"The ability to pull emotions from you with so little" - yes! I love seeing Trent getting recognition as a composer. I just listened to the Gone Girl score, and damn, such an interesting timbre pallet they pulled from with some truly beautiful moments. You might like it as a composer yourself. Great video Geebz!

Trent Reznor is an absolute genius when it comes to composing. His work in so many soundtracks and things ppl have no idea he does is amazing! Glad NIИ got inducted to the music hall of fame. Also stay safe

This album, damn. What an album. For context, this album was a concept album based in a close, but alternate reality wherein the surveillance state had become dystopian, there was resistance fighting against them. At the same time, there were sightings of hands reaching down from the sky. The album release was an alternate reality game in its own right as Schism46 has said in the comments. But linked to this dripping of information about the "reality" were a series of scavenger hunts with USB drives being left containing further information and copies of some of the singles. Additionally, Trent was playing with weird tech at some of the concerts. I saw them in Manchester (UK) prior to the album being released and he was using something to allow him to direct sound to small areas of the crowd passing on messages and ultimately one concert goer received a message which directed them to one of the USB drives. The album, and everything to do with it was just this huge immersive experience!

Was not expecting a reaction to a Year Zero song, definitely not Zero Sum. On that note great choice.

Great album. Love this song. Please do more NIN the lovers. Perfect drug. Somewhat damaged. Reptile. Eraser. Background world. I'm looking forward to joining you finally. I would for you. The line begins to blur.

First time I put Year Zero in my CD player, I thought I’d broken the disc. Turned out the face of the disc is coated in a heat sensitive paint; changing from black to white. The whole marketing concept behind the album was incredible; from the viral marketing, to the USBs left at venues & the awesome four song concert / piece of performance art which ended with ‘riot police’ raiding the show.

Wow, didn't expect a Year Zero track! It's my favourite NIN album but I feel like it is so difficult to pick one track from it, but this was a great song to react to. And as usual, I will humbly request that you react to some Sigur Rós again

I CANT BELIEVE you mentioned Peter Gabriel!!! Holy smokes, I've been saying this for years. Trent seems to share some sort of kindred sensibilities with Peter Gabriel. I have never known how to explain it exactly. NIN and Trent have been the soundtrack of my life since 1994. It feels to me like Trent looks at the world through Jungian archtypical eyes -- I don't know how to explain it so I won't keep trying. I love your channel, glad I found it.

Nine Inch Nails is a rabbit hole well worth exploring. I recommend that you react to "The Becoming" (the album version from "The Downward Spiral"). It'd be even better if you then did a back to back reaction with the version from "Still".

So beautifully dark. This song has always tugged at my soul.

Year Zero is my #1 album of all time. Thanks for the review!!

I used to drive around at night listening to Year Zero, and though it paints a bleak outlook of many different aspects, from global warming to aliens, I actually found a positive energy and hopefulness in this album, like.... WAKE UP HUMAN RACE.... It's Not To Late! ❤️. This album is a underrated Masterpiece!

NIce shirt! It's good to see you! I had a 20 lb bunny named Chong. More of a dog, really. :)

You gotta review nin song the becoming

Opeth, Steven Wilson, porcupine tree, Tool, Nin keep them coming dude 😎🔥

I love that you did this song from this album. Everything on this album is processed to all get out but I liked it. One of my favorite albums from them.

I've listened to this song since the day the album dropped. It never fails to evoke an emotional response from me.

I’ve been waiting for anyone to recap some of year zero. Much appreciated

Love that you reacted to this. One of my favourite NIN songs of all time. For fifteen years I've been making that Peter Gabriel comparison, to Intruder in particular. Ps. Please get back to Mew some day. Appreciate you, man.

Really nice to see you react to one of the not so popular NIN songs. I love this one and the whole YEAR ZERO is way underrated and should get more attention.

Reznor and NIN have been my favorite artist for the past 30 years. I really hope you will dig deeper.

I only listened to NIN for a large portion of my life. I listened to this so much while I was homeless on Active Duty in the Honor Guard in DC that I got Zero Sum tattooed on me. This is a powerful song, I even remixed a version myself when the remix.nin scene was poppin.. around 2006-7. Thanks for this. I think the next song I'm really looking forward to you dissecting The Doomed by A Perfect Circle. It's time.

Ascending out of the simulation and back into the mind of God (with a capitol G). This was supposed to be a concept album. I think of so much of Trent's stuff is like soundtracks to movies that don't exist....David Lynch movies

Great album, great song, and keep it coming my mans. Love this series and the vibe.

Great t-shirt, great song, great reaction! Hope you are safe and well!

Great vid as usual Geebz. I only just saw ur vid on Northlane as well and I’m so stoked you found that genre of music. Australian Metalcore has some great production throughout a lot of their best bands. I’d recommend checking out a favourite of mine the band Thornhill. Their vocalist and the ambience on some of their tracks is absolutely unreal. Would love to see more of that type of music covered by ya

this was great! I appreciate you!

