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How To Destroy Angels Reveals The Space In Between

May.17, 2010

Oh man, this project is turning out to be something amazing. This video is pretty cool as well, and is certainly interesting. In the video, you can see Mariqueen Maandig, sort of lifeless and singing next to a dead Trent Reznor, who is laying in a pool of blood. Atticus Ross is sitting in a chair smoking a cigarette and watching TV, sitting adjacent to some blonde woman who is unknown to me. Who is this woman? Is she in on this collaboration, or just randomly there? Hell if I know, but she’s easy on the eyes.

Trent has always had great videos in Nine Inch Nails, and this certainly holds up to par. This is the best music video I’ve seen in a long time. And not only that, the song is pretty great as well!

How To Destroy Angels‘ debut EP is due out this summer. I can’t wait to hear more from this.

- JR

Tags: Atticus Ross, How To Destroy Angels, Mariqueen Maandig, Nine Inch Nails, trent reznor

How To Destroy Angels Post First Taste Of Music

Filed Under: Audio, General News, New music, Upcoming releases

May.05, 2010

Dammit, Trent. Quit hiding in these shots. We know it’s you. Fuck.

Finally, we get to hear a song from Trent Reznor’s new music project with his wife Mariqueen Maandig and long time collaborator Atticus Ross in the form of “A Drowning,” which was posted on Pitchfork yesterday. It sounds like Nine Inch Nails, which everyone knew would happen. But still, it’s a very fucking cool song. If you care enough about NIN and Trent Reznor that you even noticed this project, there’s no reason you won’t like this song.

How To Destroy Angels will release an EP this summer. No more details yet, other than the new song (and I’d assume the whole EP) was mixed by Alan Moulder. The song has since been released as a single (right) and it is available on Amazon. Listen to the song here:

- JR

Tags: Alan Moulder, Atticus Ross, How To Destroy Angels, Mariqueen Mandig, Nine Inch Nails, trent reznor

Trent Reznor Shows Wife How To Destroy Angels

Filed Under: Upcoming releases

Apr.28, 2010

Trent Reznor is always a busy man. Before Nine Inch Nails’ final shows, he got married to Mariqueen Maandig, ex-vocalist of LA rock band West Indian Girl. Now it seems they he and his wife are collaborating on an new project called How To Destroy Angels. Not a whole lot is being said about it, but there’s a teaser website with a neat trailer clip, which you can see below:

HTDA is due out this summer, apparently. More word as it trickles in.

- JR

Tags: How To Destroy Angels, Mariqueen Maandig, Nine Inch Nails, trent reznor, West Indian Girl

Is Another Nu-Metal Band Is Making A Comeback?

Filed Under: General News

Mar.30, 2010

Why is it that good bands (ie, Refused) stay broken up and bands nobody particularly cared much about from the 90s and early 00′s are suddenly coming back. It’s been happening left and right. I’m afraid the 10′s will see a nu-revival.

The band in question today? Orgy, the industrial band who were signed to Korn’s Elementree Records label and generally had nothing to contribute to music as a whole.

Nothing is 100% yet, but Ryan Shuck, the group’s guitarist, mentioned Orgy when speaking on tour plans with Julien-K and Dead By Sunrise.

From Blabbermouth:

“I probably shouldn’t say a lot of about this, but I’ve kind of got a stick up my ass about doing something with Orgy,” Ryan can be heard saying in the clip, which is available for viewing below. “We’re gonna be doing a tour — Julien K — most likely, I’d say, in June, maybe after, in Europe, and if we do something with Orgy, that means we will have played a full tour with three different bands in one year. Pretty awesome. All original bands, all original content. It’s starting to become a sort of a challenge and something I really wanna do.”

Just what we need, more mediocre industrial music with three chords and electronic buzz. Nine Inch Nails should start touring again in a few years out of spite.

- JR

Tags: Dead By Sunrise, Julien-K, Korn, Nine Inch Nails, orgy, ryan shuck

Fear and the Nervous System Still Happening?

Filed Under: Upcoming releases

May.20, 2009

Last year, Korn’s James “Munky” Shaffer announced a side project featuring Billy Gould (Faith No More) on bass, Brooks Wackerman (Bad Religion, Tenacious D) on drums and percussion, Leopold Ross on programming and guitars, Zach Baird on keyboards and programming, and himself on vocals and guitar. A definite all-star lineup.

The release date was set for August. Now, here it is May of 09 and still no sign of Fear and the Nervous System.

Out of nowhere in an interview with uweekly.com, Munky mentions the side project.

UW: Is that still going to be released?

M: Yeah, I’m still working on it. It’s like three quarters done. The music sounds great. I’m really happy with it.

I sure hope so. The lineup makes it look very interesting. The album will be produced by Shaffer, Ross, and Jim Monti, with additional production by Tim Harkins, Leopold Ross and Danny Lohner (NIN). I’d imagine it would sound like a pretty great industrial rock. I hope it’s released before the end of the year.