Album Review: TRON: Ares [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] by Nine Inch Nails

When you think of Nine Inch Nails, the poster band for nasty, abrasive industrial rock, Disney isn't the immediately obvious partner. Trent Reznor has previously opted to record an album in the Manson family-occupied murder house of actress Sharon Tate, has explored the utter despair of addiction and suicidal tendencies, and his music can often be read as a scathing attack on corporate America. NIN are seemingly the antithesis of everything the cosy, family-friendly face of capitalist media seems to stand for.

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A Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross LP with a Nine Inch Nails EP attached to it. Nine Inch Nails has been neglected in the last few years as far as recordings go, since Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross decided to focus on soundtracks instead. Recently, the founding member expressed his dissatisfaction with the ways technology changed the music industry and how people seem to rapidly lose interest, especially in regard to the album format. The two found movie scores considerably more engaging and creatively rewarding instead.

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