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Nine Inch Nails recorded Broken in secret to avoid interference from the record company, the 1992 follow up to Pretty Hate Machine takes an unexpected abrupt turn into sheer aggression.
Broken, like Pretty Hate Machine, employs the tools of electronic music, such as synthesizers, drum programming, and meticulous production, yet it marked the first time that Reznor explicitly wrote songs on a guitar rather than a keyboard, and the result is Nine Inch Nails’ first genuine foray into the crushing maximalism of industrial metal. There are few bright spots to speak of on Broken, no moments of levity. Pressing play feels like being engulfed by the flames on its album sleeve.