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When downloaded from HTDA's official storeTracks 2, the tracks each come with their own artwork5, a variation of the head from the album6 and 12 previously appeared on ''[[An Omen EP]]''s art.
CD/Digital:===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 "[[Welcome Oblivion (song)|Welcome Oblivion]]Ice Age"- 6:52<br>#B1 "[[Ice Age]]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 "[[We Fade AwayUnintended Consequences]]"- 5:18<br>#D1 "We Fade Away"[[Recursive Self-Improvement]]"6:41<br>#D2 "[[The Loop Closes]]"*- 4:50<br>#D3 "[[Hallowed Ground]]"- 7:17
Asterisks indicate songs that previously appeared There are two unique tracks on ''An Omen EP''the vinyl format: "The Province Of Fear" and "Unintended Consequences". The vinyl release also includes a CD within the sleeve, containing the vinyl sequencing of the album.
Vinyl:<br>
A1 "The Wake-Up"<br>
A2 "Keep It Together"<br>
A3 "And The Sky Began To Scream"<br>
A4 "Ice Age"<br>
B1 "Welcome Oblivion"<br>
B2 "On The Wing"<br>
B3 "Too Late, All Gone"<br>
B4 "The Province Of Fear"<br>
C1 "How Long?"<br>
C2 "Strings And Attractors"<br>
C3 "Recursive Self-Improvement"<br>
C4 "Unintended Consequences"<br>
D1 "We Fade Away"<br>
D2 "The Loop Closes"<br>
D3 "Hallowed Ground"
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[[Image:Welcomeoblivioncd.jpg|thumb|''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 artwork]]'''''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 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 vinyl release of the album comes with two bonus tracksWing]]" - 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 Province Of FearLoop Closes]]" and - 4:50#"[[Unintended ConsequencesHallowed Ground]]," plus a CD of the vinyl sequencing of the album within the sleeve.- 7:19
===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 eponymous [[How To Destroy Angels (album)|first EP ]] included as "bonus tracks".
==Release==
''[[An Omen EP]]'', released November 2012, served as a precursor to the album, with four of its six tracks featuring on ''Welcome Oblivion'', three of which had a music video.
The album was announced alongside the video release for "The Loop Closes," 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 "How Long?" on January 31st, accompanied by its music video and an announcement of the tracklisting and the vinyl's album art.
[[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 [[How To Destroy Angels (album)|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.
==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
==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 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 for this record that tied into its themes. So I started looking for a visual analogy for that, 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 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]]''
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