http://yearzero.nin.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303184213/http://yearzero.nin.com/ (Internet Archive copy)] ==Discovery==[[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.
Go to [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?t=20158 this thread] on ETS for discussion of this website
==Content==
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''.
=== Track Listing ===
Eventually, the listing stopped changing and 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 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.
[[User:Malechite|Malechite]] put together Yzminisiteanimation.gif[http://bloggernista.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/yzminisiteanimation.gif] an animation of the image unfolding using the images saved at Symphony of Noise.
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 appeared next to the track "[[In This Twilight]]" shortly before it leaked.
===Survivalism Video===
Static appeared on "[[Survivalism (song)|Survivalism]]", shortly thereafter the "Survivalism" [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video]] was leaked and then released on yearzero.nin.com.
== Track Listing ==The image for the video appeared and then changed to [http://yearzero.nin.com/survivalism/cover.html halo23_cover.jpg] and a PDF of the lyrics to the song appeared.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070409102555/http://yearzero.nin.com/survivalism/survivalism.pdf]
When the website went live, it contained only a portion of the image displayed now, and instead of song titles, there was Next to appear were links to a vertical list of zeros. 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]]trailer.
Eventually, === Trailer ===[[Image:Yearzero video hi frame135.jpg|thumbnail|Road sign in the listing stopped changing and 16 entries were left''Year Zero'' trailer]][[Image:Year-zero-trailer-0024-glitch. Over jpg|thumbnail|"/0024 glitch" seen during the next week or so, three titles were revealed, one at a time: ''Year Zero'' trailer]]The Beginning [[Year Zero Trailer|trailer]] released on <u>yearzero.nin.com</u> contains an image of the End, God Given, and Vessel. By this point, fans were already wildly speculating what would happen next[[The Presence]].
On February 12The original uploads are no longer available, 2007, [but the trailer has been preserved in high and low resolutions on [ETS]] user [httphttps://www.echoingthesoundnindestruct.com/video.html#trailers-promos nindestruct.orgcom] and on the [https:/phpbbx/profilevimeo.php?mode=viewprofile&u=6668 ianmatthewscom/3523800 official NIN Vimeo]. [[Rob Sheridan]] also posted a track list he found from Soulseek. 4K upscale of the trailer on his [httphttps://www.echoingthesoundyoutube.orgcom/phpbbx/viewtopic.phpwatch?pv=810006HOD-FOx-jQw YouTube channel] Soon after, . The compression of the uploads may make locating the remaining 13 titles were revealed on yearzero.nin.com. It is not known whether or not this was intentional or if it was simply a reaction artifacts described below difficult to the track listing leakdiscover.
Since then, there has been some distortion added to In the imagevideo, appearing next to the track camera quickly glances over a road sign which reads "[[My Violent HeartI AM TRYING TO BELIEVE]] right before ". A "glitch" later in the video briefly shows the song leakedtext "/0024", and then next which quickly led fans to discover the page <u>yearzero.nin.com/0024</u>. According to the track [[Mefile name, I'm Not]] around the time the song image on that page was leaked. Distortion appeared next found to be the track cover for the ''Year Zero'' album. [[In This Twilight]] shortly before it leakedhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080805082618/http://yearzero.nin. Static appeared on [[Survivalism (song)|Survivalismcom/0024/]], shortly before the music video was leaked.
[[User:Malechite|Malechite]] also put together [http://www.ninwiki.com/Image:Yzminisiteanimation.gif an animation] of The album art appeared on the image unfolding using the images saved at [[Symphony of Noise]]page and eventually a link to a listen link.
=== Listen ===[[UserImage:MephitixYzplayer.jpg|thumb|Mephitix]] has [http://mephitixThe flash player on yearzero.epfarmsnin.org/glitchcom.png extended the left-hand glitch] and found that it overlaps Track 2: The Beginning of the End almost perfectly, leading one to speculate on the importance of the track or that it might be leaked soon. (This theory has been debunked since the addition of more information to the page, forcing the tracklist down the page.)]
