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Slate
Rock · 2025 · 10 tracks · 45m

Slate

Nine Inch Nails

A dusty window into 1988. Raw, synth-heavy demos and unpolished mixes that capture the transition from eighties pop to the birth of industrial rock.

January 23, 2025

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A restless, neon-lit search for identity through drum machines and basement synths.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 45m
01
Head Like a Hole (John Fryer mix)
5:54
02
Down in It (Keith Leblanc mix)
5:33
03
Sin (demo)
4:41
04
Maybe Just Once (demo)
4:06
05
Down in It (demo)
4:28
06
Kinda I Want To (demo)
4:13
07
Sanctified (demo)
4:12
08
Twist (version) (demo)
4:29
09
Down in It (Big Whole mix) (demo)
4:43
10
Purest Feeling (demo)
3:01
Moments Worth Listening For
The surprisingly upbeat and funky bassline of Maybe Just Once that feels like a lost New Order track.
The moment the familiar Ringfinger riff appears in its early form as Twist, stripped of its later studio polish.
The vulnerable, unmasked vocal delivery on the Purest Feeling demo that reveals the pop heart behind the machine.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Slate sound next to the rest of Nine Inch Nails's catalogue?

Raw+4.0σ

The vocals lean far further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

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