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HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS’ “THE SPACE IN BETWEEN” PROVES THAT TRENT REZNOR IS STILL KING OF THE KILLER VIDEOS

 Monday, May 17th, 2010 at 9:30am by

I don’t think that Nine Inch Nails have ever made a bad video, and Trent Reznor isn’t about to start now – the new clip for How to Destroy Angels’ “The Space in Between” is provocative, possibly pretentious, morbidly beautiful, and wholly memorable (which is really the entire point of a music video, I suppose). Insofar as what the video “means,” well… I’m not entirely sure I know. Assuming the titular “in between” is some kind of purgatorial state, well… I guess we can interpret the fact that Reznor and his wife/vocalist Mariqueen Maandig are lip synching while clearly “deceased” as being somehow related to said purgatorial state. I’ll have to ponder it some more, though.

Whatever the heck the video is supposed to mean, it is, like I said, morbidly beautiful, and the song is gorgeous. As with “A Drowning,” it pretty much sounds like NIN with a female vocalist… but I have absolutely no problem with that.

HTDA will release a six-song EP sometime this summer. Longtime NIN collaborator Atticus Ross is also involved in some capacity; he’s the dude smoking a cigarette and watching T.V. in this video.

-AR

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Darrell-Erickson/595856588 Darrell Erickson

    I’m all over this EP when it drops. NIN with a female vocalist is a damn good description and that song was badass. Makes me think of the good songs off of The Fragile. Thanks Axl.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-Nixon/1541724225 Robert Nixon

    Friggin sweet song! The video, especially in the fire section, is totally intense as well. I look forward to the EP coming out.

  • Driven9

    never really got into NIN, but i actually liked this. maybe its worth pickin this HtDA EP up, or given NIN another shot. Anybody have a suggestion of where to start with listening to some NIN?

    • GayHateMachine

      The Fragile.

      • Timmy 2

        Agreed. Broken would be good too if you want more metal flavored NIN but Fragile is more in line with HTDA so far. Year Zero would be worth a check too.

        Each of NIN’s album has its own vibe too. So if you hear, say, Downward Spiral and don’t like it, you may still like The Fragile or another album.

  • canea

    Not really that interested in the song actually, but the video was strange and well-done!

  • http://www.philistineonthesidewalk.net Kodiak

    Whoa – nice video! I’m definitely getting the EP when it comes out – very nice textures and indeed very Fragile-like.

  • Cody

    Happy Birthday Trent!

  • Captain FeedingTube

    Collide > HTDA.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Adam-Meredith/1463830541 David Adam Meredith

    Year Zero, Ghost, The Fray are all substandard passionless releases. This new track, although it is slow, manages to hold my interest where as the last three NIN releases were abysmal failures. I really like it and I hope all involved garner much success with this release. I am impressed.