Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor tweeted last December about new music coming in 2016, and fans have been clamoring to see if he’ll actually deliver some fresh stuff before the year ends in two weeks. Well today, Reznor came through on his promise. The new NIN EP titled “NOT ACTUAL EVENTS” will come out direct from the band’s website on December 23rd via a digital download and “physical component” according to the band’s official website.

Here is the post detailing ‘NOT ACTUAL EVENTS’ release from NIN.com
THE INTENTION OF THIS RECORD IS FOR IT TO EXIST IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD, JUST LIKE YOU.  CHOOSING THIS PACKAGE GETS YOU THE DIGITAL FILES AND WE WILL SHIP THE PROPER PHYSICAL COMPONENT TO YOUR HOUSE FOR YOU TO DEAL WITH, WHILE VERY LIMITED SUPPLIES LAST.

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Joining Reznor on this album is his recent collaborator on several film scores, Atticus Ross. The two have been quite complimentary of each other’s dark perspectives on making thought-provoking art, so this should provide some exciting results on the first NIN release since 2013. Ross is now an official member of the band. It’s worth noting the website also notes this new EP will be  “unrecognizable”  in comparison to Reznor and Ross’s film score work.

And if this news didn’t energize you, NIN is also releasing “definitive editions” of their classic albums on vinyl.