Talk:Nine Inch Nails

So, what are we doing with Nine Inch Noize after it's released, under Discography?

Here we go again. It's not an EP, it's not a soundtrack, but it's...a collaborative album.

Assuming it will be a studio album (and if it's not then this discussion can be disregarded), should we...

1) Include it under Tron: Ares via chronological order but with a mouse-over note, indicating it's using the collaborative name Nine Inch Noize?

2) Don't include it whatsoever, since it's an entirely new project technically, despite "Nine Inch" in the name (and partially on the cover) and being given a Halo number?

Gotta see what the contents actually are first. But after that, what do we do? Xanarki (talk) 22:29, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

If it's a studio album with new songs and not just live tracks from the tour or Boys Noize remixing NIN songs, then it should absolutely be included with a mouse-over note. Otherwise, probably not. StuOnThis (talk) 00:30, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

As another user mentioned in an edit, it's been added to nin.com's Main Releases section alongside the other studio albums. I guess it's safe to say that this will indeed be a studio effort, then. So yeah, looks like we've got ourselves another entry. Xanarki (talk) 04:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

I'm just leaving this here for future reference, in case someone wanders by and is confused as to why the album is listed.

The tracklisting has been revealed: 9 NIN songs, 2 covers, and 1 new song ("Intro" lol). But, they're completely re-recorded, and aren't just simple remixes. It's not too dissimilar to, for example, Exodus' Let There Be Blood, Testament's First Strike Still Deadly, Suicidal Tendencies' Still Cyco After All These Years, and the chaos with Taylor Swift's re-recorded albums. All of these are considered major releases with new studio material and are listed under their respective Discography lists. Xanarki (talk) 16:56, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Well, after actually hearing it, things are a little more confusing now - some of the songs incorporate live-recorded material. So this is (take a deep breath) a collaborative re-recorded album with hybrid studio/live material (and, of course, certain effects or instruments from original songs remixed).

Leave it to Trent "Unconventional" Reznor to clash with standards. At the end of the day though, it seems to be treated as a major release, in contrast to Tron Ares: Divergence (an actual legit remix album albeit with a few small outtakes). Xanarki (talk) 00:24, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

And this exact situation is proof of why Wikipedians should wait until concrete information about an album is available before they rush to add it to an artist's discography section on their main article. This is clearly just a remix album, per the track listing, and no different from the likes of Fixed, Further Down the Spiral, Things Falling Apart, Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D, and Tron Ares: Divergence. There is no consensus to add remix albums to an artist's discography on their main page. However, people can still read about it in prose at Nine Inch Nails#Tron: Ares and Peel It Back Tour (2024–present) and at Nine Inch Nails discography. Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 00:42, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

This isn't "just a remix album". It's mostly re-recorded material. Most (if not all) of Trent's vocals are even re-recorded! This is vastly different from the examples you gave. Xanarki (talk) 00:45, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Fixed, Further Down the Spiral, Things Falling Apart, and Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D all contain "re-recorded vocals", and more. "Throw This Away" on Fixed is a completely original recording consisting of interpolations of "Last" and "Suck" from Broken. Further Down the Spiral has re-recorded vocals and music throughout, and the two Aphex Twin "remixes" have nothing to do with any Nine Inch material at all (read me). "Slipping Away" and "The Great Collapse" on Things Falling Apart incorporate elements of "Into the Void" not present on the album version of that track. Trent has previously said that "Slipping Away" is the outro of an unreleased 10-minute version of "Into the Void". "Gunshots by Computer" on Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D has vocals by Saul Williams that aren't included on "Hyperpower!" on Year Zero.

"Re-recorded vocals" really don't mean anything. These sorts of albums generally aren't included, per Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians/Article_guidelines#Discography_section. Unless you want to argue that all the Nine Inch Nails remix albums/EPs need to be included at Nine Inch Nails#Discography because they contain "re-recorded vocals"? That being said, this isn't even released under the Nine Inch Nails name. I really don't know where you could go from here... Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 01:57, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

I was just pointing out that the re-recorded vocals is just one of many instances. Unlike Fixed or Further Down the Spiral, this release has material that was mostly newly recorded in the studio (and, at least during the segues and a few other random spots, live).

I still feel like this is better identified as "an album of re-recorded songs" as opposed to "an album of remixed songs". It's a hybrid, in actuality.

The name does point it as a separate project entirely and I agree that fact alone has a chance of excluding it from this list...but even that isn't concrete, since "Nine Inch Nails" is on the front cover, it has a Halo number, it's listed on nin.com's page alongside the other major releases, Nine Inch Nails is the artist tag used on streaming platforms, and it's mostly NIN songs overall.

I guess let's see which stance others want to take, as due to the nature of the contents within and the concept surrounding it, this isn't a clear cut case of pointing to the MOS and calling it a day. Xanarki (talk) 02:06, 17 April 2026 (UTC)