Nine Inch Nails Release Brand New Instrumental Album

Nine Inch Nails have released a brand new 36-track instrumental album, entitled ‘Ghosts I-IV’.

The unexpected release was recorded during a ten week period last Autumn alongside Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder.

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor said in a statement that he had been “considering and wanting to make this kind of record for years".

“This collection of music is the result of working from a very visual perspective - dressing imagined locations and scenarios with sound and texture; a soundtrack for daydreams.

“I'm very pleased with the result and the ability to present it directly to you without interference. I hope you enjoy the first four volumes of Ghosts,” he added.

‘Ghosts I-IV’ is available in five different formats – from a nine song sampler to a $300 ‘ultra-deluxe’ limited edition package which features an exclusive four-LP 180 gram vinyl set in a fabric slipcase.

Thanks for the info to Gigwise.com.

Comments

[tsunami bomb]

scoreeee

[IlikeMetal]

an instrumental album from a band that's essentially a vocalist? That's a little ironic.

[Angelic_Demon]

A vocalist who can play most instruments?

[IlikeMetal]

yeah, but that doesn't fit my irony comment :P

[Comeback Kiddd]

i loved NIN's other instrumental music. this should be good

[bassplayer275]

sweet. im pumped. trent's instrumental stuff is fascinating.

[AnimatedHand]

sweet. 36 tracks too

[bakin]

IlikeMetal wrote:

an instrumental album from a band that's essentially a vocalist? That's a little ironic.

You DO know that he wrote and recorded everything Nine Inch Nails did, right?

[Hexagram]

I hate when artists release too many tracks at once because it may take away from the tracks themselves when you have to much to listen too at once. But yes, I love NIN's instrumentals. They are beautiful in their own dark, hollow way

[phoenix_88]

bakin wrote:

IlikeMetal wrote:

an instrumental album from a band that's essentially a vocalist? That's a little ironic.
You DO know that he wrote and recorded everything Nine Inch Nails did, right?

wrote and recorded MOST of what Nine Inch Nails has done. Many studio musicians and other musicians alike show up on NIN records.

[ReiDSaN]

IlikeMetal wrote:

yeah, but that doesn't fit my irony comment :P

It doesn't matter! The funnies are more important than the truth.

[insurgentsteve]

this album is Just Like You Imagine'd...

I'm hoping for more tracks like that, or that can at least compare.

[Lin]

this might be a really good idea. reznor's voice and lyrics were always the weakest part of his music. i could really enjoy some more ambient stuff if it's done well.

[dirtymexican863]

$300 ‘ultra-deluxe’ limited edition package which features an exclusive four-LP 180 gram vinyl set in a fabric slipcase.

I don't care who you are, $300 for a deluxe edition is f***ing rediculous

[The_Crunge]

nine inch nails instrumentals have always been my favourite. the instrumentals on the fragile were brilliant and hopefully these will live up

[AtomicMaelstrom]

All the tracks are on yöutube at the time of this writing. Just type in Ghosts I-IV.

checked.

[Bananapatata]

Lin wrote:
...reznor's voice and lyrics were always the weakest part of his music...

are you kidding me?

[pgoose]

Lin wrote:

this might be a really good idea. reznor's voice and lyrics were always the weakest part of his music. i could really enjoy some more ambient stuff if it's done well.

Reznors voice and lyrics are pretty much equal to the music.

[crystallinescar]

GOD HAS ANSWERED MY PRAYERS!

[z4twenny]

i always thought his voice and lyrics were great.

and what they failed to mention is that the $300 set is signed and numbered by Trent himself

[Powerhouse]

I love NIN's instrumental work. I can't wait to check this out!

[hellbound_jonny]

The tracks are pretty impressive.

I love this kind of music, so any ambient music fans out there, check out the youtube vids!

[shotgunjoe]

I've always thought NiN were pretty overrated, but I'm interested in this.

[idontloveyou]

crystallinescar wrote:

GOD HAS ANSWERED MY PRAYERS!

^ this.

Thank god, I love Trent Reznor's work, and I'm buying the $300 deluxe edition to go with the rest of every single peice of Nine Inch Nails merchandise I own =D

[Elmo Jade Blue]

z4twenny wrote:

i always thought his voice and lyrics were great.

and what they failed to mention is that the $300 set is signed and numbered by Trent himself

Doesn't matter if his name is on it or not. Its still $300 regardless. Still waaaay to much money.
Dont get me wron I love NIN but come on 300 dollars.

