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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.

==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

==Release==Tracks 2, 5, 6 and 12 previously appeared on ''[[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.

===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

On February 19th, HTDA made There are two unique tracks on the vinyl format: "[[And The Sky Began To Scream]]Province Of Fear" and "Unintended Consequences" available for free via text service Maebe. The vinyl release also includes a CD within the sleeve, containing the first song to be released on vinyl sequencing of the servicealbum.

The full CD/===Digital ===Whilst the digital version of the album was made available to stream in its entirety for free via Pitchfork on February 20th, and on is officially listed as the same day as the band released pre-orders through their own websiteCD version, and some new t-shirt designs linked to download sites have listed it with the albumband's artwork[[How To Destroy Angels (album)|first EP]] included as "bonus tracks".

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==Tracklisting==[[wiki:Kevin Martin (British musician)|The vinyl release Bug]] was originally to appear on the album, providing a musical hook for one of the album comes with two bonus tracks(which one is unknown). However, "as [[The Province Of FearMariqueen Maandig]]" and couldn't get happy with her voice on it"[[Unintended Consequences]''sic'']," plus a CD of the vinyl sequencing of hook was ultimately scrapped. The Bug has stated he'll use it in his own music in the album within the sleevefuture.[https://twitter.com/thebugzoo/status/303918496440537088]

When downloaded from HTDALike the band's official storefirst EP, the tracks each come with their own artwork, a variation CD and vinyl versions of the head from the album's arthave different artwork. CD/Digital:#"[[The Wake-Up]]"#"[[Keep It Together]]"*#"[[And The Sky Began To Scream]]"#"[[Welcome Oblivion (song)|Welcome Oblivion]]"#"[[Ice Age]]"*#"[[On The Wing]]"*#"[[Too LateDue to a printing issue, All Gone]]"#"[[How Long?]]"#"[[Strings And Attractors]]"#"[[We Fade Away]]"#"[[Recursive Self-Improvement]]"#"[[The Loop Closes]]"*#"[[Hallowed Ground]]" Asterisks indicate songs that previously appeared on ''An Omen EP''. 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"===Digital===Whilst the digital version vinyl edition of the album is officially listed as was delayed until the same as the CD version, some download sites have listed it with the band's eponymous EP included as "bonus tracks"19th of March.

 ==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> ==Tour datesTouring==''For more information, see [[How To Destroy Angels Live 2013]]'' HTDA's first live shows were played in the spring and fall of 2013 as a [[How To Destroy Angels Live 2013‎| 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 stage by Rob Sheridan.