Gold-certified alternative metal outfit Nothing More have decided to finally release the studio version of their take on Nine Inch Nails‘ “We’re In This Together“. That song originally saw a release as the second single from NIN‘s 1999 double album “The Fragile“. Speaking of the song and what it means to him, Nothing More vocalist Jonny Hawkins offered:
“‘We’re In This Together‘ sounds like a love song colliding with a war cry. Alan Watts [the British American writer and orator] once said that ‘you are the universe experiencing itself’—and this song embodies that truth. It’s us against the world, and this song is my inner monologue.”
His bandmate, guitarist Mark Vollelunga elaborated on just now committing to fully tackling this track from the industrial metal luminaries:
“This song is from my favorite Nine Inch Nails’ album, ‘The Fragile‘, and by far one of my favorite NIN songs. It’s such a beautiful cataclysm. Essentially, it’s a love song, but as I dove deeper, my interpretation shifted to it being about my relationship to my personal demons and mental trauma.
It’s about making peace with those monsters and accepting who and what they are while realizing they will always be a part of me. It took a long time to achieve that cathartic clarity in regard to the very real nature of that evil’s presence. We actually started recording the song 11 years ago, and it’s just been lying in wait until recently. I was upset we hadn’t released it earlier, but I now believe its relevance and timing couldn’t be more immaculate.”
As mentioned by Vollelunga this cover’s origins date back over a decade ago, having began covering it live in 2013, and later covering it for SiriusXM back in 2015.
