r/nin • u/Witty_Will_608 • 2d ago
Question NINs heaviest songs?
What are NIN heaviest songs?
I wanted to discuss the heaviest with different meanings. The heaviest emotionally, the heaviest tempo/speed. The heaviest distortion on any given song would love a discussion.
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u/Wiethop 2d ago
Somewhat damaged is my rage song.
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u/I_Make_Art_And_Stuff 2d ago
That song could cause damage to your house at any moment.
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u/dannyboy731 2d ago
Man speaking of which… I was playing The Fragile the other day, and my subwoofer was hitting so hard on Where Is Everybody I could hear my glasses rattling in the cupboard.
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u/RZAxlash 2d ago
Reptile live is heeeeavy
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u/TheStabbyCyclist 2d ago
Such a highlight of the Peel It Back tour. Four shows was so worth it
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u/Minute_Rent_1983 2d ago
Ya this song is great each time ive seen it 4 times past 20 years but it definitely hit hard on the most recent time ive seen on peel it back tour and im still in awe of the lights always everything put together so well
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u/wustacheride 2d ago
My husband and I saw them for the first time last September and when Reptile started, im pretty sure my husband ascended: it is his favorite NIN song. I think he was in shock because he didn't expect them to play it lol
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u/No_Assignment_3277 2d ago
My favorite part for sure, both shows
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u/Electronic_Emu9339 2d ago
Same!!! I went to 2 shows on Peel It Back and Reptile was so epic both times. I watch my partial video of it often 💚
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u/Fear_Her_Kiss 2d ago
Devils speak of the way in which she'll manifest. Angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress. Need to contaminate, to alleviate this loneliness. I now know the depths I reach are limitless
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u/Scary_Song3328 2d ago
This is the best verse Trent ever wrote. I’m not sure if there’s even competition
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u/jbr5016 2d ago
I’ve been to maybe 9 shows. He’s played it at every one. And every time it is excellent. Never gets old.
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u/explicittv 2d ago
I'm an old man, I've been to 6 shows. He only played it at the last show he went to.
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u/dannyboy731 2d ago
Same, 6 shows and I was dying to hear it live for soooo long. Literally the only song I wanted.
Went to the Vegas show in 2014 because they skipped my town, only to have them book an extra date here after I got the tickets & hotel.
Guess what they played here, and NOT in Vegas??
I was almost fucking crying when they played it at the Peel it Back show.
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u/ElizabethMoon1992 there is a place that still remains 2d ago
the woodstock one has the best trent scream
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u/Express-Welder9003 2d ago
Yes, I remember it on TDS tour and it was so good live. They had these green lasers that would come from the stage. I'm pretty sure it was my first time seeing lasers at a concert. It was a great effect at a great show.
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u/Billkillerz 2d ago
Ahahhaha I remember being completely flooded by the green light during the last tour.... I'll never forget that
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u/betheowl 2d ago
Last. Post-chorus guitar riff. ‘Nuff said.
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u/memeking_69 2d ago
Burn
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u/Toothless_counsel365 2d ago
This guy gets the assignment.
I would put burn and memorabilia into a transcending category.
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u/gmadexe 2d ago
all of Broken is definitely up at the top, and i specifically think of the performances of Last from the late 2000s when trent's voice was all blown out and a bit deeper like here:
March of the Pigs is maybe the heaviest sound wise, but the heaviest emotionally are those quiet songs from the Fragile era like And All That Could Have Been, La Mer, or The Great Below. those almost always destroy me.
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u/BoneWhiteHaze 2d ago
I find Happiness In Slavery to be heavy enough to be pointed out on its own when speaking of Broken.
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u/TheStabbyCyclist 2d ago
Wish
I'm the one without a soul. I'm the one with this big fucking hole. No new tale to tell. Twenty-six years, on my way to hell. Gotta listen to your big-time, hard-line, bad luck, FIST-FUCK!
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u/deepfriedabyss Et délivré moi lakay 2d ago
my instant picks: Mr. Self Destruct and Somewhat Damaged
thinking about it: You Know What you Are
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u/Fear_Her_Kiss 2d ago
Eraser
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u/aeddanmusic 2d ago
Yesss. I get why Somewhat Damaged is highest voted because it is VERY heavy and a very good song to rage to. But Eraser will always be heaviest to me because of the time signature change, the drums that sound like someone thrashing inside a dumpster, and Trent yelling “kill me” over and over again
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u/TableForGlasses24 2d ago
Man, it's wild I had to scroll this far to see this. One of the most psychologically disturbing songs I've ever heard on first listen. The turning point in The Downward Spiral.
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u/AntysocialButterfly 2d ago
A few off the top of my head...
Somewhat Damaged
The Line Begins to Blur
Reptile
Wish
Mr Self Destruct
You Know What You Are?
