Year Zero is an album by the band Nine Inch Nails.
Nine Inch Nails . In 2007 , after the release of their fifth studio album Year Zero ( 2007 ) , these entanglements resulted in Reznor announcing that the band would split from its longtime record label Interscope Records to release future material independently , before signing with Columbia Records for the release of their eighth album Hesitation Marks ( 2013 ) . Year Zero is the fifth studio album by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails , released on April 17 , 2007 by Interscope Records . In October 2007 , Reznor announced that Nine Inch Nails had fulfilled its contractual commitments to Interscope , effectively ending the band 's relationship with the label ; thus Year Zero was the last Nine Inch Nails studio album released on the Interscope label .