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[[Image:Welcomeoblivioncd.jpg|thumb|CD album art''Welcome Oblivion''<br>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dhow%2520to%2520destroy%2520angels%2520welcome%2520oblivion%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 Find on Amazon] - [http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&pub=5574848848&toolid=10001&campid=5336384580&customid=&icep_uq=how+to+destroy+angels+welcome+oblivion&icep_sellerId=&icep_ex_kw=&icep_sortBy=12&icep_catId=&icep_minPrice=&icep_maxPrice=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg Find on eBay]]][[Image:welcomeoblivion.jpg|thumb|Vinyl album artartwork]]'''''Welcome Oblivion''''' is an upcoming album release by [[How To Destroy Angels]]. It will be is the band's first full-length release and their third release in all. It is to be was released by [[Columbia Records ]] on March 5th, 2013. It is labeled as [[Sigil numbers|Sigil 4]]. The vinyl release of the album comes with two bonus tracks. When downloaded from HTDA's official store, the tracks each come with their own artwork, a variation of the head from the album's art. [[Rob Sheridan]] describes the album's concept as "anxiety of information overload as humanity and technology converge and presenting technological singularity and post-humanism as both a terrifying and transformative moment for mankind and nature." ==Tracklisting=====CD===#"[[The Wake-Up]]" - 1:44#"[[Keep It Together]]"* - 4:26#"[[And The Sky Began To Scream]]" - 3:57#"[[Welcome Oblivion (song)|Welcome Oblivion]]" - 3:47#"[[Ice Age]]"* - 6:52#"[[On The Wing]]"* - 4:52 #"[[Too Late, All Gone]]" - 6:14#"[[How Long?]]" - 3:53#"[[Strings And Attractors]]" - 4:28#"[[We Fade Away]]" - 6:41#"[[Recursive Self-Improvement]]" - 6:27#"[[The Loop Closes]]"* - 4:50#"[[Hallowed Ground]]" - 7:19 Asterisks indicate songs that previously appeared on ''An Omen EP''. ===Vinyl===A1 "The Wake-Up" - 1:43<br>A2 "Keep It Together" - 4:27<br>A3 "And The Sky Began To Scream" - 3:57<br>A4 "Ice Age" - 6:52<br>B1 "Welcome Oblivion" - 3:47<br>B2 "On The Wing" - 4:52<br>B3 "Too Late, All Gone" - 6:15<br>B4 "[[The Province Of Fear]]" - 4:13<br>C1 "How Long?" - 3:54<br>C2 "Strings And Attractors" - 4:28<br>C3 "Recursive Self-Improvement" - 6:28<br>C4 "[[Unintended Consequences]]" - 5:18<br>D1 "We Fade Away" - 6:41<br>D2 "The Loop Closes" - 4:50<br>D3 "Hallowed Ground" - 7:17 The vinyl release also includes a CD of the vinyl sequencing of the album within the sleeve. ===Digital===Whilst the digital version of the album is officially listed as the same as the CD version, some download sites have listed it with the band's [[How To Destroy Angels (album)|first EP]] included as "bonus tracks".

The album was announced alongside the video release for "[[The Loop Closes]]," one of four tracks to be featured on both this album and the band's previous release, ''[[An Omen EP]].'' The first single , released November 2012, served as a precursor to be released from the album (that was not already , with four of its six tracks featuring on ''An OmenWelcome Oblivion'') was "[[How Long?]]" on January 31st, accompanied by its three of which had a music video and an announcement of the tracklisting and the vinyl's album art.

On February 19thThe album was announced alongside the video release for "The Loop Closes, HTDA made "[[And one of four tracks to be featured on both this album and ''An Omen EP''. The Sky Began To Scream]]first single to be released from the album (that was not already on ''An Omen EP'') was " available for free via text service MaebeHow Long?" on January 31st, accompanied by its music video and an announcement of the tracklisting and the vinyl's album art.

Like On February 19th, HTDA made "And The Sky Began To Scream" available for free via text service Maebe, the first song to be released on the service. The full CD/Digital version of the band's [[How To Destroy Angels (album)|first EP]]was made available to stream in its entirety for free via Pitchfork on February 20th, and on the CD same day the band released pre-orders through their own website, and vinyl versions of some new t-shirt designs linked to the album will have different 's artwork.