Great video/breakdown. Trent is a genius . Would suggest doing videos to “somewhat damaged, reptile, the becoming, and eraser”

Hey Geebz! I have been watching your videos for quite awhile now. I love that you became such a Maynard fan and watching you go through his different bands. That being said NIN has also been one of my favorite bands. Trent just has this special touch, whether it is angry, calm, or more of like a radio friendly pop style. I would absolutely love it if you spent more time reacting to Trent Reznor's music like you did with Maynard. I truly believe that if you did you would find a whole new fan base to join in what we have all been watching for some time now. You are awesome and I want to say thank you for sharing your thoughts on everything you listen to. I am still here and will continue to be here as long as you are! Thanks! Awesome video by the way as always! Try where is everybody, the wretched, or I have seen several requests for reptile. Literally any song of his would be fine with me.

A surprise to be sure but a welcome one. Great song, great breakdown. Would love for some more NIN

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Love this song, love this album. Love you, Geebz!!!!!!! Xoxo!

niiiiiiiiice pick. looking forward to this!

Oh man, great pick! Would love for you to do "Right Where It Belongs" from With Teeth, which has a similar vibe.

Great reaction!!! Go flyers

I always thought that lyric was "we knew from he start"

Right Where it Belongs pls…great NIN track with a beautiful sound and incredible lyrics

I rediscover NIN thanks Geebz

Fantastic, happy Twos-Day! I never did get into Year Zero much, but I'll have to give it another listen. Hope the storm blows over without much trouble!

Thank you Geebz

Damnation and Year Zero back to back, two of my all time favorite albums!

Such a unique choice off this album. awesome work

Flyers fan here. Great mug!

What timing for you to bring this song and album back out. I'm a huge NIN fan with them being #1 in my books for the last 20+ years. I've always enjoyed this album but I feel like it's talking in a completely different and pertinent way these days in light of current world affairs. Made me break it back out for a good solid listen after a while. I love what he did with this album and what the goal was. The Fragile I personally feel is his best album as a whole work where he really developed a full experience. Year Zero tells such a story and is such a commentary on us as humans told in music that is just fantastic.

Beautiful song

Was hoping for a favourite band on my birthday but this will do! Aloha! 😁🤙🏼

I absolutely love this song.

Heya Geebz, im new to the channel, found you after looking through some old mr bungle gigs and the youtube algorithm doing you justice. I watched a lot more of your videos and always respecting what you have to say you seem like a lovely person. If it hasn't been suggested already you should give "black midi" a listen to they are a really good experimental band not quite on the same US grunge and mental scene you have been listening to recently. if you do listen to them listen to: Black Midi - John L

Great pick

As intense and unrelenting NIN gets, Trent always knows how to reel it back and really emphasize on less is more… Brilliant, brilliant composer indeed

I do love NIИ, but i feel there could be better songs to sample. Personally i believe The Downward Spiral deserves a deep dive, from beginning to end in one sitting.

WOW. Not a song I would have thought to have seen.

NIN ❤

Not the NIN song to casually pop up on playlists it seems, but maaan its lyrics are heartbreaking. I personally didn't get the ascending vibes from the ending, quite otherwise, like life waning, the last grasps at it, as the piano sounds quieter and quieter. Regardless, great reaction.

I love Peter Gabriel. You should do some of his music on here. I'm sure you've heard most of it but we should all do a listen along.

Getting back into Nine Inch Nails? AWWWWRIGHT!

Hey Geebz, I assume someone probably commented on your Patrion but I assume you are talking abotu the Peter Gabriel song "We Do What Were Told." If you haven't yet I recommend you listen to Peter's album Up which I believe he admitted to being inspired by Reznor. In particular "My Head Sounds Like That" and "Signal to Noise." Reznor even did a remix of one of the songs from the album "Growing Up."

Bear in mind that in this we hear harmonies and riffs from earlier songs in the album, bringing things full circle.

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NIN deserves a deep dive. You'll fall in love. No one has touched them on reaction channels enough. You did great!! Start with The Downward Spiral album.

Thanks again. Dinosaur Jr "out there" sometime?

You should react to Gorguts or some Defeated Sanity for some avant-gard ish extreme metal stuff even jazzy on the Defeated Sanity side.

Sir, I love NIN so much, Trent has been a well known musical genius for years now. And I appreciate the review. But.. I would truly love to see a “Avatar” reaction. “Yes.. like the movie, they named themselves before the movie was made”. They can be super melodic, or super heavy.. so I’m going to recommend Their song “Going Hunting”. Which is all melodic. One of the most talented bands I know to exist. I hope you see this. Thank you. Love your channel.

Year Zero is in my top 3 in NIN discography

I’d love to hear your thoughts on “Higher” by Sleep Token.

