VARIOUS
ARTISTS
'We're
In This Together: A Tribute To Nine Inch Nails'
Only
a month after their impressive tribute to Bile, the Tribulations team
unleash to arguably the biggest band to ever come out of the
industrial scenes, Nine Inch Nails. There have been a few tribute
albums to NIN over the years, including piano, lullaby, acoustic, and
string quartet versions... so the contributing artists have their
work cut out for them to come up with some different variations on
the ample source material.
Acts
such as Corlyx, Killchild, Man Woman Machine, Acidrodent, Visions In
Black, Marc Lowe, The Cryptids and more take on iconic tracks such as
'Reptile', 'Wish', 'Heresy', 'Hurt', 'Into The Void', 'The Becoming',
'Gave Up', and Something 'I Can Never Have.
The
variations in artistic styles are far greater her than say the
previous Bile compilation, and some acts stick close to the source
material while others go off in other directions. It's a shame there
are two versions of 'The Becoming', and 'Reptile' – while both
versions of each track are great – with no representation from
'Year Zero' or 'Hesitation Marks' it feels like the album could have
covered more ground.
As
with all compilations the mastering ties things together nicely once
again by creating a cohesive sound from amidst the various genres at
play here. Even with some major stylistic shifts in the track list
the album flows nicely from start to finish.
Nine
Inch Nails are a band that have been covered many times and in many
different ways. Approaching this as a tribute album curator or a
contributing artist is no small feat, and everyone involved once
again deserves praise. And if this wasn't enough we can expect a
tribute to Front Line Assembly in the near future as well.