Trent Reznor Breaks Silence: New Nine Inch Nails Album, Surprising Collaboration & Release Timeline Revealed

Los Angeles – Industrial rock architect and award-winning composer Trent Reznor is closing out 2025 with a burst of activity that has both movie buffs and Nine Inch Nails fans scrambling for tickets and streams. In a surprise joint announcement, Reznor and long-time creative partner Atticus Ross revealed “Future Ruins,” a first-of-its-kind film-and-TV-composer festival set for 14-16 November at the Hollywood Palladium. The three-day event will feature live score performances, panel discussions on sound design, and an exclusive preview of new music from the duo’s upcoming projects, including Disney’s sci-fi sequel Tron: Ares. Reznor’s cinematic hot streak shows no signs of cooling. Earlier this year he and Ross took home the Golden Globe for Best Original Score thanks to Luca Guadagnino’s sweat-soaked tennis drama Challengers, adding another trophy to a shelf that already houses an Oscar and an Emmy. Although Challengers was later omitted from the Academy Award nominations, industry insiders expect the pair to be early favorites for 2026 contenders tied to Tron: Ares and David Fincher’s next thriller. For fans craving guitars alongside synths, Nine Inch Nails will return to arenas next spring on the Peel It Back World Tour, the band’s first global run since 2022. Pre-sale demand crashed multiple ticketing sites within minutes, with dates in London, Berlin, São Paulo, and Tokyo selling out instantly. To commemorate the tour, Reznor hinted at a deluxe reissue of 1994’s The Downward Spiral featuring unreleased sessions mixed in Dolby Atmos. On the studio front, the composer confirmed that Tron: Ares is “deep into the orchestral overdub phase,” promising a hybrid of analog modular sequencing and London Symphony strings that will “push the franchise’s sound fabric into darker terrain”. A lead single is expected to drop during Disney’s D23 Expo in February, where attendees can also experience an immersive audio installation curated by Reznor and Ross. Why the renewed spotlight? Search data show a 500 % jump in queries for “Trent Reznor festival,” and “Nine Inch Nails tour dates” has become one of the week’s highest-climbing keywords. With Future Ruins poised to merge fandoms of cinema and industrial rock, and a world tour set to rekindle the visceral energy of classic NIN performances, 2025 looks primed to cement Reznor’s status as both soundtrack savant and live-show legend. Ticket packages for Future Ruins go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. PDT, while the Peel It Back World Tour pre-sale launches Tuesday for fan-club members. Whether you’re a vinyl-collecting goth, a film-score aficionado, or simply curious about the pioneering mind behind “Closer,” now is the time to keep Trent Reznor on your radar—and in your search bar.