I roto i te 1993, i kukume te rōpū i te aro o Trent Reznor. whakaputaina Reznor ratou 1994 album tuatahi, Portrait o te American Family, ka tukua i te reira i runga i tona Nothing Records tapanga. tīmata te rōpū ki te whakawhanake i te karakia i muri, i tupu nui i runga i te Downward Spiral Tour i ngā Nine Inch Nails ko Jim Rose Circus tahi ki te tuku o Smells rite tamariki i roto i 1995. i taua EP hua te rōpū tuatahi nui MTV hit ki "Sweet Dreams (E Hanga o tenei)", he taupoki o te 1983 Eurythmics hit. Antichrist Superstar (co-whakaputaina e Trent Reznor) ko te angitu nui atu. I roto i te US anake, e toru o nga pukaemi o te rōpū kua whakawhiwhia e rua platinum, a ka haere atu e toru, a kua whitu putanga i roto i te tekau runga, tae atu ki te rua pukaemi tuatahi-number. mahi hoki te rōpū ki te nuinga o te pukaemi tuatahi-number rua Manson. i muri i te putanga o Smells Like Children i roto i 1995. i taua EP hua te
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