One of the best things about digital music is the fact that there are countless websites offering free music downloads. The biggest problem with that is that the majority of those websites are illegal, meaning downloading the music and ripping it to your MP3 Player could land you in some very hot water.

However, not all of those websites are illegal, a great many offer you legitimate music for download, free of any rights complications and available for you to copy, listen to and share as you wish.

This past Monday, the Nine Inch Nails offered their latest album for download, in its entirety, completely free of charge from their official website NIN.com. The album is called ‘The Slip’ and features ten tracks. The download was accompanied on the website by a message from the Nine Inch Nails’ lead singer Trent Reznor:

Thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years — this one’s on me.

The band plan to release a hard copy of the album in stores this Summer, in July.

Their manager, Jim Guerino, said in an interview with Billboard.com:

Reznor has been in a prolific phase and we didn’t want ‘business’ to get in the way of getting the art in the hands of the fans.

You can download the album free of charge from the Nine Inch Nails website, complete with a PDF of lyrics.