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Compulsion #2
ca. 1994?
The Downward Spiral
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Far from being the bleak affair Trent purported, The Downward Spiral is in fact NIN‘s most accomplished release to date. Aided by a masterful production Trent Reznor has adopted a wider palette of sounds resulting in dramatic tracks like Heresy and the industrial metal of March of the Pigs nestling beside the sombre instrumental tones of A Warm Place. Whereas Broken had all its roughness pushed to the surface The Downward Spiral benefits from its intense undercurrents and complex arrangements. It‘s a harrowing listen with little respite. Trent is every bit the misanthropist as the accompanying rants off life and religion testify to. Yeah, there‘s a concept herein but I’ll leave it for you to decipher. The Downward Spiral deserves to be heard in its entirety but specific high points include Heresy, Closer (check out the Coil, Meat Beat.. remixes) and the least NIN sounding track the soft jazzy touch of Piggy. Other parts of The Downward Spiral reminded me of the Beatles, Bowie, Eno, Ministry and Prince and while that may sound like regression, for NIN it‘s more than a step forward and quite an achievement fir Trent Reznor. Really. |