Trent could tell us he was gonna make an album by banging on a trashcan with a rake while swinging 2 cats around in a burlap sack, and there's no doubt it would be a phenomenal album.

Possibly the most beautifully eerie song ever written.

Its so surreal to me still because I had a friend named Marqi who looked EXACTLY like Mariqueen, loved NIN and Trent, but she killed herself about 18 years ago. I remember when I first saw a photo of Mariqueen, I thought it was Marqi and I had to question reality for a bit. I hope Marqi can hear this beautiful music wherever she has moved onto. I miss that beautiful, sweet girl. 🖤

This is one of my favorite songs. Wish they would come back

I simply cannot express how incredibly and hauntingly beautiful her voice is

Everything in this song just sounds so pristine clear, the plucking of the instruments, the clanky acoustics, the gentleness in the singers voice... Trent really was inspired by the Ghosts album to make this band I can tell.

Beautiful. It is almost unbelievable to see the kind of things Trent Reznor is able to create, he is without any doubt one of the best contemporary musicians. Of course, Atticus Ross is great too and Mariqueen is the perfect voice that complete them.

Rob's visual work with everything NIN related since 99 has been a major influence for me to go to university for film. I love his style of analogue mixed with glitch art.

It's almost as if everything they're making now is a multitude of masterpieces crammed into single works. It's incredible.

I remember riding riding on an old mountain road with my brother with rain hitting the window while this song played it felt almost like life was perfect just for a moment

Her voice still gives me chills. Such an a talented singer.

I love how an industrial group makes an acoustic song. Very original.

This song is awesome! Has a Fleetwood Mac Rumors feel to it. Glad he is still interested in making music. It makes my world a little better while he is still putting stuff out there.

i don't know what to say, other then.. Trent's path in music, has been a profound influence in my life. Thank you! also Mariqueen Maandig is lovely!

I think this is among the top handful of most beautiful, yet sorrowful songs I've ever heard. Talk about the ocean... I think I just cried an ocean, as I was so moved by this song. Wonderful job, Mariqueen. Wonderful. Really hearing her voice fully on this one and loving it. I hope Mariqueen and Reznor keep on working together to make more amazing pieces like this one.

This makes me feel something so indescribable.

I find it looks the same, but everything has changed I find remembering gets harder every day Sometimes I still believe who I pretend to be Sometimes, well everything's exactly how it seems I see the color of your eyes turn to gray I feel the wind is growing colder every day Sometimes I open up the walls and disappear Sometimes the crashing of the waves is all I hear Ocean, help me find a way Ocean, wash us all away I know that everything we did will come around I take the thought of you and burn it to the ground Sometimes I'm waiting for this ice age to arrive Sometimes the hate in me is keeping me alive Ocean, help me find a way Ocean, wash us all away Ocean, help me find a way Ocean, carry us away

I want to turn this on about 30 seconds before a giant meteor destroys us all 😊🎉

Wow..... 10 years ago. I remember being so geared up for this when this came out. Still good!

HTDA = Sound + Visual + Atmosphere to create a collective work of art. This isn't just music.

As Trent is the only official member of NIN, he is NIN, or NIN is part of Trent, but even though NIN's music ranges from one end of spectrum to another, we can still hear him experiment with something new and that is wonderful. How many artists can go from "Pretty hate machine" downward the spiral, hold on to sanity with_teeth, finish with Year Zero, and then move on to make something like this. I can name you one, Steven Wilson. These two guys are fucking geniuses, outstanding and unmatched

This has just became more than a favorite song. Thank you for helping me with my anxiety and feeling the worth to live.

one of those music videos that really lets you appreciate the finer details of the song in a way you might not normally

Mr. & Mrs. Resnor.....OMG I am super impressed!

The lyrics in this song are very very deep. I love it.

I didn't like this song the first time I heard it...the second time I heard it I wanted to see the video again...then it happened I got hooked--I have now watched this video over 50 times during the last few days and I cant stop...so spooky.

Trent has always been so awesome with sound. Plus he has been through every shit part of life....by choice or just because. I love you Trent God Bless you broth3

Effortless Perfection. How to Destroy Angels just hits that cord in your gut where all of your guilty pleasures get spilled on the ground and you try to pick them up, but your so wrapped up in the clarity of the hidden meanings in the lyrics you just let it become part of you.

