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Near [[Valentine's Day]] 2007, the track "My Violent Heart" was found on a [[USB drive]] in a bathroom at a NIN show in [[Lisbon, Portugal]]. It quickly circulated the internet and gained notoriety on [http://digg.com/music/New_Nine_Inch_Nails_song_found_on_a_usb_drive_in_a_bathroom_in_portugal#c5245331 Digg].<ref name="violentleak">{{cite web | url = http://www.theninhotline.net/news/archives/backissue/07/2#1171469282 | title = My Violent Heart leaks, Year Zero discussion forum | publisher = The NIN Hotline | date = [[2007-02-14]] | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref>
Near [[Valentine's Day]] 2007, the track "My Violent Heart" was found on a [[USB drive]] in a bathroom at a NIN show in [[Lisbon, Portugal]]. It quickly circulated the internet and gained notoriety on [http://digg.com/music/New_Nine_Inch_Nails_song_found_on_a_usb_drive_in_a_bathroom_in_portugal#c5245331 Digg].<ref name="violentleak">{{cite web | url = http://www.theninhotline.net/news/archives/backissue/07/2#1171469282 | title = My Violent Heart leaks, Year Zero discussion forum | publisher = The NIN Hotline | date = [[2007-02-14]] | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref>


A clip of what appears to be the chorus to "Survivalism" can be heard by calling the telephone number 1-310-295-1040, which was found by joining discolored numerals on [http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u264/crazyrevgirl/nintourshirt.jpg the back of a tour t-shirt].{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
A clip of what appears to be the chorus to "Survivalism" can be heard by calling the telephone number 1-310-295-1040, which was found by joining discolored numerals on [http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u264/crazyrevgirl/nintourshirt.jpg the back of a tour t-shirt].


On the official ''Year Zero'' website, there are coloured marks beside "My Violent Heart," implying that its leak is acknowledged and was intentional.<ref>{{cite web
On the official ''Year Zero'' website, there are coloured marks beside "My Violent Heart," implying that its leak is acknowledged and was intentional.<ref>{{cite web
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[[Image:MVH_Spectrograph_Log.jpg|thumb|200px|The [[spectrogram]] of the phenomenon known as the Presence, found at the end of the leaked "My Violent Heart".]]
[[Image:MVH_Spectrograph_Log.jpg|thumb|200px|The [[spectrogram]] of the phenomenon known as the Presence, found at the end of the leaked "My Violent Heart".]]

===The Presence===
===The Presence===
The last few seconds of the leaked "My Violent Heart" file is [[White noise|static]], of which the [[spectrogram]] resembles an arm extending down with fingers at the bottom. This arm is known as "The Presence," which has been sighted to reach down from the sky according to the various websites.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
The last few seconds of the leaked "My Violent Heart" file is [[White noise|static]], of which the [[spectrogram]] resembles an arm extending down with fingers at the bottom. This arm is known as "The Presence," which has been sighted to reach down from the sky according to the various websites.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

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Year Zero (also known as Halo 24[1]) is the upcoming Nine Inch Nails studio album, due for release on April 17, 2007.[2] NIN frontman Trent Reznor produced it in collaboration with Alan Moulder and engineer Atticus Ross, both of whom worked in a similar capacity on NIN's previous major studio album, With Teeth.[3] In a 2005 interview with Kerrang!, Reznor expressed his intentions to write material for a new release during the With Teeth tour,[4] and it was confirmed that he was working on it by September 2006.[5] Year Zero began its mixing stage in January of 2007,[6][7] and Reznor stated on his blog hosted at the Nine Inch Nails official fan club that the album was finished as of February 5, 2007.[8]

Viral marketing campaign

On February 12, 2007, fans found that NIN's most recent merchandise designs contained highlighted letters that spell out the words "I am trying to believe."[9] It was discovered that iamtryingtobelieve.com was registered as a website, and soon several other related websites surfaced, describing a dystopic vision of the world some fifteen years in the future. Many events reported on these websites take place in the year 0000, which has been interpreted to be 2022 AD.

