Editing Nine Inch Nails (section)

===Musical style===
Nine Inch Nails has been described as incorporating [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/12/18/trent-reznor-new-nine-inch-nails-2016/ |title=Trent Reznor promises new Nine Inch Nails in 2016 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=December 18, 2015 |last=Renner Brown |first=Eric |access-date=December 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051401/http://ew.com/article/2015/12/18/trent-reznor-new-nine-inch-nails-2016/ |archive-date=December 22, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.radio.com/2016/04/07/13-alt-rock-acts-that-should-be-in-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/ |website=[[Radio.com]] |title=13 Alt-Rock Acts That Should Be In The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame |last=Ives |first=Brian |date=April 7, 2016 |access-date=December 21, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053217/http://news.radio.com/2016/04/07/13-alt-rock-acts-that-should-be-in-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/ |archive-date=December 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/britney-spears-gets-close-nine-inch-nails-wbna29187440 |title=Britney Spears gets close to Nine Inch Nails |date=February 13, 2009 |access-date=December 21, 2017 |work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051906/https://www.today.com/popculture/britney-spears-gets-close-nine-inch-nails-wbna29187440 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 }}</ref> [[industrial rock]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/03/arts/pop-view-how-pop-music-lost-the-melody.html?pagewanted=all |title=Pop View – How Pop Music Lost the Melody |work=[[The New York Times]] |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=July 3, 1994 |access-date=December 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053816/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/03/arts/pop-view-how-pop-music-lost-the-melody.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=December 22, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/jul/08/nione-inch-nails-beginners-guide |title=Nine Inch Nails: a beginner's guide |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Jon |last=Cronshaw |date=July 8, 2013 |access-date=December 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051425/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/jul/08/nione-inch-nails-beginners-guide |archive-date=December 22, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/top-most-influential-rock-bands-2898297 |title=Top 10 Most Influential Rock Bands |publisher=[[ThoughtCo]] |last=Grierson |first=Tim |access-date=December 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014130616/https://www.thoughtco.com/top-most-influential-rock-bands-2898297 |archive-date=October 14, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="Rolling Stone Bio">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/nine-inch-nails/biography|title=Nine Inch Nails—Bio|first=Evan|last=Serpick|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=October 20, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025174825/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/nine-inch-nails/biography|archive-date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> [[industrial dance]],<ref name="AMG" /> [[industrial music|industrial]],<ref name="AMG" /><ref>{{cite magazine |title=My Back Pages |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck |date=March 2006 |volume=22 |number=3 |issn=0886-3032 |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |page=104}}</ref><ref name=Krajewski>{{cite web |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/an_essential_guide_to_nine_inch_nails |title=An Essential Guide to Nine Inch Nails |work=[[Exclaim!]] |last=Krajewski |first=Jill |date=June 7, 2016 |access-date=December 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105015/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/an_essential_guide_to_nine_inch_nails |archive-date=December 22, 2017 }}</ref> [[electro-industrial]],{{sfn|Carr|2011|p=21}} [[industrial metal]],<ref>{{cite web|first=George|last=Pham |url=https://impact89fm.org/52037/music/closer-a-nine-inch-nails-concert-experience/|title=Closer-A Nine Inch Nails Concert Experience|date=November 6, 2018|access-date=July 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/industrial-metal-ma0000012276 |title=Industrial Metal Music Style Overview |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 15, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731093727/https://www.allmusic.com/style/industrial-metal-ma0000012276 |archive-date=July 31, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/30/nine-inch-nails-sell-instruments |title=Nine Inch Nails to sell 'hundreds of instruments' in eBay auction |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=November 30, 2009 |last=Michaels |first=Sean |access-date=December 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051704/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/30/nine-inch-nails-sell-instruments |archive-date=December 22, 2017 }}</ref> [[electronic rock]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-nine-inch-nails-jimmy-kimmel-20131108-story.html |title=Watch Nine Inch Nails make their network TV debut with Jimmy Kimmel |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last=Brown |first=August |date=November 8, 2013 |access-date=December 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052428/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-nine-inch-nails-jimmy-kimmel-20131108-story.html |archive-date=December 22, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Rock Hardware |last1=Trynka |first1=Paul |last2=Bacon |first2=Tony |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |year=1996 |isbn=9780879304287 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rockhardware40ye00tryn/page/57 57] |url=https://archive.org/details/rockhardware40ye00tryn/page/57 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Music |author=DK |publisher=Penguin |year=2013 |isbn=9781465421265 |page=337}}</ref> and [[alternative metal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/alternative-metal-ma0000012328|title=Alternative Metal Music Genre Overview|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Mike|last=McPadden|title= Alt-Metal A To Z: 26 Bands That Define The Genre |website= [[VH1]] |date= 8 September 2015 |access-date= 19 August 2022 |url= https://www.vh1.com/news/rjhh9u/alt-metal-a-to-z|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220604172058/https://www.vh1.com/news/rjhh9u/alt-metal-a-to-z|url-status= live|archive-date= June 4, 2022}}</ref> [[AllMusic]]'s Steve Huey states that "Nine Inch Nails were the most popular industrial group ever and were largely responsible for bringing the music to a mass audience".<ref name="AMG" /> Reznor has never referred to his own work as industrial music, but admits to borrowing techniques from such early industrial bands as [[Throbbing Gristle]] and [[Test Dept.]]<ref name="Axcess" /> Despite the disparity between those artists initially operating under the term "industrial" and Nine Inch Nails, it has become common in journalistic descriptions of Reznor's body of work to describe it as such. Reznor acknowledged in ''Spin'' magazine that "[[Down in It]]" was influenced by early [[Skinny Puppy]], particularly the band's song "[[Dig It (Skinny Puppy song)|Dig It]]"; other songs from ''Pretty Hate Machine'' and ''With Teeth'' have been described as [[synth-pop]].<ref name="NIN Spin 1996" />{{rp|35}}<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/nine-inch-nails-with-teeth | title=Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth | magazine=[[Slant Magazine]] | date=May 3, 2005 | access-date=December 31, 2015 | last=Cinquemani|first=Sal | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152217/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/nine-inch-nails-with-teeth | archive-date=September 24, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14890-pretty-hate-machine/| title=Review: Pretty Hate Machine| publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]| date=May 3, 2005| access-date=December 31, 2015|last=Breihan|first=Tom| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228212459/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14890-pretty-hate-machine/| archive-date=December 28, 2015}}</ref> Reviewing ''[[The Fragile]]'', critic Steve Cooper noted that the album juxtaposes widely varied genres, such as solo piano in "The Frail" and [[drum and bass]] elements in "[[Starfuckers, Inc.]]"<ref>{{cite web |title=NIN's New Effort Threads the Line Between Beauty and Destruction |first=Steve |last=Cooper |work=The Cavalier Daily |url=http://cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=768&pid=469 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013123034/http://cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=768&pid=469 |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |date=September 24, 1999 |access-date=August 26, 2007}}</ref> [[Ambient music]] has been featured in some of Nine Inch Nails' music, including on ''Ghosts I–IV'' (which is specifically [[dark ambient]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/nine-inch-nails-ghosts-i-iv-2496169332.html |title=Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts I-IV |last=Price |first=Marc A. |date=March 10, 2008 |access-date=December 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053850/https://www.popmatters.com/nine-inch-nails-ghosts-i-iv-2496169332.html |archive-date=December 22, 2017 }}</ref> ''Hesitation Marks'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-10/every-nine-inch-nails-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best |title=Every Nine Inch Nails Album Ranked From Worst To Best |publisher=[[TeamRock]] |last=Chillingworth |first=Alec |date=October 10, 2016 |access-date=December 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052126/http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-10/every-nine-inch-nails-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best |archive-date=December 22, 2017 }}</ref> ''The Downward Spiral'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-downward-spiral-deluxe-edition/30526337 |title=The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition) by Nine Inch Nails on Apple Music |publisher=[[iTunes]] |access-date=January 16, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061729/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-downward-spiral-deluxe-edition/30526337 |archive-date=January 7, 2018 }}</ref> ''The Slip'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/13230-nine-inch-nails-hesitation-marks-review |title=Nine Inch Nails Hesitation Marks |work=[[The Quietus]] |last=Raggett |first=Ned |date=August 29, 2013 |access-date=December 21, 2017}}</ref> and ''The Fragile''.<ref name=Krajewski />

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Songs such as "[[Wish (Nine Inch Nails song)|Wish]]" and "[[The Day the World Went Away]]" exhibit terraced [[dynamics (music)|dynamics]]. Reznor's singing follows a similar pattern, frequently moving from whispers to screams. He also has used software to alter his voice in several songs, as evident in "Starfuckers, Inc." and "[[Burn (Nine Inch Nails song)|Burn]]". The band's music also occasionally contains complex [[time signatures]], notably in "The Collector" from ''With Teeth'' and concert favorite "[[March of the Pigs]]".<ref name = "PopMatters review" /><ref>{{Cite news| title = Arts reviews: Nine Inch Nails| work = [[The Independent]]| date = April 5, 2005| last = Nash |first=Rob}}</ref> Reznor uses [[noise (audio)|noise]] and distortion in his song arrangements and incorporates [[Consonance and dissonance|dissonance]] with [[chromatic]] melody and/or harmony.{{sfn|Huxley|1997|pp=171–172}} These techniques are all used in the song "[[Hurt (Nine Inch Nails song)|Hurt]]", which contains a highly dissonant [[tritone]] played on guitar during the verses, a B5#11, emphasized when Reznor sings the eleventh note on the word "I" every time the B/E# [[dyad (music)|dyad]] is played.<ref>{{Cite book| author = Reynolds, Tom| title = I Hate Myself and I Want to Die| page = 227| isbn = 978-1-86074-628-4| date = June 13, 2005| publisher = Sanctuary Publishing
}}</ref> "[[Closer (Nine Inch Nails song)|Closer]]" concludes with a chromatic piano [[Motif (music)|motif]]: the melody is debuted during the second verse of "[[Piggy (song)|Piggy]]" on organ, then reappears in power chords at [[drop D tuning]] throughout the chorus of "Heresy", while an inverted (ascending) version is used throughout "A Warm Place", and then recurs in its original state for the final time on "The Downward Spiral".<ref name = "PopMatters review" />

On ''The Fragile'', Reznor revisits the technique of repeating a motif multiple times throughout different songs, either on a different musical instrument with a transposed harmony or in an altered tempo.<ref>{{cite web| title = The Fragile| publisher = Lollipop Online| url = http://www.lollipop.com/archive_temp.php3?content=issue50/50-04a-13.php3| date = May 2000| author = Marburger, Lex| access-date = December 20, 2006| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130801070725/http://www.lollipop.com/archive_temp.php3?content=issue50%2F50-04a-13.php3| archive-date = August 1, 2013}}</ref> Many of the songs on ''[[Year Zero (album)|Year Zero]]'' contain an extended instrumental ending, which encompasses the entire second half of the three-minute long "The Great Destroyer". AllMusic's review described the album's laptop-mixed sound: "Guitars squall against glitches, beeps, pops, and blotches of blurry sonic attacks. Percussion looms large, distorted, organic, looped, screwed, spindled and broken."<ref name="AMG review">{{cite web| url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1039249/review|pure_url=yes}}| website = [[AllMusic]]| title = Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero| access-date = March 13, 2008}}</ref>