Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails has foreplay, but doesn
By Lars Eirik Eide for Dagbladet on May 3, 2005
Sense of melody
Johnny Cashās version of Nine Inch Nailsā āHurtā spread Reznorās sense of melody to place he couldnāt reach himself. The same sense of melody is an important ingredient in āWith Teethā. The most immediate version is first single āThe Hand that Feedsā, complete with hooks, a head-banging riff and a singalong chorus. The beautiful version is āRight Where it Belongsā, a quiet and not least controlled song where Reznorās vulnerable voice takes center stage.
And of course one hears Reznorās usual suspects: industrial ingredients like aggression, electronics, angsty/spooky/intense vocals, among other things inherited from bands like Big Black. In addition, he can be a bit funky, and at times also quite sexy.
No hunger
The problem is that āWith teethā lacks the naked hunger that has always whipped out the greatness in Reznorās music. And then this listener is left without the climax Nine Inch Nails promises and has delivered so brilliantly in the past.
Translated by Sveinung Mikkelsen