More NIN🙏

Are you thinking of Peter Gabriel - We Do What We're Told? It doesn't have the lyrics you mentioned, but the song has a very similar feel. I listened to that album a lot as a kid, when my parents would play the tape in the car.

Dive deeper please. Slow burn on Trent Reznor. He is a genius. I just was lucky enough to see them again in Philly. You should check out the live version of his music too. This album is great and I have been following them since early '94 The Downward Spiral Tour.

I like your Reviews, you should check out Skinny Puppy - Killing game or Assimilate

Whoa. whoa? no knock on anyone who likes this track but it's not in my top 100 NIN songs. it might even be in my bottom 10 nin songs. I don't like how it sounds, how it's mixed, the theme or anything really about it.

Review The Becoming

Year Zero deserves more love, it is one of their best works.

Go Flyers

Yes and yes to more and more Trent.

Gods of rapture by meshuggah. Early stuff. Progressive perfect for the channel.

piano kinda reminds me of their song "where do you get all the love in the world". Love this but the "drums" takes me out of it. I'd love to heard an orchestral version of this. I'd suggest their song "The becoming" or their instrumental song "a warm place". I was still here even though you didn't ask.

We Do What We're Told is the Peter Gabriel song

Top notch assessment of religion and government a slice of American GOP/Trumps pie....🎉

Damn, Zero-sum was not the obvious choice from this album but it was probably the best one. One of my favourite albums

great track, but it really needs the context of the rest of the album (even musically), which is a concept album.

Day 33 of asking when the next MUSE breakdown is going to be -- can't wait to hear your next de-composition of their music

Like Zero Sum & Good Solider. Great political motivated songs. We actually need more politically motivated songs like in the 60s & 70s. It’s 2024 & things are changing quickly.

Love the Flyers mug. Too bad they suck so bad this year.

Brings back memories of listening to NIN on school the bus with my Walkman in the 90’s. I had a bloody good taste in music even back as a pimple face teen. Kids missing out with their boring tiktok crap 🤮

I really like the Year Zero album. I'm partial to concept albums.

NIN is always a good choice!Trent is a master!!!

Trent has always been a genius.

You should review something by Kyuss if you haven't, my pick would be Supa Scoopa and the Mighty Scoop

I/We’ve been spoiled by so much crazy metal music with weird time signatures and cutting edge sounds, that coming back to NIN (even as a huge fan) seems so tame and basic in comparison. But goddamn does Trent know how to compose some beautiful melodies and create the best moods.

Hey, if you’re still up for listening to Gojira, you should definitely check out Low Lands. The drummer and singer are brothers, and their mother passed away shortly before the album’s release, and Low Lands is almost like a message to her spirit. It’s seriously beautiful.

The Year Zero album still scares the crap out of me to this day. SOOOO much to get into with this one.

Like others have said, Year Zero is a concept album and it reflects world politics around the time it was released (George W. Bush presidency, Afghanistan, Iraq) even though the idea is a parallel dystopian reality. Wonderful choice, but as with any NIN album, I gotta say--the album is a solid ride from start to finish, and in the context of the entire album this is one hell of a closer.

Please react to the band SKYND

Hey mate. Seeming as I noticed you enjoy Karnivool, check out another Aussie prog band "Cog". They are an amazing 3 piece that are not well known outside of Australia, but should be. They were really big here in the mid 2000's. Lots of funky time signatures and really unique vocalist. The released some new singles over the last couple of years, check out my favourite track from their newer stuff called "The Middle" - link here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jrZmgdKEy7mnlnU.html

The marketing campaign on tour before they dropped this album hiding the zip drives in bathrooms the fake websites it was a pure masterpiece only concept album better than this to me is downward spiral by him and it’s a close call

yikes who recommended this one. Might as well have done The Day the World Went Away. Anything from Fragile, Reznor recycled the piano parts throughout the album & ones after (in a good way, almost concept album way). Even then, the piano in that album comes from a few alterations using Something I Can Never Have as a skeleton. But I'd not pick from this album to get reactions from due to the tepid reaction I had for it.

Weird choice….. how about the song “and all that could have been”?

yes it is a place to stop as the song shifts but a terrible place to stop cause you lose the release of the build up that brings all those goosebumps lol

Such a lost work of art this album was at the time … a near term victim of the transition of technology and social political elements … Many of us owned this album but never shared how much we loved it, at least around here, there were no live shows to champion that love!! So funny that the generational social cycle is already coming back around from when this was released and the themes are very much in tune with current global events and likely events to come!

I think you missed the entire point of Year Zero.

I've never been a big fan of NIN. This whole song seems a bit like spoken word over basic keys with a synthetic drum pattern and some soundscape in the background. It's not a composition to me; and that doesn't mean it's bad. It's so simple; but to me it's not even a real instrumental background except for the piano. It's genius in it's own way, but not my cup of tea.