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- sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+242This is from FatherG in another post:
Late post but eh:
Recently the track "My Violent Heart" has been released (this isn't a ***** leak, no way) supposedly from a flash drive found in a bathroom at a NIN concert. If you check the comments in the id3 tag for the song you find this:
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found in men's bathroom, stall 4, coliseum, lisbon, portugal
another version of the truth .com
dig
24.3.2
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At the end of the track there is a huge bit of static that doesn't really sound like static; it has a pattern. If you decompress the song and load it into a program capable of viewing spectral information, you'll see this:
http://fatherg.googlepages.com/myviolentheart.jpg
^taken with Fruity Loops, fyi
I don't think this is a "leak" but the track was released on purpose.
My reasoning: Aphex Twin did something similar (hell, exactly the same) with the spectra on the Windowlicker album. If you loaded up the retail cd and loaded up the right track to be analyzed you would see his face. It didn't work for mp3 because the compression killed the effect. If this was just a half-assed leak we wouldn't be able to see The Presence. Trent & Co did this on purpose. It's the only explanation.
Even better; check out the Year Zero website(yearzero.nin.com). Notice that bit of graphics glitch on the track title for My Violent Heart? It's in the exact same spot in the title of the track as it is in the audio. The plot thickens... - MurderMystery, on 10/12/2007, -2/+167Free usb drive!
- rasterbator, on 10/12/2007, -4/+118Left in bathroom? Or viral marketing?
- Oatmeal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+76More info about the leak:
http://www.theninhotline.net/news/index.php#1171469282
Other download sources:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SKAR6CTD
http://www.yaymita.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/nin-myviolentheart.mp3
http://0at.org/media/nine_inch_nails_my_violent_heart.mp3 - gallagherFTW, on 10/12/2007, -3/+52this is such a genius viral marketing move. my heart literally sped up I'm so psyched to hear this, NIN is amazing.
- Oatmeal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+49Viral marketing for sure:
http://www.digg.com/music/Nine_Inch_Nails_Concept_Album_Builds_Story_With_Websites_From_The_Future - VeryAngryJim, on 10/12/2007, -3/+44wow, that picture is really creepy.
- G-RaZoR, on 10/12/2007, -4/+43I can confirm this (if the picture wasn't enough evidence). I opened it up in Fruity Loops 7 and it does have that eerie hand.
I would assume that the hand came first, and generated the static.
Could this be the hand that feeds? - protogenes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34Has Boston panicked yet?
- Azap, on 10/12/2007, -3/+37ILOVEBEES.COM anyone?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30There's more of a story behind it.
Opal/Parepin is somehow the cause of The Presence. It seems to be a sort of hallucination.
Opal is the drug that the government used to rid the country of cocaine possibly for economic gain - as stated in various sound clips, no one has an interest in coca leaves anymore and everyone is hooked on Opal from America.
Parepin is the substance the administration puts into the water to boost immune systems and protect us from bio-terrorism, but those who haven't drank water in a while reveal that they have more clarity and feelings than most other citizens who routinely drink it.
It's basically a form of mind control, and although I'm not sure the *exact* link it holds, it fits in somewhere. There's also an Evangelical Church integrated into the story, and perhaps they have some connection to releasing or creating the substances, because The Presence seems like some sort of reminder of God. When people see it, they freak the hell out. Church/Govt/Mind control - all related. - rosary, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28It's no accident. Here a spectral anaylsis of the static at the end of the track:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/benmattingly/390376128/
Interesting stuff. - tast01, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26Some people think NIN is just noise, after a few listens of a nin song you really start to appreciate all the little things about them. Every nin song is an amazing soundscape, all of them unique.
- FoodForDog, on 10/12/2007, -3/+28Viral Marketing or Not - This song kicks ASS. And it's free.
- xstnothing, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26NIN:: trying to reach their Portugeuse fans with bladder control issues.
Awesome band. - roprot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20wow, that is really some nice bit of viral propagation .. from a restroom to the 'net in a few easy steps. well done mr. reznor and co!
even though, by the time its in the shops and i can buy it 'normally' i would have downloaded as much of it as possible, i'm still gonna actually *buy* the next NIN album. just for the rampant display of net-savvy being demonstrated, y'know .. - TheKricket, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20i have to say - i thought the premise behind the websites was genius - but then i came about this post and my jaw just dropped - the amount of thought put into this move is just, well just awesome...
three cheers to the person who thought to check out the spectral analysis - as soon as i saw it i thought - "*****, its the presence" and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up
i cant wait for april to roll around
excuse me - i need to change my pants... - VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Brilliant, perhaps the first time in recorded history that someone has both given and taken a leak at the same time.
