Trent Reznor has surprised fans once again by releasing a new studio album online for free.

Entitled 'The Slip', the record covers ten tracks and is available to download via NiN's official site now.

Introducing the album on the site, Reznor said: "As a thank you to our fans for your continued support, we are giving away the new nine inch nails album one hundred percent free, exclusively via nin.com.

"The music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE. your link will include all options - all free. All downloads include a PDF with artwork and credits.

"For those of you interested in physical products, fear not. we plan to make a version of this release available on CD and vinyl in july. Details coming soon."

The album follows March's entirely instrumental release for NiN, 'Ghosts I-IV' where fans could pay up $300 for a deluxe edition.

The track listing for 'The Slip' is:

1. 999,999
2. 1,000,000
3. Letting You
4. Discipline
5. Echoplex
6. Head Down
7. Lights In The Sky
8. Corona Radiata
9. The Four Of Us Are Dying
10. Demon Seed

(by Daniel Melia)