Nine Inch Noize Praise

Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize have released “Nine Inch Noize,” a collaborative album that turns Trent Reznor’s catalog into a full electronic set. (nin.com) Rolling Stone reported on April 15 that the album would arrive on Friday, April 17, 2026, ahead of the group’s second Coachella weekend performance. Reznor said the record was made “all over the place,” including live settings, studios, hotels and planes. (rollingstone.com) The project grew out of a partnership that began in 2024, when Boys Noize remixed Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ “Challengers” score. Rolling Stone said that collaboration expanded during Nine Inch Nails’ Peel It Back tour, where a shorter Boys Noize-assisted segment became part of the live show. (rollingstone.com) At Coachella on April 11, Nine Inch Noize played its first full set in the Sahara tent with Reznor, Ross, Boys Noize and Mariqueen Maandig. Rolling Stone said the 45-minute performance was built entirely from beat-driven reworks of Nine Inch Nails songs. (rollingstone.com) That setup helps explain the album’s shape: Rolling Stone reported that the track list mirrors the Coachella set list. The songs pull from Nine Inch Nails material, a How to Destroy Angels track and a cover of Soft Cell’s “Memorabilia.” (rollingstone.com) Early reviews framed the record less as a side project than as a club-focused rewrite of familiar material. Consequence called it a “dark, chaotic collection of reinterpreted NIN tracks,” while Rolling Stone’s review described it as Reznor’s “EDM victory dance.” (consequence.net) (rollingstone.com) Rolling Stone’s Coachella recap singled out remixed versions of “Copy of A,” “Me, I’m Not,” “Parasite” and “Closer,” saying the set leaned on “slapback synths” and hard electronic percussion. That same review line is the basis for the magazine’s praise of the album’s production and dancefloor energy. (rollingstone.com 1) (rollingstone.com 2) Reznor also used the announcement to narrow expectations about what comes next. He told Rolling Stone there is “no surprise tour announcement” for Nine Inch Noize and that, after Coachella’s second weekend, he planned to return to new Nine Inch Nails music. (rollingstone.com)