Producer How to Destroy Angels Release date 5 March 2013 | Artist How to Destroy Angels Label Columbia Records | |
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Released March 5, 2013 (2013-03-05) Length 65:26 (standard edition)
94:11 (iTunes bonus tracks version)
75:10 (vinyl edition) Genres Post-industrial music, Electronica Similar Post-industrial music albums, Other albums | ||
How to destroy angels welcome oblivion full album
Welcome Oblivion (stylised as Welcome oblivion) is the debut studio album by American post-industrial group How to Destroy Angels. It was released on March 5, 2013 on Columbia Records. It was described as sensual electronic rock by the Los Angeles Times.
Contents
Promotion
The release date for the album was announced on January 10, 2013, via the band's official blog. The album cover for the vinyl edition and the track list was announced on January 31, 2013. The iTunes version of the album included the six tracks that made up the band's first EP, How to Destroy Angels, as bonus tracks.
The music video for "How Long?", directed by London-based art collective Shynola, was released on January 31, 2013.
The album was posted for streaming in its entirety on Pitchfork on February 19, 2013.
Formats
The album was released on both CD and vinyl editions, with different artworks for each. The vinyl version also contained two extra tracks, "The Province of Fear" and "Unintended Consequences", as well as a slightly different running order. These songs were also included on a white label CD that accompanied the vinyl copy.
Personnel
The album personnel, as adapted from the liner notes:
Songs
1The Wake-Up1:43
2Keep It Together
3And the Sky Began to Scream3:57