[travislausch]

Track 8 sounds like some kind of remix of a long-lost Pink Floyd track from the "More" soundtrack. Kick-****ing-ass.

[NightEmbers]

thats really cool that it was kept quiet all the way til now, that almost never happens anymore

[travislausch]

Lin wrote:
reznor's voice and lyrics were always the weakest part of his music

Wrong. "Year Zero" is proof of that. Vocally, especially on "The Good Soldier".

[milchstrasse]

Bananapatata wrote:

Lin wrote:
...reznor's voice and lyrics were always the weakest part of his music...
are you kidding me?

he was a very bad singer in the beginning of NIN. but he has improved his vocal skills. listen to "all the love in the world"! damn great singing, especially in the end of song.

[Nebjy]

milchstrasse wrote:

Bananapatata wrote:

Lin wrote:
...reznor's voice and lyrics were always the weakest part of his music...
are you kidding me?

he was a very bad singer in the beginning of NIN. but he has improved his vocal skills. listen to "all the love in the world"! damn great singing, especially in the end of song.

He was a great singer in the start too
I hate how he does Mr Self destruct with his deep voice, doesn't sound as sinister in my opinion

and the new tracks sound AWESOME. I'm totally buying it.

[Rasta Dogg]

I thought his next project was going to be a follow-up to Year Zero, with a focus on the resistance movement?
Guess that's coming later.

[punkrockjoe]

Shit I wasn't expecting this, I want to go and have a listen now.

[Fi-Fi]

HELL YEAH!

[papercuteye]

sounds pretty boring. A one man band doing an instrumental???

[scarfacesuit]

Rasta Dogg wrote:

I thought his next project was going to be a follow-up to Year Zero, with a focus on the resistance movement?
Guess that's coming later.

Yeah, I'll be stoked to hear that stuff. I loved Year Zero...

[utjimbo2010]

more important than what's being presented is the way it's being presented to us as consumers. You can download one of the four albums (9 songs) for free directly off their website. You can pay $5 and get all 36 tracks in almost any format you could want. The more expensive packages have a data dvd that comes with them, with every song broken into .wav tracks so you can edit or remix all of the songs. The $300 one comes with a blu-ray disk that has a photo slideshow to the music, and a picture booklet. This purchase is also signed and numbered by Trent Reznor himself, so 300 doesn't seem too bad to get a great amount of music autographed by one of the most influential people in music. I wouldn't pay $300 for it, but for a big NIN fan, this is gold.

[sowhat360]

papercuteye wrote:

sounds pretty boring. A one man band doing an instrumental???

yeah but he puts assloads of tracks into each song

[bloodred16]

dirtymexican863 wrote:

$300 ‘ultra-deluxe’ limited edition package which features an exclusive four-LP 180 gram vinyl set in a fabric slipcase.

I don't care who you are, $300 for a deluxe edition is f***ing rediculous

It is completly stupid to charge that much, but let's be honest, you know all 2500 of them are gonna be bought! And as for Reznor's voice being the weak part of his work, his voice is awesome, which considering that's his weak side make's him even more incredible! I can't wait 'til my download finishes for this!!!

[The Spoon]

This is awesome! $300 is a little much, but ill check it out and see if i wanna buy it from there

[Stuminton]

wut, id thought it be free

[delmiguel]

lol oh wait, not the entire album, but part of it.

oh well, the entire album is still only $5, and the delux edition includes ridiculous amounts of stuff, so imo its not really that absurd.

i still say stfu to all the whiners

[grungeisdeaduk]

i just bought the 5 dollar album and as soon as i opened the zip file i saw that there was nothing in it so clearly mr reznor hasnt sorted it all yet

[alaub1491]

delmiguel wrote:

"OMG HES PROVIDING THE ENTIRE ALBUM FOR FREE DOWNLOAD, BUT OFFERING A SPECIAL LIMITED DELUX EDITION FOR $300! OMG HEZ SO GREEDY! BAAAAAWWWWW!!!!! SUCH A MONEY HUNGRY BASTARD BAWWWWW HOW CAN HE GIVE THE ALBUM AWAY AND THEN WANT $3,000,000,000,000 FOR THE DELUX EDITION THIS IS BLASPHEMY! OMG THE HORROR! TEH HORRORZ!!!! BAAWWWWW!!!!!"

lol stfu plz -_-

agreed, plus it has his autograph and a shiteload of stuff. overall the stuff is probably worth about 150 and then the autograph is priceless so he gives you three hundred. hes giving you 40 songs for 5 bucks. does it get better?

