Nine Inch Nails are working on new material

Nine Inch Nails have confirmed that they are working on new material. Find more details below.

In recent years, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have worked together scoring movie soundtracks, including The Social Network, Soul, Challengers and Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film Queer. Earlier this year, it was also announced that they would be serving as composers on the upcoming Disney sci-fi flick Tron: Ares.

However, they began teasing a potential new Nine Inch Nails project in April, when Ross said: “I do feel excited about starting on the next record. I think we’re in a place now where we kind of have an idea.”

Now, they’ve revealed that they’re officially at work on new music. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Reznor said they were “taking the inspiration we’ve garnered and funnelling it into a Nine Inch Nails project, which we’re working on now. We’re ready to be back in the driver’s seat.”

An upcoming record would mark their first since the surprise 2020 ambient double album ‘Ghosts V-VI‘ which followed 2018’s ‘Bad Witch‘.

In other news, this summer, Nine Inch Nails marked three decades of ‘The Downward Spiral’ by teaming up with Dr. Martens for a special boot collection. It followed Reznor opening up on why he apologised to his record label when handing in the record.

The frontman celebrated the project’s 30th anniversary in March, writing: “Has it really been that long, old friend? I just spent an hour listening to this time capsule of what 28-year-old me had to say, and it still excites me and breaks my heart. Be kind to yourselves. Hope to see you soon.”

The album explored the self-destruction of a man from the beginning of his misanthropic “downward spiral” to his suicidal breaking point.

It was a commercial success and landed the Number Two spot on the US Billboard 200 charts and Number Nine on the UK charts upon its release. The seminal LP cemented NIN as a reputable force in the ’90s music scene, with its sound being widely imitated, and the band receiving media attention and multiple honours.