I have definitely heard Nine Inch Nails songs before, but as with many albums on this list have never listened to an album straight. This one was an interesting journey. The Downward Spiral is a perfectly fitting name as the album shows someone getting more and more psychotic/neurotic and eventually just crashing. Many songs show the hard rock portion very well such as March of Pigs, while others (Heresy and The Beginning) are perfect examples of what Industrial music is and should be. To me, this is the album that perfected the genre. Hearing Hurt at the end of the album was bittersweet for me. I have always loved this song, but really think it became Johnny Cash's once he sang it. There are a few songs in history that have become another artist's after a cover was performed (Respect by Ottis Reading/Aretha Franklin, All Along the Watchtower by Bob Dylan/Jimi Hendrix and Cum On Feel The Noize by Slade/Quiet Riot) and this was one of them. I love Reznor's tone in that song, but Cash took that song to a level that even Reznor couldn't have imagined for it.
Favorite track: I Do Not Want This
Spotify: Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
If you like this, then try these: Korn – See You On The Other Side (this may not be a popular opinion, but I think it really fits)
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