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[[Image:Add_Violence_Cover.jpg|thumb|200px|Halo 31: ''Add Violence'']][[Image:Add_Violence_PC.jpg|thumb|Physical component]]'''''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 installation installment of a '''[[The Trilogy|trilogy]]''', following the 2016 release of ''[[Not The Actual Events]]'', and preceding the 2018 release of ''[[Bad Witch]]''.

The EP was officially announced on July 13, 2017. It had a wide digital release on July 21, 2017, under [[Trent Reznor]]'s label [[The Null Corporation]], and will be followed by the release of a physical component the week of August 8 and a CD release on September 1. A 12" vinyl version is also expected to follow. The EP's Its first track, "Less Than", was released digitally on July 13, 2017, 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.

<blockquote>"''ADD VIOLENCE'' finds Nine Inch Nails becoming more accessible and impenetrable at the same time. The sonic palette expands significantly from ''Not The Actual Events'', incorporating elements of beauty into the dark dissonance. The narrative arc linking the three records begins to emerge through the disassociated lyrics and the provocative and clue-filled cover artwork and accompanying physical component, available exclusively through the NIN.com store."</blockquote>

"<blockquote><p>With the new EPs, I liked world-building, and writing music that can sit in that world. I was always the guy who desperately wanted the ''Dark Side of the Moon '' to line up withA 1995 article in the Fort Wayne Gazette Journal brought widespread attention to the apocryphal claim that Pink Floyd’s seminal 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon, was recorded to intentionally sync up with, and enhance, viewings of the Hollywood classic The Wizard of Oz. Evidence ranges from eerie coincidence (physical actions and cuts happening in accordance with the music) to playful (the Witch of the North entering to the line “Don’t give me that do goody good bullshit”). ''The Wizard of Oz''. I wanted to believe somebody was so far out of their mind that they figured that out. Fuck, I got goose bumps just thinking about that possibility right now — the idea that someone could be thinking so hard about an album.  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] ==Formats==[[Image:Add_Violence_PC.jpg|thumb|Physical component]]Akin to the first EP (with the exception of a CD release), ''Add Violence'' is also available as a digital download, a 12" vinyl and a physical component. Regarding the latter, the official description reads:p>

<blockquotep>PROPER USE OF THIS RECORDING REQUIRES IT TO EXIST IN THE PHYSICAL WORLDWhat the obsessives maybe don’t know is that if I were to explain everything to you, AS REAL AS YOU AREor 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. CHOOSING THIS PACKAGE GETS YOU THE DIGITAL FILES AND WE WILL SHIP THE ACCOMPANYING PHYSICAL COMPONENT TO YOUR RESIDENCE WHICH MAY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CLARITYvulture. VERY LIMITED SUPPLIES AVAILABLEcom/2017/07/trent-reznor-nine-inch-nails.html]</p></blockquote>

The curious "scratch marks" seen in the various iterations of the ''Not The Actual Events'' cover artwork also faintly appear in the upper right corner of the ''Add Violence'' cover, 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.

*Nine Inch Nails: Trent Reznor and [[Atticus Ross]]<br>All songs written *Written, arranged, produced, programmed and performed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross*Mix: [[Alan Moulder]]*Mastering: Tom Baker at Baker Mastering<br> *Engineering: Jun Murakawa, Chris Richardson, Chris Holmes, Dustin Mosley, Geoff Neal*Additional vocals on "Less Than": [[Sharlotte Gibson]] & Allison Iraheta<br> *Art Direction: [[John Crawford]]*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*Management: Silva Artist Management*Booking: Marc Geiger for WME*Business Management: William Harper and Michael Walsh for Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman<br> Thank you: [[Mariqueen Maandig Reznor]], Claudia Sarne, Alex Lieu, Susan Bonds, Koji Egawa, Ruairi O'Flaherty, Ray Diaz, Steve Barnett, Michelle Jubelirer, Ashley Newton, Ambrosia Healy, Arjun Pulijal, Erin Cooney, Jim Chancellor, Ed Scott, Jim Pascoe, Corinne Schiavone, Michelle Weinberg Published by Form and Texture (ASCAP) / Administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Songs In the Key of Mink (BMI) / Administered by Downtown DMP Songs ==Live==All songs from ''Add Violence'' have been played live except "Not Anymore".

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