Perfect song from them..she's so beautiful..just stunning..I think the skys the limit or limitless possibilities.....for their music

This is definitely my favorite HTDA track thus far. It's a stronger departure from the signature NIN sound, has good lyrics, and it shows off Mariqueen's vocals. It also sounds suspiciously like bluegrass to me, which is one of my all time favorite genres. I'd like to hear more like this track.

Trent is so good at creating and with Atticus and Mariqueen its just next level, class.

OH MY FUCKING LORD ive been searching for this song for 3 fucking years

here after jimin photo-folio and now I'm staying here 😭 thanks jimin for indirectly recommend this whole album

This song has played within me for two weeks!! I'm so with it!

It's nice to see a polite conversation on the internet for once.

So eerie and beautiful. 🖤

The music Trent is putting out with HTDA makes me smile. It's not that it's particularly upbeat or anything, but I feel like you can tell enjoys making it more. I'll always love the music he made while he was going through the hardest of his times, but there's something to be said for a man who makes amazing music after they've passed through those times and has found what's special to them, Thank you Trent.

This is beautiful!!! And so much better with headphones... His wife is just as creative as him. Its absolutely different that's for sure, and I love it. Mariqueen, if you read this, keep up the amazing work. It speaks to souls... To hell with critics which I am sure Reznor has helped you with that. This is just beautiful. Thank you for peeling back the layers

still sensational. its all coming back to me now..

I love how you can hear a bit of Trent in everything he is involved in, even though he probably tries to not have it be that way. I think he strives to do new stuff that isn't the same, and its the different-ness with the touch of familiarity that I love to hear. She has an amazing tone too.

Somehow I missed this band when it happened... I'm blown away

I digs dem clanky acoustics :3 Reminds me a bit of The Fragile.

Amazing. The delicate details of this song moved me to tears...

The beauty of mariqueen,her voice,trent and atticus are keeping me from the precipice.thankyou.

I feel somehow strangely comforted while listening this

So beautiful...ominously sad but ...beautiful

I like how crystal clear she is in this one , she really has a wonderful voice .

Mr. Rezor is an artist and is diverse. It's not all NIN. I love this group/project. She has an amazing voice. The production and mixing are amazing. You can feel Trent in the music and the video. It's haunting and beautiful.

Thank you HTDA for being my 420 partners and giving me something to wander off into my own world through your songs.

Excellent. That's why you won't hear it on the radio.

HOLY SACRED UNIVERSE! At 3:00 synth freaks will recognize it!!! THANK YOU TRENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Take care of it as much as you would for your wife! =8D

I don't understand why so many comments on HTDA songs complain about her voice or why Trent doesn't sing. I think she has a beautiful voice and it works great with these dark and delightfully eerie rhythms and beats. This is NOT NIN, it's Trent's side project and if you can't respect the artistic creativity that goes into anything Trent works on then that's a damn shame for you. No one is telling you to like this or not. The industry needs more artist who create music they love.

Probably one of the coolest music videos I've seen in a long time. The minimalist/reductive style is in the music and the vfx. It's great to hear a track achieve heaviness without distortion and dbl kick, when this track does it the visuals really compliment it, i found it really awesome. The song is sick as. This is the best HTDA I've heard. Hope to see them tour Aus some day

Haunting melody. Chilling video.

This song is comforting but also so uneasy. Like walking on a familiar beach only to look down and find small critters burrowing into the sand under your feet. They won’t hurt you but once you know they’re there you can never fully relax again.

I am sorry but every time my tears hurt and my eyes bleed red. Thank you Trent ...always good things with you ............you never hurt ok

This is sooo hypnotizing and haunting... really striking video and music, definitely sucked me in and effected me.

Love this song. It stands on it's own outside the shadow of NIN. Mariqueen's voice is beautiful and fleshes out the song nicely.I like the stillness of the video.

I’ve loved this song for 4 years and am seeing this video for the first time now... imagery matches the feeling perfectly.

Great song. I love the directions Trent has taken us this past decade. Mariqueen's voice is perfect here as well. Thankfully Trent's a good enough producer/writer to not overshadow her performances but to enhance them with his trademark feel. That being said ... I want a new NIN album sometime too!

Haunting. It seeps into my soul.

Listening to deadmau5's remix of this song you can understand what a huge producer he is. Not talking about the absurd sound engineering, Zimmerman simply added something special to the track making it unique. Great song. Perfect remix. Deadmau5 is hands down the best electronic music producer of 21st century.

new to me... and WOW true alternative sound and what a lovely wife with a true talent and style. Trent is genius!!!

