I le 1993, na tosina mai ai le mafaufau o Trent Reznor. Na gaosia e Reznor le latou album muamua i le 1994, Portrait of an American Family ma faʻasaʻolotoina i luga o lana igoa o le Nothing Records. Na amata ona atiaʻe e le vaega se tapuaiga mulimuli, lea na tupu tele i le Downward Spiral Tour lea na faʻaalia ai Nine Inch Nails ma Jim Rose Circus faʻatasi ai ma le tatalaina o Smells Like Children i le 1995. O lena EP na maua ai le faʻaili muamua a le faʻaili tele MTV ma le "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", o se kopi o le 1983 Eurythmics hit. O le Antichrist Superstar (faʻatasi ma Trent Reznor) na sili atu le manuia. I le US naʻo ia, e tolu o faʻamaumauga a le faʻaili ua faʻailogaina i le lua platinum ma le tolu sili atu, ma o le faʻaili ua i ai fitu faʻasalalauga i le sefulu pito i luga, e aofia ai le lua numera muamua o faʻamaumauga a Manson. Na galue foʻ
Trent Reznor