[[wiki:Kevin Martin (British musician)|The Bug]] was originally to appear on the album, providing a musical hook for one of the tracks (which one is unknown). However, as [[Mariqueen Maandig]] "couldn't get happy with her voice on it"[sic], the hook was ultimately scrapped. The Bug has stated he'll use it in his own music in the future.[https://twitter.com/thebugzoo/status/303918496440537088] Like the band's first EP, the CD and vinyl versions of the album have different artwork. Due to a printing issue, the vinyl edition of the album was delayed until the 19th of March. ==TracklistingCredits==Written, arranged, programmed, performed, <br>produced and packaged by How to destroy angels_ Mariqueen Maandig<br>[[Trent Reznor]]<br>[[Atticus Ross]]<br>[[Rob Sheridan]] Mixed by [[Alan Moulder]]<br>Mastered by Tom Baker at precision mastering, Hollywood, CA<br>Recorded by Blumpy with additional engineering by Dustin Mosley and Jun Murakawa "We Fade Away" co-written/performed with [[Alessandro Cortini]] Management: Rebel Waltz<br>Booking: Marc Geiger @ WME<br>Publicity: Heathcliff Beru @ Life or Death PR<br>Business management: William Harper and Michael Walsh for Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman<br>Legal: Gary Stiffelman and David Byrnes Published by Cloudcover, Inc. (ASCAP), M'aidez (ASCAP), Songs in the key of mink, and modwheelmusic, inc. (ASCAP) for "We Fade Away" administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) Thank you:<br>Mark Williams, Scott Greer, Erika Alfredson, Rob Stringer, Ashley Newton, Bryan younce and the rest of the Columbia team, Christina Lum, Selene Yen, Irina Volodarsky, Karen Ciccone, Ross Rosen, Claudia Sarne, Tamar Levine, Tara Dowburd-Luftman, Iowa Wong, David A. Sitek, Factory Floor, The vinyl release Soft Moon, Deadmau5, Claudia Lagan, Angela Sidlow, John Hillcoat, Jonathan Pavesi, everyone at Skunk, Elise Velasco, Johnny Stuntz, Andreas and everyone at NI, Olaf and everyone at Ableton, Mitch and everyone at Soundtoys, everyone at Shynola, Matt Mahurin, Elena Dickstein and preferred travel, Rockit Cargo, Nicki Goldstein and Midway ==Art direction==The art of the album was conceived by the entire HTDA group, and was primarily executed by Rob Sheridan. He used a technique of creating art, placing the image onto VHS tapes and then photographing distortion through a CRT monitor as shown [http://robsheridan.tumblr.com/post/44483580368/making-some-htda-visuals here]. In a Reddit AMA, Sheridan gave the following explanation of the ideas that went into the artwork:<blockquote>"The visual direction of this album comes came about first from the concept of the record. Trying to express the anxiety of information overload, the end of mankind as both terrifying and transformative, apocalypse and evolution, etc. I was inspired by the way Trent and Atticus set up rules for themselves around the way they record music for each project, and the analog methods they were experimenting with two bonus tracksfor this record that tied into its themes. So I started looking for a visual analogy for that, plus and also a visual analogy for information overloading the pipeline it's being sent through - of signals unable to display coherently. It led me down the road of experimenting with analog cables and old CRT monitors and VHS decks. The result was a set of rules I came up with for creating the CD visuals. As much of a pain in the album ass the process is sometimes, it's strangely freeing to work within constraints. Not only does it force a rigid visual consistency, it takes Photoshop out of the equation entirely (the CRT texture makes the images largely uneditable in post, besides color corrections). Sometimes there's something extremely daunting about a blank document in Photoshop, because you can go absolutely ANYWHERE with it. Setting up some limitations has proved really useful."[http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/19q0r9/we_are_how_to_destroy_angels_mariqueen_maandig/]</blockquote> ==Touring==''For more information, see [[How To Destroy Angels Live 2013]]'' HTDA's first live shows were played in the spring of 2013 as a short North American tour to promote ''Welcome Oblivion''. The shows featured innovative production using light curtains made of LED-filled tubing, with dazzling visuals controlled from the sleevestage by Rob Sheridan.

CD==External Links==*[http://howtodestroyangels.com/home.html How To Destroy Angels homepage]#"The Wake-Up"#"*[[Keep It Together]http://howtodestroyangels.com/store/ How To Destroy Angels store]"#"And The Sky Began *[http://nincatalog.com/how-to-destroy-angels/ How To Scream"Destroy Angels category at nincatalog.com]#"*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dhow%2520to%2520destroy%2520angels%2520welcome%2520oblivion%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 ''Welcome Oblivion" #"[[Ice Age'' at Amazon]]"#"*[[On The Winghttp://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&pub=5574848848&toolid=10001&campid=5336384580&customid=&icep_uq=how+to+destroy+angels+welcome+oblivion&icep_sellerId=&icep_ex_kw=&icep_sortBy=12&icep_catId=&icep_minPrice=&icep_maxPrice=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg ''Welcome Oblivion'' at eBay]]"#"Too Late, All Gone" #"How Long?"#"Strings And Attractors"#"We Fade Away"#"Recursive Self-Improvement" #"The Loop Closes"#"Hallowed Ground"