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craigb
With Adrian they may need to rename the band Nine Inch Noise!
(In a good way hopefully.)
I'm not holding my breath but I hope they get back to something "noisier".
There used to be a bunch of guys to handle the various facets of any song - programming drums, creating wicked edits, sampling and all. There was so much attention going to details.
But the last couple of albums sounds like Reznor quickly built his songs around a few bass riffs, ran all of that through Izotope Trash for the mandatory distortion, and called it a day.
Maybe Trent knew they sucked which is why he gave one away as a free download. I listened once and haven't touched it since - glad I didn't pay for it!