I've been into the swans for a bit now, it all started after getting the first sonic youth album (sonic death, not sure it's a first release, but it's live recordings around the beginning of the band and it's way good if you like them). At the end of the Sonic Death album they mentioned 'do you want to hear a sonic youth Swans jam fest?' then the CD ends to my disappointment.
After this we searched, my buddy in music exploration and I. At one point I stumbled onto Soundtracks for the Blind and made anyone within my life listen to it. It's dark, full of halloween prop type sounds and full of interviews with people featuring different ailments in life. The music throughout is completely hypnotic. The atmosphere is dense, brooding and punishing. However, I wouldn't call them metal.
All this from a band's last album, till now. They are releasing a new album, and they even moved the date from September 27th to September 21st out of nowhere.
The album is streaming here:
http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/20/stream-swans-album-my-father-will-guide-me-up-a-rope-to-the-sky/
check it out
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