NI | Spin Cover Story April 1997 | Photos By Andrea Giacobbe

NIИ | Spin Cover Story April 1997 | Photos by Andrea Giacobbe

NIИ / The Fragile TV Promo / Halo 14 / Released, September 21, 1999 / Just Like You Imagined & The Way Out Is Through / Nothing Records | Dir: David Carson

Ministry | The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste | Released, November 14, 1989 | Produced by Hypo Luxa/Hermes Pan | Sire Records | Cover Design: Dog, Maura, & Brian Shanley (III) | Cover Photos: Tom Young

NIИ | The Day the World Went Away (scrapped music video) | Appears as Easter egg on And All That Could Have Been DVD | Directed by Rob Sheridan | released on January 22, 2002, by Nothing and Interscope Records

Ministry | The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste | Released, November 14, 1989 | Produced by Hypo Luxa/Hermes Pan | Sire Records | Cover Design: Dog, Maura, & Brian Shanley (III) | Cover Photos: Tom Young | rear projection footage by H-Gun/Dead Batteries

NIИ | The Fragile | Artwork Concept

David Carson's description and explanation of the artwork for The Fragile:

“This record is sonically stunning, and had so much effort put in to make it such an intricately beautiful piece of art. Reznor definitely reveals his fragility in this album and unashamedly so. Every song cuts deep and feels so personal. It's solemn and desperate but also quietly hopeful and feels as if the music itself understands any struggles you might be going through. Trent writes music from the heart and makes music that feels beautifully relatable to the listener and this album captures that perfectly. I love this album so dearly, it is just so unbelievably gorgeous.”

“The Fragile will take you on through an emotional thresher, exploring anger, sadness, despair, hope, emptiness, greed... it is an incredible sonic adventure of introspection and discovery, a deep dive into a dark mind. So hook up your loudest soundsystem or get a good pair of headphones and listen to this record.”