Nine Inch Nails Announce 'Hesitation Marks,' Premiere New Track

BY Gregory AdamsPublished Jun 6, 2013

Ahead of tomorrow's (June 6) premiere of new tune "Came Back Haunted," Nine Inch Nails have announced a title and release date for their upcoming, apparently "fucking great" album. Titled Hesitation Marks, it hits stores September 3 through Columbia Records.

UPDATE: In Canada, the album will be arriving via Universal Music Canada.

The big reveal was made by the band earlier tonight over Twitter. Not too many details exist beyond that, but the act also posted an image onto Instagram along with the message "(rm, 2013)." Seemingly, the four panels it displays were whipped up by visual designer Russell Mills, who first worked with Nine Inch Nails on 1994's The Downward Spiral, and fans have been speculating this could be part of the LP's artwork. This has not yet been confirmed by Nine Inch Nails.

While a tracklisting has yet to pop up, it had been previously reported that Reznor was working "non-stop" on the LP with Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder over the last while. The live lineup, meanwhile, recently re-acquired longtime collaborator Robin Finck. You can see the band's tour schedule down below.

As for "Came Back Haunted," the song is set to debut on KROQ tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. EDT/11:30 a.m. PDT. The station's program director Lisa Worden said that the track "harkens back to early Nine Inch Nails," adding that "it's not the experimental material Trent's done in the last five years."

UPDATE: Well, it looks like we've got "Came Back Haunted" a little earlier than expected. Seattle's 107.7 The End radio station premiered the song tonight, and you can currently stream the track below.

UPDATE 2: Following the sudden album announcement and track reveal, NIN have rolled out a full North American tour that has them playing all over Canada. See the updated schedule below.

Tour dates:

7-26 Niigata, Japan - Fuji Rocks Festival
7/28 Ansan, South Korea - Ansan Valley Festival
8/2-04 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
8/9/11 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands
8/15 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
8/16 Biddinghuizen, Holland - Lowlands Festival
8/18 Hockenheim, Germany - Rock 'n' Heim
8/21 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Belsonic Festival
8/23 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
8/24 Paris, France - Rock en Seine
8/25 Reading, England - Reading Festival
8/28 Milan, Italy - Mediolanum Forum
8/31-9/1 Philadelphia, PA - Made in America Festival
9/28 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center *
9/30 Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center * 
10/1 St. Louis, MO - Chaifetz Arena *
10/3 Montreal, QC - Centre Bell *
10/4 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre *
10/5 Cleveland, OH - Wolstein Center *
10/7 Auburn Hill, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills *
10/8 Pittsburgh, PA - Petersen Events Center *
10/11 Boston, MA - TD Garden #
10/14 Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center #
10/15 Newark, NJ - Prudential Center #
10/18 Washington, DC - Verizon Center #
10/19 University Park, PA - Bryce Jordan Center #
10/21 Raleigh, NC - PNC Arena #
10/22 Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena #
10/24 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena #
10/25-27 Asheville, NC - Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit
10/30 Sunrise, FL - BB&T Center
10/31 Orlando, FL - Amway Center
11/1-03 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Music Experience
11/5 San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center *
11/8 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center *
11/9 Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center *
11/11 El Paso, TX - Don Haskins Center *
11/13 Broomfield, CO - 1st Bank Center *
11/15 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint *
11/16 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint *
11/18 Portland, OR - Rose Garden Arena *
11/19 Spokane, WA - Spokane Arena *
11/21 Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena *
11/22 Seattle, WA - KeyArena *
11/24 Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
11/25 Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome

* with Explosions in the Sky
# with Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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