42 Entertainment, who also created The Beast for A.I. and I Love Bees for Halo 2, are apparently responsible for this viral marketing campaign.

The fan participation in this alternate reality game has attracted media attention, being described as the "marketing team's dream".[10] MTV News, USA Today, and Rolling Stone have cited fansite The NIN Hotline, its forum Echoing the Sound, fan club The Spiral, and NinWiki as sources for up-to-date discoveries.[11][12][10]

Leaks

Near Valentine's Day 2007, the track "My Violent Heart" was found on a USB drive in a bathroom at a NIN show in Lisbon, Portugal. It quickly circulated the internet and gained notoriety on Digg.[13]

A clip of what appears to be the chorus to "Survivalism" can be heard by calling the telephone number 1-310-295-1040, which was found by joining discolored numerals on the back of a tour t-shirt.

On the official Year Zero website, there are coloured marks beside "My Violent Heart," implying that its leak is acknowledged and was intentional.[14] It is speculated that the "fans" who bring cryptic clues to the forums may actually be behind the marketing campaign.[citation needed]

File:MVH Spectrograph Log.jpg
The spectrogram of the phenomenon known as the Presence, found at the end of the leaked "My Violent Heart".

The Presence

The last few seconds of the leaked "My Violent Heart" file is static, of which the spectrogram resembles an arm extending down with fingers at the bottom. This arm is known as "The Presence," which has been sighted to reach down from the sky according to the various websites.[citation needed]

Themes

In an interview with Kerrang!, Reznor said that Year Zero is a concept album, though avoided details on the concept itself, saying that:

I'm trying to avoid getting too detailed about this, but I will tell you that this is a concept record, and it's part of a bigger picture of a number of things I'm working on. Essentially, I wrote the soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist.[15]

Reznor's 2006 blog entries noted that the album "could be about the end of the world," and marked a "shift in direction" in that it "doesn't sound like With Teeth."[8] That year's NIN tour merchandise designs featured overt references to the United States military, which "reflects future directions" according to Reznor.[8] "Year Zero" may also refer to a political notion.

Fifteen original tracks were considered for inclusion on the album, which Reznor described as "Highly conceptual. Quite noisy. Fucking cool."[6] He further wrote that when he finishes a new album, he has to "go into battle with the people whose job it is to figure out how to sell the record. The only time that didn't happen was [for] With Teeth. This time, however, [he was] expecting an epic struggle. [Year Zero] is not a particularly friendly record and it certainly doesn't sound like anything else out there right now."[16][17] Reznor has expressed his dissatisfaction with current trends in rock music, especially emo music.[18][19]

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Promotional photo of Darren Kroupa, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Alan Moulder mixing Year Zero. From the official Nine Inch Nails website.

Sound

In Rolling Stone, Trent Reznor said that "a big inspiration [for the album's sound] would be early Public Enemy records - a collage-of-sound type of thing,"[20] and also has said that Hank Shocklee's production team, The Bomb Squad was a source of inspiration, especially its innovative construction of layered samples and loops.[15] However, he has made it very clear that the album will not be a hip hop record.[21][22][23] It was also said that Year Zero is "not heavy in any kind of heavy metal type sense."[15]

Spin was able to preview some of the new album, describing it as "a more compact, immediate Trent... probably the most minimalist Nine Inch Nails has ever been. Conversely, Trent's getting outside of himself lyrically - it's a real state-of-the-union message wrapped in a sci-fi concept album about a totalitarian government in the not-too-distant future."[24]

Track listing

The Year Zero mini-site originally contained only boxes that corresponded to letters in actual song titles. Almost daily, the image on the site was updated to "fill in the blanks", revealing the titles one by one. This occurred until February 12, 2007, when a complete track listing appeared:

  1. Hyperpower!
  2. The Beginning of the End
  3. Survivalism
  4. The Good Soldier
  5. Vessel
  6. Me, I'm Not
  7. Capital G
  8. My Violent Heart
  9. The Warning
  10. God Given
  11. Meet Your Master
  12. The Greater Good
  13. The Great Destroyer
  14. Another Version of the Truth
  15. In This Twilight
  16. Zero-Sum

Underneath this track listing on the mini-site are a few hidden links to images of the recording and mixing of the album.

