Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts VI: Locusts Album Review

Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020) is a Nine Inch Nails studio album, reviewed for its composition, sound design, performances, and place in the group’s evolving catalog.

Music and Production

The darker companion to Ghosts V builds an uneasy landscape of distant piano, drones, unsettling pulses, and ominous environmental textures. Its pieces evoke isolation and foreboding without relying on lyrics.

Standout Tracks

Highlights include The Cursed Clock, Around Every Corner, The Worriment Waltz, Run Like Hell, Another Crashed Car, The New Normal.

Strengths and Weaknesses

The sustained dread and lengthy instrumental passages can be exhausting, and the experience is more atmospheric than melodic.

The Final Verdict

A chilling, immersive ambient work that demonstrates the band’s skill at creating tension through texture and restraint.