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For the second single from the companion album “Best of Nine Inch Nails Redux” that will be released parallel to the forthcoming MER Redux Series installment “The Downward Spiral Redux”, sludge metal outfit THOU from Baton Rouge, Louisiana pay an ultra-heavy tribute with their cover of the NIN track ‘Suck‘.

Parallel to the companion album “Best of Nine Inch Nails Redux“, Magnetic Eye Records will release “The Downward Spiral Redux” that contains 14 cover renditions of the original album tracks in sequence, recorded by some of the most compelling artists in hard and heavy music today. 
Available for pre-orderHERE

Watch the official visualizer for THOU‘s crushing version of the NINE INCH NAILS classic ‘Suck‘ here:

THOU comment by quotingEmil Cioran: “True confessions are written with tears only“, vocalist Bryan Funck cites an adage of the Romanian philosopher from 1934: “But my tears would drown the world, as my inner fire would reduce it to ashes.“

THOU were formed by guitarists Andy Gibbs and Matthew Thudium together with drummer Terry Gulino and bass player Mitch Wells in 2005. With the exception of the drummer, whose chair is now being occupied by Tyler Coburn and the later addition of KC Stafford as a third guitarist, all original members are still in THOU. Before the release of their debut album, “Tyrant” in 2007, frontman Bryan Funck joined the band and remains at the mic stand to this day. THOU hail from Baton Rouge, Louisiana and it is therefore hardly surprising that their sound has been influenced by NOLA sludge. Elements of doom and stoner metal are also present, while some critics even mention the ‘oppressive atmospherics of black metal’ as part of their sonic foundation. Over the course of the following five albums, THOU have gained an excellent reputation both live and as recording artists, while growing a strong fanbase. Their fourth full-length, “Heathen” (2014), was named “Best Metal Album of 2014” by Pitchfork and at the 2019 edition of Roadburn Festival, the sludge monsters collaborated with Emma Ruth Rundle, which turned into the joined album “May Our Chambers Be Full” (2020). With their latest release, “Umbilical” (2024), THOU again reaped high praise from critics and fans alike.

Tracklist “Best of Nine Inch Nails Redux”

1. SNAKEMOTHER ‘The Day the World Went Away / Sin’
2. BLUE HERON ‘Head Like a Hole’
3. GRAYCON ‘Right Where It Belongs’
4. THE OCEAN ‘Even Deeper’
5. EVI VINE ‘This Isn’t the Place’
6. NONEXISTENT NIGHT ‘The Perfect Drug’
7. THE MOTH GATHERER ‘The Hand That Feeds’
8. CHROME GHOST ‘Every Day Is Exactly the Same’
9. MARISSA NADLER ‘The Great Below’
10. BEES MADE HONEY IN THE VEIN TREE ‘Over & Out’
11. THOU ‘Suck’
12. ORBITER ‘Terrible Lie’
13. BLEAKHEART ‘Something I Could Never Have’

Enhance your Redux experience of Magnetic Eye Records and friends, who are respectfully paying homage to US-industrial rock legends NINE INCH NAILS and their 1994 milestone album “The Downward Spiral”, with the additional of even more spectacular deep cuts and classics offered on the companion album “Best of Nine Inch Nails Redux”.

At this moment, the world’s reliance on machines, algorithms, and artificial intelligence has never been greater. This makes now the perfect time to reflect on the emergence of a musical force whose blend of mechanized instrumentation and raw emotion was singular and revolutionary.

NINE INCH NAILS were formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988. They arrived around the same time as grunge when Generation X was developing an awareness of itself, but while there was cross-appeal, the sound they created was clearly and intentionally something very different.

The skepticism of that era came through in the music, with artists from RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE to NIRVANA pushing back against what were acceptable words and actions in our society, and everything from the ideals of what major musicians should do with their fame to what people and corporations stood for were fair targets.

NINE INCH NAILS were at least twice as cynical as everyone else and reflected the singular, driven musical expression of mastermind Trent Reznor. The music he made as NIN has always ranged from infectious, furious, delicate, and sexual to transgressive, uplifting, cautionary, and hopeless. While Reznor did not always make broad, blunt statements about politics, materialism or repression (though he definitely did at times), there was a consistently restless quality to his music. His frustration at the veneer of normalcy and acceptability that characterized modern popular music was palpable, and he seemed to search endlessly for seams to peel back and rip loose to expose what was underneath.

Of NINE INCH NAILS‘ seminal breakthrough album, Spin magazine respectfully had this to say in 2024: “As The Downward Spiral turns 30 this year, it still stands as an act of artistic transgression against the limits of popular music. Pushing the boundaries of creative censorship, it is still considered Nine Inch Nails’ most daring and uncompromising album.”

Join us in paying homage to one of rock’s most ambitious innovators and angriest Gen X voices railing against the status quo, as we present our latest Redux Series installment “The Downward Spiral Redux”, along with the traditional companion album “Best of Nine Inch Nails Redux”. The two double album collections together comprise 27 re-imagined renditions by some of today’s coolest and heaviest artists taking on NINE INCH NAILS classics and deep cuts.

The Magnetic Eye Redux Series features hand-picked classic albums from across the history of rock and metal re-imagined in their entirety from start to finish. Artists we love from within and outside the heavy rock landscape choose tracks to make their own, bringing these milestone records into the new millennium with crushing heaviness and searing energy. To date, we’ve produced Redux editions of PINK FLOYD’s “The Wall”, HELMET’s “Meantime”, BLACK SABBATH’s “Vol. 4”, JIMI HENDRIX’s “Electric Ladyland”, ALICE IN CHAINS’ “Dirt”, AC/DC’s “Back in Black”, SOUNDGARDEN’s “Superunknown”, JETHRO TULL’s “Aqualung”, and RAMONES’ self-titled debut, which have included artists like RED FANG, THE SWORD, MATT PIKE, PALLBEARER, THE MELVINS, ALL THEM WITCHES, KHEMMIS, ASG, SUPERSUCKERS, ZAKK WYLDE, MARK LANEGAN, VOIVOD, and many more amazing artists.

Join us for our tenth foray into Redux territory as we pay proper respect to the US industrial rock legend NINE INCH NAILS!

Artist: Various Artists
Album: Best of Nine Inch Nails Redux
Release date: November 28, 2025
Label: Magnetic Eye Records
Style: Doom, Stoner Rock & Metal, Psych Rock et al.
Review impact date: October 27, 2025

Mastered by Zach Weeks at God City Studios in Salem, Massachusetts (US)
Artwork, layout & design by Łukasz Jaszak