Despite the fact that they recently announced their departure from the world of live music, even selling off all their equipment, Nine Inch Nails are heading back into the studio to record new material.

Frontman Trent Reznor made an announcement on the band's official website:
"Happy holidays everyone and thank you for an exceptional year! Sorry I haven't been around much lately, I've been working on not working for a couple of months, which for me is hard work. 2010 has a number of things planned including new material from nine inch nails and something else that isn't nine inch nails. I am in a state of rediscovery and reinvention that feels unfamiliar, unsure and exactly what I need."

Though Reznor did not elaborate on details of the new musical project mentioned, he did suggest that he was more excited about it than about new NIN material.