''Welcome Oblivion'' is the debut studio album by American post-industrial group How to Destroy Angels. It was released on March 5, 2013 on Columbia Records. It was described as "sensual

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Promotion

The release date for the album was announced on January 10, 2013, via the band's official blog. The album cover for the vinyl edition and the track list was announced on January 31, 2013. The iTunes version of the album included the six tracks that made up the band's first EP, '' How to Destroy Angels'', as bonus tracks. The music video for "How Long?", directed by London-based art collective Shynola, was released on January 31, 2013. The album was posted for streaming in its entirety on

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on February 19, 2013.

Formats

The album was released on both CD and vinyl editions, with different artworks for each. The vinyl version also contained two extra tracks, "The Province of Fear" and "Unintended Consequences", as well as a slightly different running order. These songs were also included on a white label CD that accompanied the vinyl copy.

Track listing

Personnel

The album personnel, as adapted from the liner notes: Written, arranged, produced, programmed, performed and packaged by
How to Destroy Angels *

Mariqueen Maandig Mariqueen Maandig Reznor (''née'' Maandig; born April 5, 1981) is a Filipino-American singer, songwriter, and musician. She is the vocalist for How to Destroy Angels & the former vocalist of Los Angeles-based rock band West Indian Girl. Care ...

Trent Reznor Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer. He serves as the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, wh ...

Atticus Ross Atticus Matthew Cowper Ross (born 16 January 1968) is an English musician, record producer, composer, and audio engineer. Along with Trent Reznor, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for '' The Social Network'' in 2010. In 2013, th ...

Rob Sheridan Robert Sheridan (born October 11, 1979) is an American graphic designer, art director, photographer, and comic book author best known for his extensive work with the band Nine Inch Nails. Biography Sheridan attended art school at New York's Pr ...

Other personnel *

Alessandro Cortini Alessandro Cortini (born 24 May 1976) is an Italian musician best known for being the keyboard, guitar, and bass player in the industrial band Nine Inch Nails. Cortini is also the frontman for the Los Angeles-based electronic-alternative band ...

– co-writing and performance on "We Fade Away" *

Alan Moulder Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959) is an English record producer, mixing engineer, and audio engineer. Early life Moulder was born on 11 June 1959 in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Boston Grammar School. He had an interest in music fro ...

– mixing *Tom Baker – mastering *Blumpy – recording *Dustin Mosley – additional engineering *Jun Murakawa – additional engineering

References

{{Authority control 2013 debut albums Columbia Records albums The Null Corporation albums How to Destroy Angels (band) albums