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[[Image:Hesitation_Marks.jpg|thumb|thumb|iTunes Deluxe Edition artwork]][[Image:HMstandardjapanese.jpg|thumb|thumb|Japanese Standard Edition artwork]]'''''Hesitation Marks''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 28]]''''') is the ninth studio album from [[Nine Inch Nails]]. It will be released on September 3, 2013. There will be in a total of five editionsformats: standard CD, deluxe Deluxe Edition CD, vinyl, digital and iTunes deluxe digitalDeluxe Edition. The album was first acknowledged by [[Trent Reznor]] on May 28, 2013 in recorded secretly over the course of a post on [[nin.com]]:<blockquote>"I’ve been less than honest about what I’ve really been up to lately. For the last year I’ve been secretly working non-stop with Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder on a new, full-length Nine Inch Nails record, which I am happy to say is finished and frankly fucking great. This is the real impetus and motivation behind the decision to assemble came as a new band and tour again. My forays into film, HTDA and other projects really stimulated me creatively and I decided complete surprise to focus that energy on taking Nine Inch Nails to a new place. Here we go!”<br>— Trent Reznor, 5.28.13.</blockquote> It was then officially announced via Twitter on June 5, 2013, the day before the release of its first single, ''[[Came Back Haunted (halo)|Came Back Haunted]]''. Nine Inch Nails signed with [[Columbia Records]] in 2013, making this the first album on a major label since ''[[Year Zero]]''fans.

===Bonus Material===The Deluxe Edition CD will include a 28 page hardcover book and the following remixes on a second disc:

*"Trent Reznor In Conversation With..." –41:58

The Japanese standard edition CD will include an exclusive bonus track remix as track 15, as well as a slightly different arrangement of the US standard edition CD cover art:

==InspirationAbout==The album began life as a couple of tracks that were meant to be included was first acknowledged by [[Trent Reznor]] on May 28, 2013 in a forthcoming greatest hits package for post on [[Interscope Recordsnin.com]]:<blockquote>"I’ve been less than honest about what I’ve really been up to lately. The sessions gave way For the last year I’ve been secretly working non-stop with Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder on a new, full-length Nine Inch Nails record, which I am happy to more songs say is finished and ended up yielding an entire albumfrankly fucking great.[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=6190] The two songs originally written This is the real impetus and recorded for motivation behind the hits package were revealed decision to be "Everything" assemble a new band and tour again. My forays into film, HTDA and other projects really stimulated me creatively and "Satellite"I decided to focus that energy on taking Nine Inch Nails to a new place. Here we go!”<br>— Trent Reznor, 5.[http://www28.theguardian13.com</music/2013/aug/08/the-nine-lives-of-trent-reznor]blockquote>

According to an interview with It was then officially announced via Twitter on June 5, 2013, the day before the ''New York Times''[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/arts/music/nine-inch-nails-is-back-onstage-with-a-vengeance.html]release of its first single, Reznor had ''[[The Downward Spiral Came Back Haunted (halo)|The Downward SpiralCame Back Haunted]]'' . Nine Inch Nails signed with [[Columbia Records]] in mind as he worked 2013, making this the first album on a major label since ''Hesitation Marks[[Year Zero]]'', stating:.

During the month of August, the tracks "Copy Of A", "Everything" and "Find My Way" were also made available through various channels prior to the album's release. A teaser trailer featuring "The Eater Of Dreams" and a look at the album's packaging was posted on August 26, 2013. ==Inspiration and recording==The album began as a couple of tracks that were meant to be included in a forthcoming greatest hits package for [[Interscope Records]]. The sessions gave way to more songs and ended up yielding an entire album.[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=6190] In an interview with ''The Guardian''[http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/08/the-nine-lives-of-trent-reznor], Reznor revealed that the two songs originally written and recorded for the hits package were "Everything" and "Satellite". He also explained what inspired, in his view, a more minimal and sparse treatment of the music: <blockquote>"What I found the most inspiring was sitting with just a drum machine in my bedroom, in my office. Not having a keyboard or a guitar and playing everything on pads. Me sitting alone with literally one piece of gear just messing around, I found it exciting. It lent to the minimal edge, because it didn't feel like it needed more."</blockquote> In interviews with ''The New York Times'' and ''SPIN'', Reznor stated that he had ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' in mind as he worked on ''Hesitation Marks'': <blockquote>"I felt very aware that it's 20 years later, and I'm still that guy. I know that guy, and I feel for him. I don't resent him, I don't miss him. But how would things feel on the other side of that now, in a much more stable life place, mentally and physically, and with a new family?<br><br>The incentive has changed. It's not about, 'I'm going to kill myself if I don't get this out of my head.' But the excavation and the architecture behind it, the motivation behind it, is similar."[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/arts/music/nine-inch-nails-is-back-onstage-with-a-vengeance.html]</blockquote> <blockquote>"For some reason, when I started working more on ''Hesitation Marks'', I started thinking back romantically about who I was when I was writing ''The Downward Spiral''. I was looking back on who I was then and who I am now and how things have turned out, for better or worse. That was the air the new record was born in. I was looking at the other side of how I was not always honest about who I was in the '90s — and I knew I wasn't being honest — and if you sprinkle those negative feelings with some drugs and alcohol, it's usually not a recipe for success."[http://www.spin.com/featured/trent-reznor-upward-spiral-nine-inch-nails-spin-cover-september-2013/]</blockquote>

The album title is a term for wounds that are sometimes made when a person is contemplating suicide by wrist cutting. Fans have speculated that this is either a reference to Reznor being not quite ready to put NIN to rest, or a reference to the fact that the album is conceptually an "upward spiral" and a reflection of the fact that Reznor did not end up killing himself when he was at his lowest point.