"Beautiful People" lifted its entire beat straight from the end of "A Hanging"
I'm not one for frivolous, "inspired-by" music lawsuits, but Manson is a pos, so
Wouldn't sue Reznor, though; he's chill.
I wanted to get a Swans tattoo, but couldn't choose a specific lyric.
Any ideas? (serious tho we aren't in the circlejerk sub)
Filth won against Holy Money last round.
Children of God vs. White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity. What album do you prefer? Winner will be decided through comments and upvotes
As in, do you have anything special planned? For me, I’ll be going on a long, long walk early morning the day it comes out (assuming it’s on streaming, which I’m pretty sure it will be). I can imagine others might be wait for their CDs/vinyls to arrive though, or maybe you have another ritual. I’d be curious to hear what yours will be.
Any interest in this. Signed collectors blu-ray edition of Where Does A Body End?
Having to downsize my physical media collection unfortunately, UK buyer preferred
A man named Yusuff Shakur was declared clinically dead for several minutes after suffering cardiac arrest, and upon regaining consciousness, he created a detailed drawing of what he claims to have seen during that near-death experience. The sketch depicts Earth at the base with human figures connected by silver threads that spiral upward through levels labeled "In Transit" and "Intermediate State," where souls react with expressions like "Boo No" and "Stop it," culminating in a large, supreme soul, or "Over Soul," at the top, with a central message that everything is connected.
What's your favorite performance of the band that wasn't released as an official live album, be it through a bootleg of poor audio quality or through your personal experience being there?
Personally, since Michael and company aren't coming to Brazil anytime soon despite my efforts, I'll pick this performance in Toronto from 2012:
https://youtu.be/TyMMvmuDYZo?is=S8CrFHNtykgGudR5
Goosebumps all the way through, maybe the most visceral and explosive the band has ever sounded, and arguably their best performance of The Seer.
Hear me out. Yes, it's impressively long, but the actual song really isn't that impressive compositionally. It seems like half the song is just random nonsense, some noise here, vocals there, with no structure to it, and the other half is these hypnotic rhythms and loops that don't really build in an effective way. The whole thing is kind of a huge slog to get through, and definitely doesn't justify a 40 minute runtime.
Birthing won against The Beggar in the final first round match up
Filth vs. Holy Money. What album do you prefer? Winner will be decided through comments and upvotes
I would buy this in a heartbeat. Are there licensing problems with the K.422 stuff? Someone here must know.
This is a flyer I found in Selden Market (if memory serves me correctly) when I was walking through Norfolk hours before the Swans show on September 6, 2025. I grabbed it off of a window on my way out when I saw it and took it back home with me. I saw another flyer inside of a library / bookstore after the show, but the place was closed and I didn’t go back to grab it since I already had one.
I can’t confirm it, but I believe copies of this flyer existed for every show, both in NA and in the EU. If they did exist, they were likely destroyed after the respective shows, each of which being unique to respective cities. If anyone has any photos of other fliers from this tour (or any tour!) please contact me to possibly send images of them. These are pretty cool and I’d love to see any more of them, and as far as I know I’m the only one to have one of these.
To Be Kind won against The Glowing Man in the last match
The Beggar vs. Birthing. What album do you prefer? Winner will be decided through comments and upvotes
(I excluded leaving meaning as for 1. we all know it would lose whatever its up against, and 2. I find The Beggar and Birthing to share similar vibes and feelings)
The Seer one the last match against My Father
To Be Kind vs. The Glowing Man. What album do you prefer? Winner will be decided through comments and upvotes
I am not a Swams fan but I buy tons of items in lots. CDs/records/toys etc. and I have a Swans promotional poster from the mid 90s from what I understand. It was never sold to the public, but was used in record stores to promote their albums.
It does has some tears along the sides and the infamous fold hole in the center, but still in great condition. With the right TLC you could make it appear as if there's no tears.
AI told me it does have some value (40-85$) and I would like for a real fan to have it and of course be compensated monetarily for doing so. I am going to start at 85$ (totally not expecting to get that much). I would like for you to make me an offer. Higest offer wins. I'll take this post down as soon as I feel we've reached peak offer. Thank you for your time and certainly look forward to doing business with you. Have a great day. SOLD