Heresy
Last
Ruiner
Happiness in Slavery
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u/machone5103 2d ago
TLBTB has always, perhaps weirdly, to me, felt like a slower/calmer NIN song. I know he’s literally screaming the verses and the drums and bass are punishing, but idk. Maybe the chorus brings the whole thing down for me. The visuals for this live, back in the WT / LITS era were so cool.
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u/nine-kb 1d ago
The line begins to blur was the one I was waiting to see here. The whole song is verses that are massive inner struggle combined with choruses of just giving up on trying to fix anything.
"Isn't anyone stopping me," always stood out for me. As in I can't stop myself, why are you all just watching me continue to do this to myself and others?
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u/salbast 2d ago
The Wretched is pretty heavy. Not the heaviest. Just putting it here as I didn't see it mentioned yet.
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u/ronhonda99 2d ago
Controversial but, Big Man With A Gun.
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u/fucktheworldman 2d ago
Agreed, the drum fills sound like machine guns. The guitar slide before he says “I can reduce you, if I want, I can devour”. Good stuff.
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u/GentlemanJimmer 2d ago
Middle section of TDS album post-Closer. The layers of machinery and production
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u/Oxbow8 2d ago
Most violent are :
Somehwhat Damaged
You know who you are
Happiness in slavery
Last
I do not want this
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u/AcanthaceaeBig3487 2d ago edited 2d ago
Sin
Last
Reptile
Somewhat Damaged
I Do Not Want This
Ruiner
Eraser
Gave Up
Were in This Together
All the Pigs, All Lined Up (March of the Pigs Extended)
Burn
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u/paranoidtransdroid 2d ago
Burning Bright (Field On Fire) is an overlooked one, so thick and overwhelming
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u/Downtown_Compote8749 2d ago
Se for mais pesado em questão sonora, eu diria que é Somewhat Damaged. A música inteira parece te contorcer e te retalhar em mil pedaços sem nem ligar pra sua existência, ainda mais a letra que é um soco na cara.
Se for pesado de letra, eu diria Hurt ou The Downward Spiral. As duas tratam de algo incorreto, fora do lugar, essa constante luta para achar alguma coisa real em uma vida de ilusões e dor mas sempre parecer estar longe do objetivo, ou de você simplesmente não se encontrar no mundo em que está.
Ou tambem Right Where It Belongs, é provavelmente um dos retratos mais sinceros do Trent sobre si mesmo e o que ele se tornou. A dor da fama, a insegurança perante tudo ao seu redor, a confusão sobre si mesmo e o que você é e o que você quer ser. É outra musica tragicamente honesta sobre si mesma, e o fato dela não trazer uma conclusão, mas sim um questionamento no final, deixa tudo ainda mais cru e doloroso.
Conclusão: Nine Inch Nails é foda.
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u/ConsiderablyInjured 2d ago
Eraser, it starts quiet then it ascends to epic levels of rage until the very end
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u/CaptainBungusMcChung 2d ago
And All That Could Have Been, it's impossibly sad but also filled with angst and rage that resonates for a lot of people
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u/OrbitronFactory 2d ago
I find their slower tempo tracks tend to be heaviest sounding:
Eraser
Reptile
The Great Below
The Mark Has Been Made
10 Miles High
Slipping Away
And All That Could Have Been
The Line Begins to Blur
She’s Gone Away
The Background World
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u/themamacurd619 2d ago
I never see anyone say anything about The Mark Has Been Made. Have you seen that live off off AATCHB?
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u/Ok_Philosopher_8973 2d ago
Is it the MOST heavy song? Maybe not but I think Only gets overlooked because it’s so upbeat but the lyrics are pretty heavy IMO
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u/scuttlebuggy 2d ago
She’s Gone Away, for me. There are angrier songs, louder and definitely more violent, but She’s Gone Away is like a thousand tons of sludge coming down on you. Heavy heavy heavy
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u/ActionJacksonATL24 2d ago
There is no wrong answer except Everything.
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u/authentic-zertnert 2d ago
Everything has a pretty gnarly chorus. The verses are very light and poppy but there’s just something about the way those scratchy detuned noise rock guitars blast against the synth that feels very manic and overwhelming.
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u/EasyMode556 2d ago
Last immediately jumps to mind, same with March of the Pigs.
Pretty much all of Broken really.
For emotionally heavy: And All That Could Have Been (the song off of Still)
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u/brainshed 2d ago
The Downward Spiral (the song). It’s a jarring, dark and frankly disgusting song. The filter on the distorted guitar riff, the interpolation of the synths from the end of Closer, the glitching of the vocals. It sounds like someone making a choice they won’t come back from.
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u/junkfewd Art Is Resistance 2d ago
Ahead of Ourselves doesn't get enough praises sung to it when these types of conversations get brought up. the type of song you have to play at maximum volume (while avoiding hearing damage) wherever you are for maximum effect. Also, similarly, Letting You for the same reasons.
