1994's The Downward Spiral marked the point at which Trent Reznor (aka Nine Inch Nails) finally arrived. Its mix of heavy metal, sample heavy dance music and ambient drones was the perfect distillation of everything he'd built his reputation on, and then some. Famously recorded in the house where the Manson killings took place, its murderous surroundings lent itself to a collection of songs positively throbbing with aggression, bitterness and regret. That year he took the likes of the Lollopalooza festival and Woodstock by storm, and earned rave reviews the world over. The following year saw the release of a remix album based on that collection and christened ...  Read the complete review

Further down the Spiral is the remix companion of The Downward Spiral. Like the Fixed album of Broken remixes, the songs are treated with a sonic sledgehammer by a selection of artists including members of Nine Inch Nails, Jim Thirwell (aka Foetus), Coil and rather surprisingly the Aphex Twin. With the array of talent on board, you just know that this is going to be a startling album. The fact that the remixers have been given a free reign also means that some of the album sounds incredibly different to The Downward Spiral. Apart from a live version of Hurt and the remains of lyrics the musical similarities between the bulk of the two albums is incredibly ...  Read the complete review

I had to use this album to write about further down the spiral which dosen't seem to be on any lists although that isn't to say that further downt the spiral isn't any good coz it's also 5 star but i myself prefer further down the spiral it is baisically remixes of songs from TDS but i think that they are better than the originals this album is worth buying for the remixes of ruiner and heresay alone it also contains a really cool live version of hurt and it has alot of mellow instrumental stuff which is also cool but anyway baisicaly if you own TDS and like it you are 100% going to like most of the stuff on here oh and for you halo collectors there are 2  Read the complete review