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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]], released on April 13, 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 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 blog on -related. A companion piece to the album with [[The SpiralRemixes|remixes]] that the album of nearly every track was finished released as of February 5''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'' on November 20, 2007. The album marks a new style of lyric writing for Reznor:

'' “...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] A subsection of [[nin.com]], [[yearzero.nin.com]], was created and contains various things Year Zero-related. An alternate reality game was constructed by Trent Reznor and [[Rob Sheridan]], then run in partnership 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/yearzero/ here]. =Track List=Trent Reznor on ''Year Zero''=="''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.'' ''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...'' ''This record is much more of a "sound collage" than recent efforts from me. ''A lot of it was improvised.'' ''It is very tedious describing your own music.'' ''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.'' ''It will sound different after a few listens.'' ''You can think about it and it will reveal more than you were expecting.'' ''You can dance to a lot of it.'' ''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]." =CD=Track listing==

*Production: Trent Reznor, [[Atticus Ross]]*Mix: [[Alan Moulder]]

*World building: Trent Reznor, [[Rob Sheridan]]*World integration and enhancement: 42, [[Alex Lieu]], Jordan Weisman, Sean Stewart, Elan Lee, Johnny Rodriguez, [[Susan Bonds]]<br>

*"The Presence," "The Great Divide," "The Scorched Earth" by [[Hydraulx]]*Artist: [[Matthew Santoro]]

==Year Zero HintsTouring==''For more information, see [[Performance 2007]]''

For full details The album was supported by a tour that visited Europe, Asia and Australia, with an emphasis on all hints found through locations never or seldom played by NIN. The production for this tour was scaled back and setlists became very fluid as a result. More of the retail release of NIN catalog was able to be covered on this tour, as several songs were played live for the first time and several songs were brought back to the CD see [http://wwwsetlists after a long absence.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?t=22943&highlight=year+zero++lyric+booklet this ETS thread]As the tour progressed, more ''Year Zero'' songs were added to the setlists.

===The Booklet=Live==All songs from ''Year Zero'' have been played live except "My Violent Heart" and "Zero-Sum".

* ==Regarding The Leak==On April 1, 2007, a bootleg recording of the front Chicago, Illinois listening party of March 18, 2007 surfaced on several peer-to-peer networks. The quality of the booklet the words "THE MAILSTROM" can be read in recording is very low and it is apparent that whoever made the top left corner. This leads to the website [[The_Mailstrom|http://www.themailstrom.com/]]recording did not have very good sound capturing equipment, presumably a cellphone.

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* Numbers scattered throughout Perhaps in another response to the booklet led leak, Reznor commissioned Q101 in Chicago to play the discovery of the wreckage and shard for the Mailstrom wreckage Floodentire album on their radio station.

* The white bars in It is widely rumored, however, that Reznor himself was responsible for leaking the bottom left album as a result of the Meet Your Master lyrics page are different in the Metropolis Records release and Interscope release his unappreciation for RIAA's Cease & Desist warrants issued to various websites that hosted free downloads of the CD4 USB "leaks". When combined Reznor's own involvement with similar lines found on an [[Open Source Resistance]] flier the words "VIABILITY INDEX" can leak, however, will always be read, leading speculation at best due to [[Viability_Index|http://www.viabilityindex.com]]his own legal liability.

==Multitrack Files==In March 2007, the [[Multitracks|multitrack audio files]] of the first single, "Survivalism," were released in Garageband format on the official ''Year Zero'' website for fan remixing. The multitrack files for "Capital G," "My Violent Heart" and "Me, I'm Not" were then released on April 26; those for "The Beginning of the End," "Vessel" and "God Given" were released on June 12. The CD===formats were for Garageband and Logic Pro, and there were also WAV files for other applications, with the latter distributed through BitTorrent. These files were also available in all three formats on remix.nin.com. The entire album was released in multitrack form as part of the ''Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D'' package.

* When the CD ==Film/Television Project==Reznor has stated that ''Year Zero'' is warmed up"part of a bigger picture of a number of things I’m working on. Essentially, I wrote the thermocrome covering on the CD reveals soundtrack to a string of binary numbers movie that when translated into ASCII read "exterminaldoesn’t exist.net", leading to the website [[Exterminal|http://www.exterminal.net]].

