Nine Inch Nails – Broken CD Sale

As a placeholder between the full-length Pretty Hate Machine and The Downward Spiral, Broken packs a serious punch. Angrier and less poppy than Machine, this EP is full of noisy hooks, if such a thing is possible (check out that guitar riff on the full-throttle Wish ), and much closer aesthetically to the industrial subgenre that informs Trent Reznor s music. As song titles like Help Me I Am in Hell suggest, Broken is a work of undiluted rage, which is, of course, a big part of its appeal.