Swans - Cop/Young God/Greed/Holy Money

If there's music in hell, this is what it sounds like. It's conceivable that some band, somewhere, is making music heavier, darker and just generally less fun than this, but if you find one, ask who one of their greatest influences is and they'll probably refer you to the Swans. Led by the cavern-voiced "singer" and songwriter Michael Gira, the Swans bludgeoned and mauled their way through 13 (an appropriate number, I guess) years of slow, grinding mayhem before apparently calling it quits in 1996. Read More