* The characters printed on On August 14, 2007, Reznor announced that he and his creative team would soon be taking the gun on concept to television networks to try and make some sort of deal: ''"We're about to pitch it to the panel left network, so we're a couple of weeks away from meeting all of the CD spell out the wreckage main people, and shard for Mailstrom wreckage Scorpionwe'll see what happens."'' [http://www.dose.ca/music/story.html?id=ead25b9c-b7f0-44aa-92c7-d083b6c83e1a&k=48608]

==Regarding the leak==On April 1, 2007 a bootleg recording of the ChicagoJune 8, Illinois listening party of March 182008, 2007 surfaced on several peer-to-peer networks. ''The quality of the recording is very low and it is apparent New York Times'' reported that whoever made the recording did not have very good sound capturing equipment"Mr. Reznor has been working with Lawrence Bender, Quentin Tarantino’s longtime producing partner, presumably to create a cellphonecable TV series to tell the entire story." [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/arts/music/08pare.html?_r=3&pagewanted=2&ref=arts&oref=slogin#]

On April 42, 2007 2009, Reznor announced via a high-quality leak of the promotional disc supplied to listening parties was also leaked onto peer-to-peer networks. Perhaps to counteract and discourage any piracy of the leak, the entire album was made available for free streaming on the album's official website later short Twitter post that afternoon. Shortly after the stream was made available, high-quality leaks found their way to various sites and P2P networks"YZ is alive".

Perhaps On September 28, 2010, ''The LA Times'' reported that the ''Year Zero'' television series detailed in another response to the leakabove ''NY Times'' article was going into pre-production, Reznor commissioned Q101 in Chicago to play with Daniel Knauf as a writer and Lawrence Bender's team as staff, and that the entire album miniseries would be handled by BBC America and broadcast on their radio stationHBO. [http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/09/28/trent-reznor-and-hbo-moving-forward-with-year-zero-sci-fi-series/]

It is widely rumoredOn March 10, however2011, that Reznor himself was responsible for leaking Trent confirmed on the album as a result of his unappreciation for RIAA's Cease & Desist warrants issued to various websites nin.com board that hosted free downloads of work on the 4 USB "leaks"TV series was still in progress. Reznor's own involvement with the leak[http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?59, however1227855, will always be speculation at best due to his own legal liability.1227855#msg-1227855]

==Multitrack Files==Reznor has stated that [[multitracks|multitrack files]] for all the songs on the album will be releasedOn June 24, making them available for fans to remix for free. In March 20072011, the multitrack audio files ''Pitchfork Magazine'' had a section of news stating that Jim Uhls, the first single, "Survivalism," were released in Garageband format on man who had written the official screenplay for ''Year ZeroFight Club'' website for fan remixing. The multitrack files for "Capital G," "My Violent Heart" and "Me, I'm Not" were then released on April 26; those for "The Beginning of the End," "Vessel" and "God Given" were released on June 12. The formats were for Garageband and Logic Pro, and there were also WAV files screenplay for other applications, with the latter distributed through BitTorrent. The entire album was released in multitrack form on the 2008 film ''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]Jumper'' album, was chosen to write the script for the series.

==Film/Television Project==Reznor has stated that On 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'' is “part of a bigger picture of a number of things I’m working on. Essentially, : "''I chose not to write it myself because I wrote the soundtrack don't know how to a movie do that doesn’t exist.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]

In March of 2007On 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 ("'Kerrang! Radio'I' reported ve been away from FB for awhile. Now that "Reznor admitted he’s already in talks about a movie version of his upcoming album, a concept pieceI see it, with part two scheduled next yearI can answer." Reznor has said that he is I am currently more interested in a television project rather than a film and that he has a producer and has met with writersworking on Year Zero. [...]''" [http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/139-Random-NIN-Thoughts?p=13642#post13642])

On August 10November 13, 20072012, he announced Reznor stated during an [[November 2012 Reddit AMA|"ask me anything" session with Reddit]] that he and his creative team would soon be taking the concept to television networks to try and make some sort of deal: "''"This is currently in a holding state. Wedidn're about to pitch it to t find the networkright match with a writer, so and really have been avoiding doing what we're a couple of weeks away should have done from meeting all of the main people, beginning: write it ourselves. We = Rob and myself. This project means a lot to me and we'll will see what happensthe light of day in one form or another."'' [http://www.dose.ca/music/story.html?id=ead25b9c-b7f0-44aa-92c7-d083b6c83e1a&k=48608]"

On June 8, 2008In August of 2013, it was stated in an article by the ''The New York TimesNME'' reported that "Mr. Reznor has been working with Lawrence Bender, Quentin Tarantino’s longtime producing partner, to create a cable TV HBO had rejected the series to tell the entire story. " [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/arts/music/08pare.html?_r=3&pagewanted=2&ref=arts&oref=slogin#]

==See Also==* [[It was revealed by Rob Sheridan in a 2019 episode of the ''Pod Like A Hole'' NIN podcast that he and Reznor had at one point considered making a comic book based on ''Year Zero Research]]''.

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