How to Destroy Angels

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How To Destroy Angels
How To Destroy Angels cover
Studio album by Coil
Released 1984
Genre Dark ambient
Drone
Length 16:45
Label L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords LAY05
Producer Coil
Professional reviews
Coil chronology
How to Destroy Angels
(1984)
Scatology
(1984)

How to Destroy Angels is a studio album by Coil. At this point, the group consisted only of John Balance and Peter Christopherson.[1] It was originally released in 1984 on L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords, but was later re-pressed in 1988.[1]

The record has two songs on it, one taking up each side in its entirety. What the B-side contained fluctuated over repressings: the first edition contained noise-filled grooves, the second edition held playable, multi-layered music, and the third edition contained a flat, grooveless face.[1]

Originally, "How to Destroy Angels" was intended to be the B-side of the track "Silence and Secrecy", but due to Christopherson and Balance leaving Psychic TV, owners of Temple Records, the idea was shelved.[1] "Silence and Secrecy" has only been released in partial form by way of a two minute excerpt on the Zos Kia and early Coil retrospective Transparent.[2]

Remixes of How to Destroy Angels appeared on an album of the same name, How To Destroy Angels (remix CD).

Contents

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  1. "How to Destroy Angels" – 16:45
  2. "Absolute Elsewhere" – 0:00

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Coil: The Solar Lodge – How to Destroy Angels (html). Discography. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
  2. ^ Coil: The Solar Lodge – Transparent (html). Discography. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.

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