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u/bingbong91_blind 2d ago
Appendage
Eraser
You Know What You Are
Reptile
Somewhat Damaged
Downward Spiral
Happiness In Slavery
Mr. Self Destruct
Ahead of Ourselves
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u/Proof_Appointment497 2d ago
The heaviest emotionally for me is Something I Can Never Have (Still). For speed it's March Of The Pigs and for distortion it's No You Don't or Closer to God.
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u/crazy-old_maurice 2d ago
Somewhat Damaged for me. It just builds and builds, getting gradually heavier.
What an opening track!
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u/johnnycards69 2d ago
Live version of Reptile from their recent tour made me wish they come out with a live album because holy shit was that amazing.
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u/authentic-zertnert 2d ago
Heaviest emotionally? La Mer.
Heaviest sonically? Somewhat Damaged.
Heaviest as in most hype inducing? Ruiner.
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u/HauntingMarketing779 2d ago
Mr Self Destruct … and can’t believe no one mentioned the loud genius of Vessel
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u/Alex79uk 2d ago
Reptile - heaviest in terms of pure sludge.
Wish - always the craziest in the mosh pit.
Something I Can Never Have - emotionally heavy.
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u/Conscious-Train170 1d ago
Just Like You Imagined fills every single one of those.
It feels like a heated argument and when the heavy bass notes kick in feels like getting shoved. You try to reason with them and talk it out but it keeps coming back on you like waves of pure hatred, anger, betrayal, and sorrow. Each washing over you full force, you can feel yourself starting to tear inside as bitter and painful memories flood your vision.
Then they hit you, hard. you can feel tears welling up and your throat tightens, it hurts. Everything hurts.
And then it happens, you can only watch your body respond and by the time you can stop yourself it's already too late.
It goes quiet in your head as you scream.
You never wanted to hurt anyone but you just wanted the pain to stop.
I had a lot of time to think about that one.
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u/Complete-Trust-8911 2d ago
personally, i think la mer for meaning; i connect with it a lot and i think everyone should hear a song this sad once in their life
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u/cbotkins 2d ago
A couple off the walls: All the love in the world, You Know What You Are?
When I’m upset and feeling slightly jealous those songs just hit different.
I really feel if you listen to the lyrics on the fragile they are some of the darkest and hardest in NIN’s catalog. There’s some heavy shit in there.
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u/Regular-Junket-4857 2d ago
Burniny Bright probablemente sea de lo más pesado que hay, no solo del catálogo de NIN.
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u/No-Pussyfooting 2d ago
Wish, Mr Self Destruct, March of the Pigs, Reptile, The Becoming, Somewhat Damaged, The Big Comedown. (I had to stop myself from naming the entire first 2/3 of Downward Spiral.).
Personally, I find a lot of The Fragile heavy.. just in a different sense.
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u/PilotedByGhosts 2d ago
Happiness In Slavery, live in Cornwall 2022. The breakdown was the heaviest thing I have ever heard.
All the YouTube videos of it are from phone cameras, so they couldn't handle it and they're all bouncing off the limiter 😢
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u/Numerous-Macaron4565 2d ago
Honestly, it’s eraser. The buildup and to what is like the craziest wall of noize while he’s shouting kill me. And then that little piano break right before the drop. Makes the drop seem 10x heavier. This song shakes me to my core.
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u/OneTrainOps 2d ago
When I saw them at Panorama 2017, Burning Bright was so loud that it felt like getting punched in the chest repeatedly (it was awesome, completely made me reconsider the song)
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u/MissViciousKnits 2d ago
I feel like Burning Bright (Field On Fire) sounds pretty heavy. That’s just me.
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u/ButterfliesandSkulls 2d ago
The heaviest emotionally are definitely Leaving hope and And all that could have been. Beautiful songs, but so incredibly sad I rarely listen to them and when I do I cry😭..
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u/ptindaho 2d ago
Emotionally, I probably go with hurt.
Tempo/musically, of the stuff that got play,.I would put head like a hole up there.
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u/Ill_Macaroon 2d ago
Wish was the first. I remember seeing that video on MTV and instantly needed more.
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u/CastroEulis145 2d ago edited 2d ago
I've never thought about this but there's very few nin tracks that I truly consider to be heavy. Hurt is the only one that immediately comes to mind.
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u/SagittariusIscariot 2d ago
A warm place is the heaviest for me emotionally. Can’t get through it without tearing up.
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u/Traum_a_ 2d ago
There are a couple, but "Last" absolutely fckin smashes every single time! It's also very danceable (and very cathartic at that).
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u/MooCheeGLaPooCheeIII 2d ago
Physical gets my vote for heaviest * sexually *
Edit: wanted the asterisks and not the italics
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u/brenttoastalive 2d ago
Most of Broken. Personal favorite is Ruiner