Trent still knows how to hit his fans on the deepest emotional level, anyone can relate to any of his tracks and style of music. The man is music genius hands down.

It was past two in the morning and I was in a self-loathing trance - hypnotized by that bleak and endless stretch of frozen highway. When I heard the first notes of this tune, I eased up on the gas... and then the lyrics glued themselves to my brain and I realized - this song was written for me. Now how the f**k, did anyone else know how I felt? 🤔

Perfect song. Perfect band.

Your technology and musical genuis are beyond me. Thanks for all the music.

Thank you Deadmau5. Definitely will be checking out more of this artist now

The glitchy lights in the window around 3:16 remind me of Polybius/Less Than

best stuff i've heard in past several years...

Listening to HTDA since years, but didn't know this song. The algorhythm recommended me a Deadmau5 song - a remix of this, really good actually - but that's what brought me here.

It's amazing how sometimes you can get tired from nearly all the music in the world and the one day discover something beautiful like this! A whole cd is a f**king orgasm to the ears!

Excellent in every way.

This is amazing...(and why am i only discovering it now? lol).

Really craving a new HTDA album

Comfort in the sadness of the passing of my grandpa.. one of the best albums of our times... unrecognized and sad...

this song reeks of "the fragile" era mood. wont be surprised if its origin is related

I personally love both Trent and deadmau5, deadmau5 in my opinion is one the few electronic music producers that actually put an artistic meaning to what their music is and represent and it is not just a bunch of random sounds... both the original and the remix version of this song are great but I see some of you hating the fact that deadmau5 touched this, believe me it is 10000 times better that it was touched by deadmau5 and not just a ramdom producer out there... Joel actually is a big fan of Nine Inch Nails

The lack of climax and differentially timed chorus is breathtaking. The stark juxtaposition of ethereal vocals and almost tribal asian industrial beats and lines is truly amazing.

The song is getting better with each listening. And this video is excellent. It builds up on the good styling of YearZero.

Wow, that imagery is so disturbing. It literally turns into a nightmare

This is the house that Trent bought when he wanted to kill himself. He ended up writting La Mer. This song is about that dark time.

Incredibly beautiful and dark. Very reminiscent of NiN. I love it.

This makes me think of the calm after a storm. Not before. All the bad things are over and you got through it and now the world is darker than it was before but not as dark as death. And for that I am happy, in a melancholic kinda way.

when I watch this video I can't stop thinking that it was inspired by Reznor's time spent in some cottage by the sea while writing The Fragile (so I've heard)

Sleazy gave his blessing to Trent to use “How to Destroy Angels”. Sleazy passed into the ether of the night before he could work on the music Trent sent him on an iPad.

I knew Reznor and Ross collaborate, but I'm just now getting around to this group years later... beautiful!!

Everyone I know that loves NIN, also loves Tool and Floater. Even though all these bands work in different genres. Their music is cathartic and helps people investigate their own angst and anger in a productive way. As one of my more philosophical friends put it. "Their music helps people pick up the dust covered rugs of their own psyche and see what's been swept underneath".

The imagery is very distressing, as the synth swells after the second chorus. Great work.

Damn...this is the kind of track that just takes ya away

Hii I am big fan of Deadmau5 and I came here just because they had ur music in their spotify. I love this song so much.

I was NOT thrilled about Trent starting a new "band" without him singing BUT I actually LOVE this!!! It definitely has him in the music and her voice is beautiful! I still LOVE Nine Inch Nails and Trent but I am definitely a fan of How To Destroy Angels now too!

I'm glad people are happy to hear Trent on the production. But PLEASE give Mariqueen her flowers as well. those gorgeous, haunting, ethereal vocals totally made the project for me. all the people talking about how she looks and saying things about her that are completely unrelated to the project are grossing me out. please stop that

Trent and his wife kick ass! XD

It's the first time when I hear HTDA.. And I just love it! I'm already a huge fan.

Love it! this is a song that starts very quite and soft, and then goes growing till the last second. Just great...!

This sounds like a real good walking dead-esque song.

how plucky strings and industrial music work so well together is beyond me🐇

song starts out messy and all over the place but really gains focus as it progresses. Quite haunting in the end

LYRICS AND BACKGROUND MUSIC TOUCH MY SOUL...I CAN'T GIVE THIS MORE THAN IT..