Nine Inch Nails has become less about the music and more about the new and creative ways in which it is being marketed and consumed....

No worries if you haven't paid Helmet any mind since the mid-nineties: the band's potent blend of post-hardcore riffing and sarcastic, smart-stupid lyrics made Page Hamilton and Co. underground stars, but it also unwittingly helped usher in the IQ-lowering hordes of nu-metal that sent heavy music into a self-loathing free fall at the turn of the century. That does not, however, discount the fact that Helmet was-and is-one of the most formidable acts in hard......

Trent Reznor has gone through a lot in his personal life. His career, too, has had its share of peaks and valleys. Be it as a young innovator (Pretty Hate Machine), dark genius (The Downward Spiral), or an after-thought (The Fragile), Reznor aka Nine Inch Nails has somehow kept the beats flowing and his vitality relevant. His newest effort, Year Zero includes a bit of everything-- a concept, pounding drums, industrial guitar fuzz, ready for......