[Surfer Rosa]

aw best news ever

[xberserkx]

i just shat bricks

[Mihyaeru]

this album is Just Like You Imagine'd...

I'm hoping for more tracks like that, or that can at least compare.

AS bad s that joke was it still madem e laugh hehe awesome song btw hope this album is like that

[perilouspete]

it's a little weird, a lot of it's just loops and stuff but it's kinda cool.

[gallagher2006]

bakin wrote:

IlikeMetal wrote:

an instrumental album from a band that's essentially a vocalist? That's a little ironic.

You DO know that he wrote and recorded everything Nine Inch Nails did, right?

Actually, he programs it. He plays very little in the studio, usually just Vocals and the odd guitar line.

[delmiguel]

alaub1491 wrote:

delmiguel wrote:

"OMG HES PROVIDING THE ENTIRE ALBUM FOR FREE DOWNLOAD, BUT OFFERING A SPECIAL LIMITED DELUX EDITION FOR $300! OMG HEZ SO GREEDY! BAAAAAWWWWW!!!!! SUCH A MONEY HUNGRY BASTARD BAWWWWW HOW CAN HE GIVE THE ALBUM AWAY AND THEN WANT $3,000,000,000,000 FOR THE DELUX EDITION THIS IS BLASPHEMY! OMG THE HORROR! TEH HORRORZ!!!! BAAWWWWW!!!!!"

lol stfu plz -_-


agreed, plus it has his autograph and a shiteload of stuff. overall the stuff is probably worth about 150 and then the autograph is priceless so he gives you three hundred. hes giving you 40 songs for 5 bucks. does it get better?

yeah really. the ultra delux edition includes 2 cds, 4 vinyl LPs, a data dvd containing multi-track sessions of all 36 songs, a blue-ray disc w/ high-res audio versions and slideshow, a 48-page book of photography, and two art prints, all of which is contained within 3 hardcover books. and of course its all signed and limited to 2500. anyone who doesnt think all of that is worth $300 is either mentally handicapped, 3rd world country poor, or theyre just a cheapskate who wants everything in life for free.

[Shuk]

You guys do know that he posted all his music for free on torrents. Trent endorses torrent sites.

[pringa]

they way he's done this is pretty smart. i like the way he gives away only one album away free.

[papercuteye]

sowhat360 wrote:

papercuteye wrote:

sounds pretty boring. A one man band doing an instrumental???


yeah but he puts assloads of tracks into each song

Gotta agree with that man. I've got nothing against them.

Checked.

[razor132]

wow. i got a look at the site and now it is down from the crazy traffic. grabbed ghosts 1 off bittorrent and listening now, it's cool stuff. can't wait until the site is back up so i can give trent $10 for the cd, gotta have it for my collection

[sorrykid77]

pirated, LOL

[not_dead_enough]

Oh good, more Skinny Puppy rip-offs to listen to...

to a $300 ‘ultra-deluxe’ limited edition package which features an exclusive four-LP 180 gram vinyl set in a fabric slipcase.

Kinda ironic from a man who famously said "Steal my music"


nah i'm sure it's good:P

[andersoncouncil]

Good stuff so far.

[Cobalt Blue]

dirtymexican863 wrote:

$300 ‘ultra-deluxe’ limited edition package which features an exclusive four-LP 180 gram PUG set in a fabric slipcase.

I don't care who you are, $300 for a deluxe edition is f***ing rediculous

yeah it's pretty over priced, but new vinyl isn't cheap. depending on what other collectors item's are included i'd say $200 would be a more reasonable price. I can't imagine to many of them would be put out.