- combustion8, on 10/12/2007, -9/+28NIN>your existence
- G-RaZoR, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21sorry for the double post, but one of my huge NIN friends said this:
the hand has to do with that line from the wretched "god himself will reach his ***** hand through" on that anotherversionofthetruth forum they talk about it
they call it "the presence" and there are a few pics of the hand
indeed, check out the forums. all sorts of posts about the hand
http://anotherversionofthetruth.com/forum.htm
(please dont digg me down, its not spam! its the official site)
edit: damnit bigdt87 you beat me too it. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18The hand is "The Presence"
http://iamtryingtobelieve.com/images/content_02.jpg
Basically if it was a rip from, say, a stole CD, if done wrong (and it usually is) the MP3 compression would screw up the display of The Presence and it would come out all mangled and no one would ever know until the CD was released. Thus, it was leaked intentionally by the band as part of the puzzle. - Klever, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21Now THIS is creepy....
http://www.bastwood.com/aphex.php - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17There's also a phone number that was discovered by discolored numbers on the back of a tour shirt.
You can hear a clip of the new single, Survival, from it: +13102951040
The shirt: http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u264/crazyrevgirl/nintourshirt.jpg - filefly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Mirror: http://www.filefly.org/digg/nine_inch_nails_my_violent_heart.mp3
- scottevans, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13captain obvious to the rescue....to infinity and beyond
- deadaluspark, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16i just wish Trent would do an Exotic Birds reunion tour.
they rocked so much harder than NIN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJYBx5NJULY - diggitystar, on 10/12/2007, -10/+23How dare you compare homosexuals to PETA! Mansex is no where NEAR as ***** up as those people.
- Hacbarton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Reznor is a genius! I have to wonder who it was that found it though...seems kinda odd that they would just trust it in a bathroom if its viral marketing. Everything about parepin and opal and the Angry Sniper....this album better be f**king great.
- AK10, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12I doubt this is an accident. Maybe a tie-in with the possible alternate reality game to promote the album? This sounds just like the sort of crazy ***** Trent would do. He released multi-track versions of a few songs off his last album and asked the fans to remix them...now THATS cool.
- Jimzip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Wow.. This whole Nine Inch Nails thing is really quite cool. Great marketing plan, and very Lost.. uh.. esque..
Looking forward to more cryptic whizzbangers.. (Just wanted to see if I could use that word in a sentance..)
Thanks @ oatmeal!
Jimzip :D - Nerfdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10don't mind him, i'm sure he calls all electro "techno", too >.
- dnite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Since when was Industrial music considered goth?
- dweeb79, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12I saw Godsmack live and I loved their CD's however after watching them live I pretty much despised them and the same could be said for 30 seconds to Mars (just horrible), 3 Days Grace and hand full of other bands. NiN just has something special because he understands the art of performing, any singer can stand up and sing into a mic but when an artist gets up there and sounds better then their CD then they are a true artist. These bands now a days stand up and sing into a mic and let the computer do the work rather then their talent.
No offense taking even if u were having a go at me :) - reevolutn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9its a hand reaching down from the top
- acdcfanbill, on 10/12/2007, -7/+15I would say it's only viral marketing if they had a lower class hooker in the bathroom with them when they found it.
- Paullenation, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12FIST *****!
- hitmikey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9good to know Trent Reznor is still making music......
- Brickster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8The Right Lyrics
My Violent Heart
Nine Inch Nails
You and I, we may look the same
But we are very far apart
There's bullet-holes where my compassion used to be
And there is violence in my heart
Into fire you can send us
From the fire we return
You can label us a consequence
Of how much you have to learn
You can try but you'll never understand
This is something you will never understand
Can you hear it now?
Hear it coming now?
Can you hear it now?
On hands and knees
We crawl
You cannot stop us all
Our bones, our skin
We will not let you win
You have set something in motion
Much greater than you've ever known
Standing there in all your grand naivety
About to reap what you have sown
Time will feed upon your weaknesses
And soon you'll lose the will to care
When you return to the place that you call home
We will be there, we will be there
On hands and knees
We crawl
You cannot stop us all
Our blood will stay
We will not go away
On hands and knees
We crawl
You can not stop us all
Our blood our ways
Will never leave this place
We crawl
We crawl
We crawl
We crawl - nickarodriguez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9amazing song by an amazing artist.
- thenikola, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Mirror
http://www.totallywaycool.com/nin/nine_inch_nails_my_violent_heart.mp3 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14someone explain that picture to me please
- thesoprano, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8For your pleasure (i have the bandwidth to spare - no one ever visits)
http://www.bartsearch.com/NINViolentHeart.mp3
and in reverse... http://www.bartsearch.com/ReverseNINViolentHeart.mp3
just do me a favor and be sure to visit the main site at www.bartsearch.com - 1iProd, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Excellent excellent song. i
- Rinkin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I would have never thought to check something like that.
- raindogmx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Perharps Trent is plaing too much Black&White?
- Nerfdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7...good call, that definitely wasn't blatantly obvious from the start.
- NikZ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Apparently the NIN campaign is by 42 Entertainment, the company that did ilovebees.com, and also The Beast campaign for AI (the movie) - amongst other things.
- deltaandroid, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12In sockpuppets pic, at the end (that big yellow block) it looks like an eerie hand reaching downwards!
- Rinkin, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Track seems legit. Thank you.
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