How to Destroy Angels is a musical group featuring Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor, his wife Mariqueen Maandig and Atticus Ross. Rob Sheridan is the group’s art director. The group is named after a 1984 Coil single of the same name.
The band’s second EP, the An omen EP_ was released November 13, 2012. Since then, videos and song premiers have received rave reviews from Pitchfork and the like, all around the world. An ongoing flow of visual content will continue to be revealed by the band in the weeks leading up to album release on March 5.
The band’s first release was a self-titled 6 track EP, released for sale on June 1, 2010. That same 6 track EP is now available on the band’s website for free download in exchange for email address. The band released a track from the album, “A Drowning”, as a digital single, and a second song, “The Space in Between”, debuted as a video on Pitchfork on May 14, 2010, A third track, &ldq! uo;The Believers”, was made available through Wired magazine’s iPad application, along with a dissection and analysis of the song, and through a free digital download from the official website.
“The Believers” is also featured on the soundtrack of the 2011 film Limitless. The band recorded a cover of the Bryan Ferry song “Is Your Love Strong Enough?,” which was released December 9, 2011 on the soundtrack for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
