1997 / Double VHS
The commercial Halo 12 edition pairs the Self-Destruct documentary with the video collection in a heavy slipcase and clear printed outer sleeve.
Closure
Released November 25, 1997 as Halo 12, Closure documents the Self-Destruct tour and Nine Inch Nails videos through 1997. Its two VHS tapes combine professionally filmed performances, backstage footage, damaged stock film, and industrial collage with the project's official promotional videos.
Release Guide
Release Details
- Release type
- Video archive
- Artist
- Nine Inch Nails
- Primary catalog
- Halo 12 / INTV2-90157-1
- Contents
- Two volumes / 35 chapters
Program Documentary and music-video archive
- Part 1 / Self-Destruct Tour documentary
- Introduction
- Terrible Lie
- Preparation
- Piggy
- Down in It
- Complication
- March of the Pigs
- Peregrination
- Exhibition
- The Only Time
- Chaos
- Congregation
- Wish
- Miscellany
- Hurt
- Diversion
- Something I Can Never Have
- Conclusion
- Credits
- Part 2 / Music-video collection
- Introduction
- Head Like a Hole
- Sin
- Down in It
- Pinion
- Wish
- Help Me I Am in Hell
- Happiness in Slavery
- Gave Up
- March of the Pigs
- Eraser (live)
- Hurt (live)
- Wish (live)
- Closer
- The Perfect Drug
- Credits
Credits & Production Principal release credits
- Executive producer
- John A. Malm Jr. / Nothing Records
- Part 1 director / photography
- Jonathan Rach
- Part 1 concept / producer
- Trent Reznor / Adam Stern for Acme Filmworks
- Part 1 editorial
- Jeff Richter with Will Godby, Chris Osterhus, Jonathan Rach, Scott Richter and David “Sketch” Sketchley
- Part 2 director / editor
- Peter Christopherson / Peter Christopherson and Scott Richter
- Part 2 production
- Fiz Oliver / Simon Archer / Mike Grant
- Packaging
- Gary Talpas / Russell Mills / Andrew Morris
- Release label
- Nothing / Interscope Records
Part 1 compresses the Self-Destruct cycle into a tour document assembled from stage performances, backstage observation, travel, damaged film, and the machinery surrounding the production. Part 2 changes function completely, preserving the official video catalog through “The Perfect Drug.”
Major Editions Documented release formats
Planned LaserDisc
An announced LaserDisc edition accepted preorders before cancellation and never reached commercial release.
2004 / Unreleased DVD
A rebuilt two-disc DVD was announced with the Appendage archive film, galleries, commentary, alternate material, and easter eggs, but stopped before release.
2006 / DVD prototype
The unreleased dual-layer DVD prototype entered circulation in December 2006 with acknowledgment from the Nine Inch Nails camp. It remains archival rather than a commercial Halo reissue.