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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 will be 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 EPTrilogy|trilogy]]'''s first track, "following the 2016 release of ''[[Less ThanNot The Actual Events]]"'', was released digitally on July 13, 2017, with an accompanying music video directed by Brook Linderand preceding the 2018 release of ''[[Bad Witch]]''.

#"[[Less Than]]" – 3:30#"[[The Lovers]]"– 4:09#"[[This Isn't The Place]]"– 4:44#"[[Not Anymore]]"– 3:06

The EP was officially announced on July 13, 2017. It is scheduled to be Its first track, "Less Than", was released digitally on July 2113, 2017, under [[Trent Reznor]]with an accompanying music video directed by Brook Linder. "This Isn's label [[t The Null Corporation]]Place" was made available on the official NIN YouTube channel on July 18, followed by 2017. As quoted in a press release on nin.com:<blockquote>''ADD VIOLENCE'' finds Nine Inch Nails becoming more accessible and impenetrable at the release same time. The sonic palette expands significantly from ''Not The Actual Events'', incorporating elements of a 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 week of August 8 and NIN.com store.</blockquote> The official nin.com website description states (akin to ''Not The Actual Events''): "PART TWO. THE VIEW WIDENS AND EVERYTHING IS IN QUESTION." ==Promotional releases==In 2020, a promotional CD release from Capitol Records was put up for sale on eBay, containing instrumentals of all the songs on September 1the EP. A 12Individual 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" vinyl version is also expected to follow. This EP acts ), as well as the second installation instrumental and acapella versions of a trilogy following the 2016 release of ''unmastered main track. There were also data discs containing [[multitracks]]. ==EP Title==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".

As quoted by Trent Reznor on [[nin.com]]: "ADD VIOLENCE finds Nine Inch Nails becoming more accessible and impenetrable at ==Hidden Themes / Possible ARG==With the same time. The sonic palette expands significantly from Not The Actual Events, incorporating elements amount of beauty into the dark dissonance. The narrative arc linking the three records begins to emerge through the disassociated lyrics clues hinted at and unmistakable lyrical correlations present throughout both EPs, Reznor stated the provocative and clue-filled cover artwork and accompanying physical componentfollowing in an interview posted online on July 26, available exclusively through the NIN.com store."2017:

==Formats==[[Image:Add_Violence_PC<blockquote><p>With the new EPs, I liked world-building, and writing music that can sit in that world.jpg|thumb|Physical component]]Akin to I was always the first EP (with guy who desperately wanted the exception ''Dark Side of a CD release), the Moon'' to line up with ''Add ViolenceThe Wizard of Oz'' is also available as a digital download, a 12" vinyl and a physical component. Regarding the latterI 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 official description reads:idea that someone could be thinking so hard about an album.</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 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.

*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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