Nine Inch Nails主脑Trent Reznor在将Nine Inch Nails解散之后，与其妻Mariqueen Maandig共同建立了这支乐队How to Destroy Angels.How to Destroy Angels is a musical supergroup featuring Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor, his wife Mariqueen Maandig[1][2][3][4] 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 first release, a 6 song EP was released on June 1, 2010. The band released a track from the album, "A Drowning", as a digital single. A second song, "The Space In Between", debuted as a video on Pitchfork.com on May 14, 2010. The video was directed by Rupert Sanders. Both tracks were released as multitrack audio files.A third track, "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.