Trent Reznor has shared his reflections on the 30th anniversary of Nine Inch Nails’ breakout album, The Downward Spiral, in a post on the band’s official website describing how the seminal project still impacts him.
“Spending too much time looking backwards feels dangerous to me, but this day on the calendar caught my attention,” Reznor wrote in the message. ” Has it really been that long, old friend? I just spent an hour listening to this time capsule of what 28 year old me had to say, and it still excites me and breaks my heart.”
The NIN mastermind concluded the note by encouraging fans to “be kind to yourselves,” adding that he hopes to “see you soon.”
In further celebration of the album’s 30th anniversary, Heavy Consequence spoke with Godsmack singer Sully Erna, Code Orange vocalist Jami Morgan, and Parkway Drive frontman Winston McCall. Watch the video below.
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Nine Inch Nails’ most recent studio albums, Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts, were released together in 2020. Last year, Reznor and his NIN bandmate Atticus Ross composed their latest soundtracks for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and David Fincher’s The Killer.