== Video ==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://yearzero.nin-thespiral.com/FLJoi4gjw2f/player.html flash player] streaming the entire album. ([Imagehttp:Yearzero video hi frame135//www.jpg|thumbnail|Road sign in the Year Zero trailer]portraitofdecay.com/yearzero.nin.com/index-be.html yearzero.nin.com]archived on 2007.04.04 with working flash player.)
A '''fuzz.flv'''When listening to the album in this player, occasionally the image would flicker and become fuzzy for a few seconds before returning to normal. [[trailerUser: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 released on [http://yearzero.ninfound.com It appears to look similar to the Year Zero website] containing an image of [[The PresenceTrent Reznor]].* on the ''[[http://boss.streamos.com/download/interscope/nin/yearzero/yearzero_hi.mov High resolutionBeside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]* [http://boss'' DVD cover.streamosIt is also present in the Temporary Internet Files Folder but resembles an zoomed in appearance of 'The Presence' from the ''Year Zero'' trailer.com/download/interscope/nin/yearzero/yearzero_lo.mov Low resolution]
The road sign Upon further tinkering with the camera quickly glances over says "[[I AM TRYING TO BELIEVE]]"fuzz. A "[[:Image:Yearzero video hi frame325flv image, several other images were found.jpg|glitch]]" later in Two of which occured on the video briefly shows black bar banner occurring at the text "/0024", which quickly led fans to discover beginning and end of the page http://yearzeroshort video file.nin.comThey both appeared to have lettering and/0024or a phrase written through the middle of the bar. According to Also a blue clip of the file nameshowcased a darker human like figure, the image on that page may also could be the cover for the ''[[Year Zero]]interpreted as 'The Presence' album.
== Hidden Images =='''Mr. Brightside'''[[User:Disorganized|Disorganized]] also found that, upon decompiling the flash file, the words "Mr. Brightside" appeared in the track listing. Speculation suggested that this could have possibly been the name of the scrapped bonus track for the Japan release of ''Year Zero''.
===Multitrack Files===Multitrack copies of the songs "Survivalism", "The Beginning Of The page uses an imagemap to conceal a great deal of hidden links whichEnd", "Vessel", "Me, when clicked onI'm Not", display images presumably from the recording sessions for "[[Year ZeroCapital G (song)|Capital G]]", "God Given", and "My Violent Heart" were added to the page in [http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/ Garageband] format, with links to torrents with the songs in raw files to be used in other applications so that fans could remix them.
There are links ===AIR Flag===An image of an AIR flag was added to the bottom of the page and linked 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.jpegArt_Is_Resistance], [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]then a resources link was added.
===Wallpapers===''Year Zero'' and themed wallpapers were made available to download in various sizes as zip files. ===Resources Link===http://yearzero.nin.com/resources/index.html Parent Page: [[Yearzero.nin.com]] Number: There is no known number for this page Background Text: There is no known [[Year_Zero_Banned_Media |Banned media]] for this page '''Discovery'''The link to the resources page eventually appeared on the Yearzero.nin.com page '''Content'''The page design contains two columns #Press which is self-explanatory#Experience which lists [[Open_Source_Resistance |Open Source Resistance]], [[ETS]], and—You guessed it—[[Main_Page |NINWiki]]! ===Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D===A ''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'' section was added prior to its release and contains information regarding formats, extra wallpapers, and a link to [[remix.nin.com]]. === Hidden Images ===The page used an imagemap to conceal a great deal of hidden links which, when clicked on, displayed images presumably from the recording sessions for ''Year Zero''. There were links to 11 images, shown below. The following link was found, but is was not linked from the main page:
[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/86.html albumcover.jpg]. It appears to be the same as the image found at
http://yearzero.nin.com/0024/.
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