I am trying to believe

Posted by Joymode

Thursday, February 15 2007

ok... I so don't even know where to start... I guess I'll just start at the beginning. There is a new nine inch nails record coming out. YEAR ZERO. its a concept album set in the year 2024. 15 years after America has been hit by a dirty bomb and a chemical attack. Trent Reznor is apparently setting up all kinds of websites all over the internet (from the future) based around this story line. Apparently after the attack in 2009, the US government started putting a drug in the water called Parepin, to keep us safe from the biohazard. However, a side effect of this drug, is that it lulls people into a sense of complacency. The dosage is not controlled and the more water you drink the higher your dosage is. these higher dosages causes people to hallucinate. They witness what is called "The Presence" or what appears to be the hand of God coming down out of the heavens and spreading its wrath upon the Earth. The churches are in line with the government. And the President has announced that America is Now Born Again. This keeps US citizens in line and listening to the church which is telling people to support the government and fight for them, or they are against God. make sense? hah. Thats only a small part of the story. but an important part none the less. This was all discovered because at a NIN show in Portugal they started selling a new shirt... with certain letters highlighted.... so someone had the great idea to put those letters together. and they got the phrase "I am trying to believe" while most would have passed this off as another NIN catch phrase, someone had the great Idea to Google the phrase... and the following website showed up... WWW.IAMTRYINGTOBELIEVE.COM which talks about the drug "Parapen" and the stories of "The Presence" from there we were led to more websites WWW.THECHURCHOFPLANO.COM WWW.105THAIRBORNECRUSADERS.COM WWW.BETHEHAMMER.NET WWW.CONSOLIDATEDMAILSYSTEMS.COM WWW.ANOTHERVERSIONOFTHETRUTH.COM If you hold down your mouse button and run the mouse over the picture on the last website, you get to see another picture... and then click on the phrase and it will take you to a forum, where you can read discussions about whats going on in the USA. Such as police killing Muslims and "Post Iraqi" families. and eyewitness accounts of "The Presence" As well as the story of an individual known as "The Angry Sniper" who apparently has bombed the Wrigley Stadium. There is also talk of a new Drug on the market, called Opal. Apparently Global warming has destroyed the Cocaine Industry. The US government Introduced this new drug to make up for that lost revenue. all these sites are basically setting up the back story and giving everyone something to try and decode. There have been multiple sound files released Narrating what is currently taking place. Interestingly enough... at the end of each of these sound clips is some white noise... white noise with morse code embedded into it... which leads to more clues...Which I wont get into at this time. So my point in all this...? yes we have gotten a new NINE INCH NAILS track. it was deliberately leaked by the NIN camp. 2 nights ago in Portugal, at the NIN show... A 256 MB flash drive was discovered. with some more coding that led to the discovery of the phone # 1-310-295-1040. (go ahead. dial it. it works and its cool. You get to hear the president speaking about how America is born again, along with some commentary by a disgruntled citizen... Oh also a distorted sneak peak at another new track on the forthcoming album) On the flash drive itself is a full MP3 of a new track. My Violent Heart. Its probably one of the coolest NIN tracks Ive heard. Much cooler than anything on With Teeth (Maybe with the exception of The Line Begins To Blur. That song still rocks my face off) Here's the crazy part though... If you put the MP3 into a Spectral Analyzer You get to see an Image of "The Presence" Reaching down from heaven. Rather intense if you ask me. crazy huh?. and it just gets crazier. but thats the basics of it all. If you're interested in following it more, then check out all those websites that I listed. Its quite a fun little game. Its called Viral Marketing, and its the best form of it that I have ever seen. Whats really interesting is the fact that this story is popping up all over the internet. Everyone is taking notice of this concept. Its pure marketing genius on Trent's part. I hope he makes millions off this. ;) In a recent press release Reznor stated : "This record began as an experiment with noise on a laptop in a bus on tour somewhere. That sound led to a daydream about the end of the world. That daydream stuck with me and over time revealed itself to be much more," Reznor said in the statement. "I believe sometimes you have a choice in what inspiration you choose to follow and other times you really don't. This record is the latter. Once I tuned into it, everything fell into place ... as if it were meant to be. ... The record turned out to be more than a just a record in scale, as you will see over time. "Part one is Year Zero. Concept record. Sixteen tracks. What's it about? Well, it takes place about 15 years in the future. Things are not good. If you imagine a world where greed and power continue to run their likely course, you'll have an idea of the backdrop," he continued. "The world has reached the breaking point — politically, spiritually and ecologically. Written from various perspectives of people in this world, Year Zero examines various viewpoints set against an impending moment of truth." It is my personal opinion that this is the project that Reznor has been working on for the last few years, and With Teeth was just a money maker and a place holder to get back onto the scene. This is the real album. This is what I expect of Nine Inch Nails. In the words of Azroth from Digitalnoise.org "This sounds like what Trent should have released after The Downward Spiral" Its a true return to form for Nine Inch Nails. This is deeper than any other concept album I've ever seen before. This will force all the Industrial elitists and naysayers who say that Trent has sold out run home with their tails between their legs. Even though Trent has turned his back on Industrial ("F**K Industrial" I believe were his recent words) This concept is far more Cyberpunk / BladeRunner / Industrial than any current artist in that scene.. If this is selling out... I want to know where to sign up. Right Click to download. Nine Inch Nails - My Violent Heart If you would like to dig deeper... there is a rather in depth discussion going on over here at Echoingthesound.org