Industrial music powerhouse Nine Inch Nails have been relatively busy during the past few years, working on various film and TV soundtracks, along with a few EP releases since the debut of their last studio album Hesitation Marks in 2013. Now the group is back with a surprise double album release with two now additions to their free instrumental Ghosts series, with Ghosts Part V: Together and Ghosts Part VI: Locusts. Both projects are available via a free download here.
“Anybody out there? New Nine Inch Nails out now,” the band’s main figure Trent Reznor tweeted. “Ghosts V – VI. Hours and hours of music. Free. Some of it kind of happy, some not so much.”
Anybody out there?
New Nine Inch Nails out now. Ghosts V – VI. Hours and hours of music. Free. Some of it kind of happy, some not so much.https://t.co/Q7VZ1z8gFi— Trent Reznor (@trent_reznor) March 26, 2020
Ghosts Parts I-IV were released back in 2008 as a single album project. The song “34 Ghosts IV,” from the fourth part of the series contained an acoustic guhitar line which was interpolated in Lil Nas X’s hit song “Old Town Road.” The track ebcame one of the most successful singles in recorded history, and garnered a CMT Award for Reznor and Atticus Ross.
The duo of Reznor and Ross have been working on for the films Woman in The Window and Bird Box recently, as well as the television score for the HBO series Watchmen. Nine Inch Nails are also inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, however the ceremony was postponed due to concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19. The band’s most recent EP titled Bad Witch was released in 2018.
Ghosts V: Together
01 Letting Go While Holding On
02 Together
03 Out in the Open
04 With Faith
05 Apart
06 Your Touch
07 Hope We Can Again
08 Still Right Here
Ghosts VI: Locusts:
01 The Cursed Clock
02 Around Every Corner
03 The Worriment Waltz
04 Run Like Hell
05 When It Happens (Don’t Mind Me)
06 Another Crashed Car
07 Temp Fix
08 Trust Fades
09 A Really Bad Night
10 Your New Normal
11 Just Breathe
12 Right Behind You
13 Turn This Off Please
14 So Tired
15 Almost Dawn
Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat