10 Darkest Albums In Rock Music History
3. Broken - Nine Inch Nails
Okay...so maybe it's cheating to put an EP on here since it doesn't necessarily count as an album. Since most dark records take their time to get you into its warped mood, what the hell are we supposed to get out of a few fragments of songs from Trent Reznor? But trust me, Trent cutting this down to just a handful of tracks is his way of being merciful on your soul.
After Pretty Hate Machine set the tone for what Nine Inch Nails was capable of, Trent wanted to go even darker, moving into Sharon Tate's former home and cutting this batch of songs with of his own equipment. Some of that dark energy definitely found its way onto the tape here, with Wish being the most on edge Trent had ever sounded up to this point.
Complete with song titles like Happiness in Slavery and Help Me I Am In Hell, this album knows what you're here for, and that's one of the most caustic industrial rock albums with no end in sight. And it turns out that a lot of people got on board with the darkness too, since Wish would go on to win a Grammy for being one of the greatest metal performances of its time. Turns out that there's a lot more fans of dark music out there than we probably realized.