Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

This album is at least on par with Soundtracks for the Blind for me. It isn't as claustrophobic and downright oppressive (adjectives that i see as positive with Swans) but it is just as intense and more accomplished musically. As one reviewer wrote of Eden Prison, " the sound of the Swans represents a brutish classical music. It's not the loud arrogance and directionless rebellion of punk but a focused, emotional composition." Brutish classical is a great descriptor for this album especially. Huge pieces that morph and change with an attention to composition not shown by any band this heavy. Gira is one of the great songwriters of our time, thank god he brought Swans back.

I'm trying to find the talk Michael Gira did with Tom Fleming (Wild beasts) I'd really like to read that.

jjwitt, does Gira actually write songs? I mean, would you call what he does a songwriter or a composer? =P

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Gira is the bandleader. He is in charge of everything. He comes up with the songs main idea on

acoustic (the acoustic demos are so strange to hear after this) and gets all his trusted peeps

together and he gets them to help him form his BIG vision.

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Steo, maybe composer would be a better title considering the way I've heard their live sets work, not following the album verbatim but changing according to Gira's direction. I'll see in September

Yeah but it's certainly untraditional song writing to say the least.

Album Rating: 4.5

I've listened to this so much. I love this record, except for parts of "The Seer" song. After the first big climax, the song at roughly 13 min goes into drone music mode, and I am bored after 2 minutes of this. Solid review

It's so frickin' long though. I mean, I have jazz albums I thought were a little ridiculous in length but two hours?

"It's so frickin' long though"

the hell.. i combine this and soundtracks to create one album. now thats an experience.

Album Rating: 4.0

"noob u aint seen nothing yet



Digging: Mount Eerie - Ocean Roar"



roflmao

Album Rating: 2.5

rawr

Album Rating: 4.0

Album art reminds me of Rampage for Sega way back when. +.5

Album Rating: 4.0

^ lol the Album art creeps me out for some reason

Album Rating: 4.0

"This might end up my second AOTY and maybe my favorite Swans album. Only heard the first CD so far tho."

And youve given it a five having heard only half of the album? lol

Album Rating: 5.0

Album art creeps me out too but I love it

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

"LUNACY LUNACY LUNACY LUNACY LUNACY I SEE IT ALL I SEE IT ALL I SEE IT ALL I SEE IT ALL I SEE IT ALL" - Me after listening to all 12 Swans albums in the course of a few days

Album Rating: 4.0

Thats a bonus disc, so its quite irrelevant if you hear it or not it isnt in the album

checking this out right now i love progressive alt

this is industrial

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Yes. It's my favorite pre-Great Annihilator album, the ultimate soulcrusher

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Children of God is where it's at. A nice middleground between what came before and what comes after.