what is year zero?
It is the fifth studio album by the band Nine Inch Nails.
Year Zero (album)
Year Zero is the fifth studio album by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released by Interscope Records on April 17, 2007
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Year Zero (album) [SEP] Introduction
Year Zero is the fifth studio album by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released by Interscope Records on April 17, 2007. Conceived while touring in support of the band's previous album, "With Teeth" (2005), the album was recorded throughout late 2006, and was produced by frontman Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and being the band's first studio album since 1994's "The Downward Spiral" to not be co-produced by long-time collaborator Alan Moulder. It was the band's last album for Interscope, following Reznor's departure the same year over a dispute of overseas pricing. In contrast to the introspective style of songwriting featured on the band's previous work, the record is a concept album that criticizes contemporary policies of the United States government by presenting a dystopian vision of the year 2022.