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The Downward Spiral is the second studio album by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. It was released on March 8, 1994, by Nothing Records and Interscope Records in the United States and Island Records in Europe. Considered one of the most influential and emblematic works of the 1990s, this concept album chronicles the self-destructive descent of a misanthropic protagonist into madness, dehumanization, and suicide. Through a metaphorical "downward spiral", the album explores themes such as alienation, addiction, religion, violence, sex, power, depression, and the complete loss of control over oneself and one's surroundings. The album was recorded primarily by Trent Reznor at the house where the Manson Family committed the Tate–LaBianca murders in 1969, which Reznor made into a home studio dubbed "Le Pig", a reference to the message written in blood on the door by the killers. At the time Reznor suffered from isolation, struggled with depression and drug addiction, and wanted to move away from the abrasive, direct sound of his previous EP, Broken, toward something more textural, atmospheric, and cinematic. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dow...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
