Nine Inch Nails bypass the record companies

In what can only be described as yet another nail in the coffins of the record companies, Nine Inch Nails have made their new CD 'The Slip' available to download for free from the band's website. They have also made it available in four different formats: MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC and WAVE 24/96. All that is required is that you provide them with your email address which they claim will not be used for spam, and for those old school guys that do not want to download, the band intends to make a vinyl and CD release sometime in July.

As their website says, the band see's this is a way of giving something back to their legion of fans: "As a thank you to our fans for your continued support, we are giving away the new Nine Inch Nails album one hundred percent free, exclusively via nin.com."

The band are clearly delighted with their decision and are even urging downloaders to share the free music with as many people as possible: "We encourage you to share it with your friends, post it on your blog, play it on your podcast, give it to strangers, etc."

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