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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 album release by [[How To Destroy Angels]]. It is the band's first full-length release and their third release in all. It 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 album was available to stream for free via Pitchfork Advance until 27th February 2013.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
===Vinyl===A1 "The Wake-Up" - 1:43<br>A2 "Keep It Together" - 4:27<br>A3 "And The album was announced alongside the video release for 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 Loop ClosesProvince Of Fear]]," one of four tracks to be featured on both this album and ''An Omen EP''. The first single to be released from the album (that was not already on ''An Omen EP'') was - 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]]" on January 31st, accompanied by its music video and an announcement of the tracklisting and the vinyl's album art.- 5:18<br>D1 "We Fade Away" - 6:41<br>D2 "The Loop Closes" - 4:50<br>D3 "Hallowed Ground" - 7:17
==Release==''[[wiki:Kevin Martin (British musician)|The BugAn Omen EP]] was originally '', released November 2012, served as a precursor to appear on the album, providing a musical hook for one with four of the its six tracks (which one is unknown). However, as [[Mariqueen Maandig]] "couldnfeaturing on ''Welcome Oblivion''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 three of which had a music in the future.[https://twittervideo.com/thebugzoo/status/303918496440537088]
==Credits==
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 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
==Tour datesArt direction==The art of the album was conceived by the entire HTDA's 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 came about first live shows are from the concept of the record. Trying to be played at Coachella 2013express 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 will were experimenting with for this record that tied into its themes. So I started looking for a visual analogy for that, and also have 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 visuals. As much of a pain in the 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| 2013]]'' HTDA's first live shows were played in the spring of 2013 as a short North American tourto promote ''Welcome Oblivion''. The shows featured innovative production using light curtains made of LED-filled tubing, with dazzling visuals controlled from the stage by Rob Sheridan. ==External Links==*[http://howtodestroyangels.com/home.html How To Destroy Angels homepage]*[http://howtodestroyangels.com/store/ How To Destroy Angels store] *[http://nincatalog.com/how-to promote -destroy-angels/ How To 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'' afterwardsat 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 ''Welcome Oblivion'' at eBay]
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