In 2018, I would say that Trent Reznor is arguably the one artist pushing rock and metal to new, innovative places. 'Bad Witch' offers up a strange, terrifying and rewarding listening experience, continuing the evolution of his band with a fierce, uncompromising and powerful record. There are grainy drum n bass assaults, bursts of rampaging acid techno, sketchy, distorted beats, ominous free jazz interludes, nightmare inducing atmospheres, and robotic mechanical funk.
With a solemn underlying beauty peering through the recesses, this is a fascinating, brutal record, one of those albums that demands you to stop everything you're doing and listen. Inheriting a space in the cosmos somewhere near David Bowie's final album 'Blackstar', these ears can also detect shades of Aphex Twin, Throbbing Gristle, Boards Of Canada, Can and even Radiohead. In reality, it's both all and none of these things, 'Bad Witch' is the sort of record that only Trent Reznor could put together.
