The Great Annihilator is the ninth studio album by American experimental rock band Swans. It was released on January 23, , through frontman Michael Gira 's own record label, Young God. The album has been described by Gira as a companion album to his solo album Drainland (); the two were remastered and re-released together in April Genre: Post-punk.

In that case, The Great Annihilator is just a snapshot of The Swans during one single era in their existence. This is one of the last records the band put out and it is also one of their best. This music is beautiful and melancholic without sounding too melodramatic and cheesy. It is dark and somber without sounding self-indulgent and pretentious/5(52).

May 25,  · The Great Annihilator was reissued again in as part of the The Great Annihilator - Drainland 2CD compilation and as a stand alone double vinyl - which included Drainland as a digital download/5().

Apr 01,  · A reissue of the twelfth remarkable album from gentleman MICHAEL GIRA's legendary SWANS. A seventeen-track majestic symphony of haunting melodies and shifting moods featuring some of Gira and partner JARBOE's most haunting and ethereal vocal work/5(60).

The Great Annihilator is another sweeping rock opera. This is the eighteenth Swans record released since 's Filth set a precedent for painful soul-searching dirge. Their first new release in three years, it combines the hard-hitting percussion of the earlier albums with the prettier, ballad-heavy later songs.

Feb 18,  · 'The Great Annihilator', in my opinion, is their masterpiece: a perfect blend of bright electric violence and obscure solemnity. They talk of spirituality in a non-religious way, and every note, every noise and every word on this album talk direcly to the body and mind of the listener/5(63).

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The Great Annihilator, an Album by Swans. Released 23 January on Invisible (catalog no. INV ; CD). Genres: Post-Punk, Experimental Rock.

May 05,  · At first, it’s unclear where on this scale The Great Annihilator, New Yorkers Swans ’ reissued ninth album, sits. The previously mastered album today is critically acclaimed as Swans’ most accessible work, and is easily attainable through the usual outlets.