumper'', was chosen to do to paint write the script for the complete pictureseries.
It will sound different after a few listensOn December 23, 2011 in an interview by ''The Guardian'' Trent is quoted as follows about the 10-part HBO mini-series, which is based on ''Year Zero'': "''I chose not to write it myself because I don't know how to do that.But now I'm thinking I should have. Somebody's got to do it, right? How hard can it be?''" [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/dec/21/trent-reznor-dragon-tattoo-soundtrack?newsfeed=true]
You On January 11, 2012 [http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/members/433-Euphemism a user on Echoingthesound] said that Jim Uhls confirmed him via Facebook that he was working on the ''Year Zero'' TV series ("''I've been away from FB for awhile. Now that I see it, I can think about it and it will reveal more than you were expectinganswer. I am currently working on Year Zero. [...]''" [http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/139-Random-NIN-Thoughts?p=13642#post13642])
You can dance to On November 13, 2012, Reznor stated during an [[November 2012 Reddit AMA|"ask me anything" session with Reddit]] that: "''This is currently in a holding state. We didn't find the right match with a writer, and really have been avoiding doing what we should have done from the beginning: write it ourselves. We = Rob and myself. This project means a lot to me and will see the light of itday in one form or another.''"
You can fuck to a lot In August of 2013, it (maybe all of it depending on what youwas stated in an article by the ''re into).NME''" [http://www.xtaster.co.uk/feature_detailthat HBO had rejected the series.php?id=13688]
==Track listingExternal 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 Soldierhttp://www.42entertainment.com/work/yearzero 42Entertainment's summary of the ARG]]"# "*[[Vessel]http://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 Not]part 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 Warninghttp://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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