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http://yearzero.nin.com/[https://web.archive.org/web/20080303184213/http://yearzero.nin.com/ (Internet Archive copy)]

[[Image:Yearzerodotnin feb25.jpg|thumb|Latest view View of front page as of - Feb 25, 2007]][[Image:yearzeronincom.jpg|thumb|Final front page view]]The official subsection of the [[nin.com ]] website pertaining to ''[[Year Zero]]'' and its accompanying ARG.

When the website went live, it contained a completely different image than the one displayed now, there was a vertical list of zeros. Over time the length of this list changed frequently, along with the number of zeros in each entry. This was the first indication that something strange was happening in regards to [[''Year Zero]]''.

Eventually, the listing stopped changing and 16 sixteen entries were left. Over the next week or so, three titles were revealed, one at a time: "[[The Beginning of the End]]", "[[God Given, ]]" and "[[Vessel]]". By this point, fans were already wildly speculating what would happen next.

On February 12, 2007, [[ETS]] user [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=6668 ianmatthews] posted a track list that he found from Soulseek. [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?p=810006] Soon after, the remaining 13 thirteen titles were revealed on yearzero.nin.com. It is not known whether or not this was intentional or if it was simply a reaction to the track listing leak.

Then some distortion was added to the image, appearing next to the track "[[My Violent Heart]] " right before the song leaked, next to the track "[[Me, I'm Not]] " around the time that song was leaked and then the Distortion distortion appeared next to the track "[[In This Twilight]] " shortly before it leaked. Static appeared on [[Survivalism (song)|Survivalism]],

shortly thereafter The image for the Survivalism music video was leaked appeared and then released on changed to [http://yearzero.nin.com /survivalism/cover.html halo23_cover.jpg] and a PDF of the Year Zero website]lyrics to the song appeared.* [httphttps://yearzeroweb.ninarchive.comorg/web/survivalism20070409102555/survivalism_hi.mov High resolution]* [http://yearzero.nin.com/survivalism/survivalism_losurvivalism.mov Low resolutionpdf]

the image for the video apeared and then changed to [http://yearzero.nin.com/survivalism/cover.html halo23_cover.jpg] and a PDF of the lyrics to the song appeared.[http://yearzero.nin.com/survivalism/survivalism.pdf pdf here] next Next to appear where were links to a trailer.

[[Image:Yearzero video hi frame135.jpg|thumbnail|Road sign in the ''Year Zero '' trailer]][[Image:Year-zero-trailer-0024-glitch.jpg|thumbnail|"/0024 glitch" seen during the ''Year Zero'' trailer]]The [[Year Zero Trailer|trailer]] released on <u>yearzero.nin.com</u> contains an image of [[The Presence]].

The [[original uploads are no longer available, but the trailer]] released has been preserved in high and low resolutions on [httphttps://yearzerowww.ninnindestruct.com /video.html#trailers-promos nindestruct.com] and on the Year Zero website] contains an image of [[The Presence]].* [httphttps://boss.streamosvimeo.com/download/interscope/nin/yearzero/yearzero_hi3523800 official NIN Vimeo].mov High resolution[[Rob Sheridan]* ] also posted a 4K upscale of the trailer on his [httphttps://bosswww.streamosyoutube.com/download/interscope/nin/yearzero/yearzero_lowatch?v=HOD-FOx-jQw YouTube channel]. The compression of the uploads may make locating the artifacts described below difficult to discover.mov Low resolution]

In the video , the camera quickly glances over a road sign witch which reads "[[I AM TRYING TO BELIEVE]]". A "[[Image:Yearzero video hi frame325.jpg|glitch]]" later in the video briefly shows the text "/0024", which quickly led fans to discover the page http://<u>yearzero.nin.com/0024</u>. According to the file name, the image on that page was found to be the cover for the ''[[Year Zero]]'' album.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080805082618/http://yearzero.nin.com/0024/]

Less than a day after the original ''Year Zero '' promo leak occurred (, yearzero.nin.com was updated on April 4, 2007), with a ''listen to year zero'' link that launched a [http://wwwyearzero.nin-thespiral.com/ ninFLJoi4gjw2f/player.comhtml flash player] responded by putting a streaming the entire album. ([http://www.portraitofdecay.com/yearzero.nin-thespiral.com/FLJoi4gjw2f/playerindex-be.html flash player] containing the entire Year Zero album on the top of yearzero.nin.com] archived on 2007.04.04 with working flash player.)

When listening to the album in this player, occasionally the image would flicker and become fuzzy for a few seconds before returning to normal. [[User:Disorganized|Disorganized]] decompiled the flash file and found a file called fuzz.flv containing the various flickering images. So far, one image of a silhouetted figure standing has been found. It appears to look similar to the image of [[Trent Reznor]] on the ''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'' DVD cover. It is also present in the Temporary Internet Files Folder but resembles an zoomed in appearance of 'The Presence ' from the ''Year Zero '' trailer.

Upon further tinkering with the fuzz.flv image, Several several other images have been were found. Two of which occur occured on the black bar banner occurring at the beginning and end of the short video file. They both appear appeared to have lettering and/or a phrase written through the middle of the bar. Also a blue clip of the file showcases showcased a darker human like figure, also could be interpreted as 'The Presence'.

[[User:Disorganized|Disorganized]] also found that, upon decompiling the flash file, the words "Mr. Brightside" appear appeared in the track listing. Speculation suggests suggested that this could have possibly been the name of the scrapped bonus track for the Japan release of ''Year Zero''.

 Multitrack copies of the songs "Survivalism", "[[The Beginning Of The End]]", "[[Vessel]]", "[[Me, I'm Not]]", "[[Capital G (song)|Capital G]]", "[[God Given]]" , and "[[My Violent Heart]]" have been were added to the page in [http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/ Garageband] format, and with links to torrents with the songs in raw files to be used in other apllications applications so that fans could remix the songthem.

''Year Zero '' and themed wallpapers have been were made available to download in various sizes as zip files.

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A ''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'' section was added prior to its release and contains information regarding formats, extra wallpapers , and a link to [[remix.nin.com]].

The page uses an imagemap There were links to conceal a great deal of hidden links which11 images, when clicked on, display images presumably from the recording sessions for [[Year Zero]]shown below.

There are links to 11 images: [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/03.html 03.jpeg],[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/07.html 07.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/10.html 10.jpeg],[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/12.html 12.jpeg],[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/14.html 14.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/19.html 19.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/22.html 22.jpeg],[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/25.html 25.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/28.html 28.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/31.html 31.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/39.html 39.jpeg]. The following link was found, but is was not linked from the main page: