Collaborative Project
How to Destroy Angels
How to Destroy Angels joined Mariqueen Maandig, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and visual collaborator Rob Sheridan in a project built around shared authorship. Maandig’s voice sits inside restrained electronic arrangements while image, packaging, and performance operate as part of the same work.
The self-titled EP arrived in 2010, An Omen followed in 2012, and Welcome Oblivion completed the release arc in 2013. A thirteen-date North American production then translated the material into projected light, translucent tubing, rear LED screens, and white costumes that became moving image surfaces.
- Label
- Columbia Records
- Formats
- Digital, CD and vinyl
Release Guide
Release Details
- Release type
- Collaborative project
- Artist
- How to Destroy Angels
- Primary catalog
- Sigil 2 / Columbia Records
- Contents
- 2010–2013 project overview
Credits & Production Principal release credits
- Project members
- Mariqueen Maandig, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Rob Sheridan
- 2013 live lineup
- Maandig, Reznor, Ross, Sheridan and Alessandro Cortini
- Live visual design
- Rob Sheridan, Roy Bennett and Moment Factory
- Principal album
- Welcome Oblivion
Major Editions Documented release formats
2010 / How to Destroy Angels
The self-titled six-track EP introduced the project.
2012 / An Omen EP
The six-track EP broadened the project and introduced material that continued into the live production.
2013 / Welcome Oblivion
The full-length album followed on Columbia Records in digital, CD and vinyl editions.
About the Release Recording, artwork, and release history
2013 live production
Thirteen North American dates grew from the planned Coachella performances into a limited tour with one stable program; the festival versions omitted the three-song encore.
Projected stage architecture
Front and rear projection passed through translucent surgical tubing, creating a volumetric screen around the performers. White stage clothing became an additional projection surface.
Broadcast and preservation
Coachella streamed the first festival performance. A band-approved fan crew also documented the Chicago show with a multi-camera production.