[emr_steelmech]

‘Ghosts I-IV’ is available in five different formats – from a nine song sampler to a $300 ‘ultra-deluxe’ limited edition package which features an exclusive four-LP 180 gram vinyl set in a fabric slipcase.

oooo so fancy...but I think most people are too cheap for that.

[perilouspete]

the whole fuking set's on isohunt.com it's not hard to find. use torrents.

[MyNameBeMikal]

Anyone else notice he said "the first 4 volumes of Ghosts"? Seems to me like expecting more stuff like this wouldn't be far fetched.

[g-tarist]

utjimbo2010 :
more important than what's being presented is the way it's being presented to us as consumers. You can download one of the four albums (9 songs) for free directly off their website. You can pay $5 and get all 36 tracks in almost any format you could want. The more expensive packages have a data dvd that comes with them, with every song broken into .wav tracks so you can edit or remix all of the songs. The $300 one comes with a blu-ray disk that has a photo slideshow to the music, and a picture booklet. This purchase is also signed and numbered by Trent Reznor himself, so 300 doesn't seem too bad to get a great amount of music autographed by one of the most influential people in music. I wouldn't pay $300 for it, but for a big NIN fan, this is gold.

i guess the $300 is more for those willing to solely remix those songs, sounds great

delmiguel wrote:

"OMG HES PROVIDING THE ENTIRE ALBUM FOR FREE DOWNLOAD, BUT OFFERING A SPECIAL LIMITED DELUX EDITION FOR $300! OMG HEZ SO GREEDY! BAAAAAWWWWW!!!!! SUCH A MONEY HUNGRY BASTARD BAWWWWW HOW CAN HE GIVE THE ALBUM AWAY AND THEN WANT $3,000,000,000,000 FOR THE DELUX EDITION THIS IS BLASPHEMY! OMG THE HORROR! TEH HORRORZ!!!! BAAWWWWW!!!!!"

no i think its reasonable , but i also think your ignorant

[browar]

papercuteye wrote:

sounds pretty boring. A one man band doing an instrumental???

Whole electronic music?

*PASSED!*

[ChorusPedal88]

Get this album, its music and a masterpiece to make you day dream.

[Raphael Faunus]

Lin wrote:

this might be a really good idea. reznor's voice and lyrics were always the weakest part of his music. i could really enjoy some more ambient stuff if it's done well.

There I'm going to have to agree. My favorite NiN track is A Warm Place, really.

[Broken_Drum]

MyNameBeMikal wrote:

Anyone else notice he said "the first 4 volumes of Ghosts"? Seems to me like expecting more stuff like this wouldn't be far fetched.

Yeah, he said that they make more in the future.

[Sören]

I'm not a fan of NIN.
But Ghost I is very inspiring instrumental music. Absolutely love it!

[korn_dawg]

dirtymexican863 wrote:

$300 ‘ultra-deluxe’ limited edition package which features an exclusive four-LP 180 gram vinyl set in a fabric slipcase.

I don't care who you are, $300 for a deluxe edition is f***ing rediculous

There were at least 2,500 people that didn't agree with you and picked it up immediately lol. It had some really good stuff in it, actually. If only i had a blue ray player and cared about collected vinyls

[areese82]

Trent just keeps pumping out the albums these days.

[jrob816]

The music is very interesting, Ghost IV Is definately my favorite. For $5 this is a steal.

[Jau_Peacecraft]

Pay close attention, people- this is what musicians of the future look like. 2015, here we come!

[aj19234]

this might be a really good idea. reznor's voice and lyrics were always the weakest part of his music.

If you think his lyrics are the weak part of his music then you obviously have had a hard time understanding them. To me they seem brilliant and it's something that i can really connect to. Either way awesome album.

[sugarheart]

i think trent reznor is a prick.

[Broken_Drum]

sugarheart wrote:

i think trent reznor is a prick.

He probably thinks you're a prick also.

[StringsofBlack]

aj19234 wrote:

this might be a really good idea. reznor's voice and lyrics were always the weakest part of his music.


If you think his lyrics are the weak part of his music then you obviously have had a hard time understanding them. To me they seem brilliant and it's something that i can really connect to. Either way awesome album.

Reznor's lyrics have always been hit or miss to me. Some tracks they're dead on, but in others they're almost laughable. It really depends on both the song and how you look at them