Swans The Glowing Man
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Artuma
December 24th 2016


32828 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

okay i now regret putting this off for so long because this is actually really fucking good so far

FullOfSounds
December 24th 2016


15821 Comments


i heard a song off it in Dub and it was so damn good

Artuma
December 24th 2016


32828 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

i'm currently on track three and i think i'm digging this more than to be kind, which says quite a lot

altertide0
December 24th 2016


3026 Comments


Artuma it's a big drop in quality though after track three. Certainly a big change in style, at least.

Artuma
December 24th 2016


32828 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah well, not a big fan of people like us but i still hope the album picks up again. i already know i like when will i return? a lot

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
December 24th 2016


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

"I am a glowing man I aaammmm" *cue epic heavy riffage* Disc 2 is probably just as amazing as disc 1

Artuma
December 24th 2016


32828 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

both discs are mostly super solid but have an underwhelming closer imo. overall a very strong album though

Flugmorph
December 24th 2016


35418 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

glad you like this arty

trackbytrackreviews
December 30th 2016


3469 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

meh...for some reason I remember really liking it on release yet have no desire to listen to it again

hamid95
December 30th 2016


1327 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

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Thealwaysopenedmind
January 12th 2017


714 Comments


Does the first incarnation of Swans go from 1983 to 1996?

Dinosaur
January 12th 2017


1388 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

about that, lineup wise. FWIW I always think of swans in three different eras.

altertide0
January 12th 2017


3026 Comments


1982 to 1997 according to this new obscure website i found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swans_(band)

zakalwe
January 12th 2017


41956 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

insignificant white twat with a 'tache. Hipster Bastard shit. Gone Soon!!!!!

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
January 12th 2017


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Opener and closer on here are amazing

Thealwaysopenedmind
January 13th 2017


714 Comments


@altertide0 Ha, you're funny. I was more so referring to the era's in which they come back with a new sound.

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
January 13th 2017


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Swans changed their sound a good amount. They transitioned away from no wave/industrial (1982-86) with Children of God in 1987, becoming more melodic and gothic in my personal favorite era of the band (album CoG, The Burning World, White Light..., Love of Life, Various Failures), then a few years later returned in 1995 and 1996 with the more abstract and lengthy releases The Great Annihilator and Soundtracks for the Blind. Swans then went on hold, with Gira and co. playing in the lighter Angels of Light project until the late 2000s, then returned to continuing the abstract and lengthy Swans stuff in 2010, but pretty different to anything they did before, with more modern instrumentation and production techniques.

Thealwaysopenedmind
January 18th 2017


714 Comments


Thank you. That's exactly what I was looking for.

Toad
April 24th 2017


2065 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I hope this stupid thing is a grower

Frippertronics
Emeritus
April 24th 2017


19720 Comments

Album Rating: 3.3

prepare for the comedown



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