"Survivalism" single

Main article: Survivalism (Nine Inch Nails song)

On January 31, 2007, Blabbermouth announced that Nine Inch Nails would begin shooting the video for the first single, "Survivalism," on February 5, 2007 in the Los Angeles area.[25] On the HMV website, there is an entry for a Nine Inch Nails single coming out on April 9, a potential release date for "Survivalism."[26] FMQB has reported that "Survivalism" will arrive at radio stations on February 27 with an add date of March 6.[27]

Album personnel

References

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  4. ^ "New NIN Album Next Year?". Kerrang!. 2005-07-06. Retrieved 2006-10-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "New NINE INCH NAILS In The Works?". Blabbermouth. 2006-09-06. Retrieved 2007-02-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ a b Reznor, Trent (2006-12-13). "Updates from Trent". NIN.com. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
  7. ^ Colothan, Scott (2006-12-19). "Nine Inch Nails Finish New Album". Gigwise.com. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
  8. ^ a b c d e "The Spiral (registration required)". Retrieved 2006-02-05.
  9. ^ Meathead (2007-02-12). "New tour t-shirts". The NIN Hotline. Retrieved 2007-02-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ a b Elizabeth Goodman (2007-02-15). "Coachella Stops Sprawl, NIN Fans = Marketing Team's Dream, Aerosmith Pressed for Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-02-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ James Montgomery (2007-02-15). "Weird Web Trail: Conspiracy Theory — Or Marketing For Nine Inch Nails LP?". MTV News. Retrieved 2007-02-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Whitney Matheson (2007-02-15). "NIN's web of intrigue". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-02-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "My Violent Heart leaks, Year Zero discussion forum". The NIN Hotline. 2007-02-14. Retrieved 2007-02-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "nine inch nails: year zero". NIN.com. 2007-02-15. Retrieved 2007-02-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ a b c d e "NINE INCH NAILS Mainman On New CD: 'I Wrote The Soundtrack To A Movie That Doesn't Exist'". Blabbermouth. 2007-01-03. Retrieved 2007-02-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ Reznor, Trent (2006-12-28). "Nine Inch Nails Mainman On New CD: 'This Is Not A Particularly Friendly Record'". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 2006-12-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ Zahlaway, Jon (2007-01-01). "New NIN album recorded, live DVD due". liveDaily.com. Retrieved 2007-02-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  18. ^ Goodman, Elizabeth (2007-01-11). "Trent Reznor Announces His Best Is Ahead…Oh, and Emo Sucks!". RollingStone.com. Retrieved 2007-02-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  19. ^ "Nine Inch Nails frontman speaks out on new sound forthcoming album". Side-line. 2007-01-23. Retrieved 2007-02-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  20. ^ Knopper, Steve: "Superstars Rule 2007", Rolling Stone, Issue 1019, Page 16.
  21. ^ "NIN's Year Zero "Not A Hip-Hop Record"". FMBQ. 2007-01-18. Retrieved 2007-02-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  22. ^ The Swartz (2007-01-26). "Trent Reznor of NINE INCH NAILS clarifies that new album is 'Not a hip-hop record'". 93X.com. Retrieved 2007-02-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  23. ^ "Nine Inch Nails: New Album Is 'Not A Hip-Hop Record'". Ultimate-guitar.com. 2007-01-29. Retrieved 2007-02-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  24. ^ "Sneak Peek: NIN's latest". SPIN.com. 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2007-02-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  25. ^ "Nine Inch Nails to film 'Survivalism' video next week". Blabbermouth. 2007-01-31. Retrieved 2007-01-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  26. ^ "HMV.co.uk: singles: To Be Confirmed (2007)". HMV.co.uk. 2007-01-22. Retrieved 2007-01-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  27. ^ "Quick Hits: Nine Inch Nails (2007)". fmqb.com. 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2007-02-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

Official Year Zero page at NIN.com

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