Nine Inch Nails and German producer Boys Noize have confirmed what the desert already knew. A billboard spotted on the route into Indio, California this week gave it away before the Instagram posts made it official: a full collaborative album under the name Nine Inch Noize arrives April 17, catalogued as HALO 38 in Trent Reznor’s numbered discography.
The pairing has real history behind it. Boys Noize first connected with Reznor and Atticus Ross in 2024, deconstructing and reimagining their score for Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers. He then contributed to the TRON: Ares soundtrack, earning a Grammy for Best Rock Song for “As Alive as You Need Me to Be” at the 2026 ceremony. The collaboration moved to the live stage during NIN’s “Peel It Back” tour, where Boys Noize performed remixes from a second stage mid-show.
This weekend, Nine Inch Noize headline Coachella’s Sahara stage, the ideal preview for what HALO 38 has in store. The album lands April 17, and we might not be ready for this.