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'''''Add Violence''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 31]]''''') is the third proper EP from [[Nine Inch Nails]]. It was released digitally on July 21, 2017, though pre-orders through [[nin.com]] allowed for a download two days early. This EP acts as the second installment of a '''[[The Trilogy|trilogy]]''', following the 2016 release of ''[[Not The Actual Events]]'', and preceding the 2018 release of ''[[Bad Witch]]''.
==Track List==
===CD/Digital===
#"[[Less Than]]" – 3:30
#"[[The Lovers]]" – 4:09
#"[[Not Anymore]]" – 3:06
#"[[The Background World]]" – 11:44
===Vinyl===
A1 "Less Than" – 3:30<br />
A2 "The Lovers" – 4:10<br />
A3 "This Isn't The Place" – 4:44<br />
B1 "Not Anymore" – 3:07<br />
B2 "The Background World" – 11:44<br />
==Formats==
Akin to the first EP, ''Add Violence'' is available as a CD, a 12" vinyl , and a physical component. It had a wide digital release on July 21, 2017, under [[Trent Reznor]]'s label [[The Null Corporation]], and was followed by the release of a physical component the week of August 8 8th. The physical component was a booklet printed in the style of a manual, which contained artwork, lyrics, and a stickers. A CD release version was released on October 13. A 13th, and a 12" vinyl version followed on November 1717th. Physical versions were put out by Capitol Records.
Regarding the physical component, the official description reads:
==About==
The EP was officially announced on July 13, 2017. Its first track, "Less Than", was released digitally on July 13, 2017the same day, with an accompanying music video directed by Brook Linder. "This Isn't The Place" was made available on the official NIN YouTube channel on July 18, 2017.
As quoted in a press release on nin.com:
The official nin.com website description states (akin to ''Not The Actual Events''): "PART TWO. THE VIEW WIDENS AND EVERYTHING IS IN QUESTION."
As with "Not The Actual Events", the title is derived from lyrics from the EP's first track. In this case, ''add a little violence'' from "Less Than".
==Promotional releases==
In 2020, a promotional CD from Capitol Records was put up for sale on eBay, containing instrumentals of all the songs on the EP. Individual promotional CD-Rs were also made for each of the five songs, with each disc containing three tracks: an early unmastered version (labeled on each disc as the "main" version), as well as instrumental and acapella versions of the unmastered main track. These discs may be unofficial. There were also data discs containing [[multitracks]].
==Hidden Themes / Possible ARG==
<p>What the obsessives maybe don’t know is that if I were to explain everything to you, or just explicitly lay out what the new EP is about, you’d only be disappointed. You don’t really ''want'' to know. The experience of grappling with the thing is what makes it interesting, not the immediate gratification of going, "Oh, that’s what it means."[http://www.vulture.com/2017/07/trent-reznor-nine-inch-nails.html]</p></blockquote>
==Live==
All songs from ''Add Violence'' have been played live except "Not Anymore".
==Artwork==
[[Image:Add_Violence_BC.jpg|thumb|''Add Violence'' back cover]]
The curious "scratch marks" seen in the various iterations main iteration of the ''Not The Actual Events'' cover artwork also faintly appear in the upper right corner of the ''Add Violence'' coverand on the back cover of ''Bad Witch'', seemingly lining up to become an eventual bigger picture. It is worth noting that the digital edition cover artwork juxtaposed with the amazon.com commercial release bears subtle differences.
On July 17, 2017, Trent Reznor tweeted an image of the back cover with the accompanying text: "NINE INCH NAILS: ADD VIOLENCE - BACK COVER AVAILABLE 21 JULY REMEMBER WHEN RECORDS HAD BACK COVERS? NO? MAYBE THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT."
*World Integration and Execution: 42 Entertainment
*Additional Concept Development: Church Lieu
*Additional Design: [[Corey Holms]]<br>
*Legal: Zia Modabber for Katten Munchin Rosenman LLP, Ross Rosen for Ross B. Rosen & Associates, LLC
Published by Form and Texture (ASCAP) / Administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Songs In the Key of Mink (BMI) / Administered by Downtown DMP Songs
==External Links==