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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.

On February 12, 2007, [[ETS]] user [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u= Track Listing =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.

When the website went live, it contained only a portion [[User:Malechite|Malechite]] put together Yzminisiteanimation.gif[http://bloggernista.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/yzminisiteanimation.gif] an animation of the image displayed now, and instead of song titles, there was a vertical list of zeros. The length of this list changed frequently, along with unfolding using the number images saved at Symphony of zeros in each entry. This was the first indication that something strange was happening in regards to [[Year Zero]]Noise.

EventuallyThen some distortion was added to the image, appearing next to the listing stopped changing and 16 entries were left. Over track "[[My Violent Heart]]" right before the song leaked, next week or soto the track "[[Me, three titles were revealed, one at a I'm Not]]" around the time: The Beginning of that song was leaked and then the End, God Given, and Vessel. By this point, fans were already wildly speculating what would happen distortion appeared nextto the track "[[In This Twilight]]" shortly before it leaked.

On February 12, 2007, ===Survivalism Video===Static appeared on "[[ETSSurvivalism (song)|Survivalism]] user ", shortly thereafter the "Survivalism" [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=6668 ianmatthews[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video] posted a track list he found from Soulseek. [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?p=810006] Soon after, the remaining 13 titles were revealed was leaked and then released 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.

Since then, there has been some distortion added to the The image, appearing next to for the track [[My Violent Heart]] right before the song leaked, video appeared and then next changed to the track [[Me, I'm Nothttp://yearzero.nin.com/survivalism/cover.html halo23_cover.jpg]] around and a PDF of the time lyrics to the song was leakedappeared. Distortion appeared next to the track [[In This Twilight]] shortly before it leakedhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070409102555/http://yearzero.nin.com/survivalism/survivalism. Static appeared on [[Survivalism (song)|Survivalismpdf]], shortly before the music video was leaked.

[[User:Malechite|Malechite]] also put together [http://www.ninwiki.com/Image:Yzminisiteanimation.gif an animation] of the image unfolding using the images saved at [[Symphony of Noise]]Next to appear were links to a trailer.

=== Trailer ===[[UserImage:MephitixYearzero video hi frame135.jpg|Mephitixthumbnail|Road sign in the ''Year Zero'' trailer]] has [http[Image://mephitixYear-zero-trailer-0024-glitch.epfarms.orgjpg|thumbnail|"/0024 glitch.png extended " seen during the left-hand glitch''Year Zero'' trailer]] and found that it overlaps Track 2: The Beginning of the End almost perfectly, leading one to speculate [[Year Zero Trailer|trailer]] released on the importance of the track or that it might be leaked soon<u>yearzero.nin. (This theory has been debunked since the addition com</u> contains an image of more information to the page, forcing the tracklist down the page[[The Presence]].)

== Video ==The original uploads are no longer available, but the trailer has been preserved in high and low resolutions on [https://www.nindestruct.com/video.html#trailers-promos nindestruct.com] and on the [Imagehttps:Yearzero video hi frame135//vimeo.com/3523800 official NIN Vimeo].jpg|thumbnail|Road sign in [[Rob Sheridan]] also posted a 4K upscale of the Year Zero traileron his [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOD-FOx-jQw YouTube channel]]. The compression of the uploads may make locating the artifacts described below difficult to discover.

A In the video, the camera quickly glances over a road sign which reads "[[trailerI AM TRYING TO BELIEVE]] has been released on [http:/". A "glitch" later in the video briefly shows the text "/0024", which quickly led fans to discover the page <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 website] containing an image of [[The Presence]]'' album.* [httphttps://bossweb.streamosarchive.comorg/downloadweb/interscope/nin/yearzero20080805082618/yearzero_hi.mov High resolution]* [http://bossyearzero.streamosnin.com/download0024/interscope/nin/yearzero/yearzero_lo.mov Low resolution]

The road sign the camera quickly glances over says "[[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 album art appeared on the page http://yearzero.nin.com/0024. According and eventually a link to the file name, the image on that page may be the cover for the ''[[Year Zero]]'' albuma listen link.

== Flash Player = Listen ===

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 yearzero.nin.com] archived on 2007.04.04 with working flash player.) '''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. [[User:Disorganized|Disorganized] ] decompiled the flash file and found a file called fuzz.flv containing the entire 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 album '' trailer. Upon further tinkering with the fuzz.flv image, several other images were found. Two of which occured on the top black bar banner occurring at the beginning and end of the short video file. They both appeared to have lettering and/or a phrase written through the middle of the bar. Also a blue clip of the file showcased a darker human like figure, also could be interpreted as 'The Presence'. '''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 yearzerothe songs "Survivalism", "The Beginning Of The End", "Vessel", "Me, I'm Not", "[[Capital G (song)|Capital G]]", "God Given", and "My Violent Heart" were added to the page in [http://www.ninapple.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. ===AIR Flag===An image of an AIR flag was added to the bottom of the page and linked to [[Art_Is_Resistance]], then a resources link was added.

=== fuzz.flv Wallpapers===When listening ''Year Zero'' and themed wallpapers were made available to the album download in this player, occasionally the image would flicker and become fuzzy for a few seconds before returning to normal. [[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 on the Beside You In Time DVD cover. It is also present in the Temporary Internet Files Folder but resembles the appearance of The Presence from the Year Zero trailersizes as zip files.

=== Mr. Brightside Resources Link===[[Disorganized]] also found that, upon decompiling the flash file, the words "Mrhttp://yearzero. Brightside" appear in the track listingnin. Speculation suggests that this could have possibly been the name of the scrapped bonus track for the Japan release of Year Zerocom/resources/index.html

The Number: There is no known number for this page uses an imagemap to conceal a great deal of hidden links which, when clicked on, display images presumably from the recording sessions for [[Year Zero]].

Background Text: 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],is no known [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/12.html 12.jpeg],[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/14.html 14.jpegYear_Zero_Banned_Media |Banned media], [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].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: