Artist: How To Destroy Angels
Album: How To Destroy Angels
Released: June 2010
Label: The Null Corporation
Genre: Electronic / experimental rock
Purchase Date: 7 June 2010
Format: mp3 files
Source: Artist's site
When Trent Reznor disbanded Nine Inch Nails in 2009, no one really expected him to retire from music altogether. Less than a year after the NIN farewell tour, he's back with a new release from a new band.
Comprised of Reznor (guitar, percussion, keyboards), his wife Mariqueen Maandig on vocals, and Atticus Ross on electronic wizardry, How To Destroy Angels has a heavy, powerful, post-industrial sound. Lyrically, this music is at least as dark and disturbing as NIN ever was, if not more so. The band actually sounds a lot like late-period NIN with a female singer. While this isn't a bad thing, this new band doesn't seem to be much of a change in artistic direction for Reznor. Fans of NIN need not mourn too hard, as HDA has picked up the same torch.
On the plus side, the band is giving the album away for free on its website. Given the price, I do recommend giving the whole album a listen, even if there's nothing all that new here.
Rating: C+
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