Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize have announced a collaborative album under the name Nine Inch Noize, with release set for April 17. The pair marked the news with an Instagram post that read, “NINE INCH NOIZE • HALO 38 • APRIL 17TH • PRE-SAVE NOW.”
The project carries extra weight because “Halo 38” is the label Nine Inch Nails uses for each release, and this album is the 38th entry in the band’s discography. A billboard being erected on the road to Indio, California, pushed the message even harder, reading: “Nine Inch Noize. Album Out 4.17.26.”
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Alex Ridha have already been working in each other’s orbit before this announcement, including on Challengers [MIXED] and the soundtrack for TRON: Ares. Nine Inch Nails also revealed the remix album TRON Ares: Divergence with several Boys Noize edits, while Boys Noize later joined the band on the “Peel It Back” tour.
That tour gave the collaboration a live test run. On the B-stage in the center of the arena, the trio played DJ sets that included Boys Noize remixes of “Closer,” “Came Back Haunted,” “Vessel” and other Nine Inch Nails songs, turning a touring add-on into a preview of what Nine Inch Noize could sound like as a full project.
The timing points straight at Coachella. Nine Inch Noize is set to take the Sahara stage on Saturday, April 11, and again on Saturday, April 18, after the appearances were moved from an original Friday slot. The album arrives in the middle of that run, giving the festival a built-in launch pad and making the billboard near Indio look less like a tease than a warning shot.
What was once a side project in remixes and DJ sets now looks like a formal chapter in the Nine Inch Nails catalog. With a release date locked for April 17 and Coachella dates surrounding it, Nine Inch Noize is not being introduced as a one-off experiment. It is being framed as release No. 38, and the band is treating it that way.
