The Great Annihilator Vinyl

One of swans best recordings the vinyl is a horror to play on a turntable that does not auto stop it has no looping run off grooves and jumps onto the inner labels emitting a noise and messing up the needle.

The great annihilator vinyl.

Swans the great annihilator lp 12 x2 record set young god yglp9 uk 5018615500919. The great annihilator originally released in 1995 and described at the time as. Electronic rock style. 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.

The great annihilator is the ninth studio album by american experimental rock band swans. Annihilator alice in hell lp 180 gram vinyl album thrash speed metal record. The great annihilator was reissued again in 2017 as part of the the great annihilator drainland 2cd compilation and as a stand alone double vinyl which included drainland as a digital download. 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. It was released on january 23 1995 through frontman michael gira s own record label young god. It is dark and somber without sounding self indulgent and pretentious. Young god records yg59 mute stumm402 format.

The 2002 reissue includes a live version of i am the sun originally released on the i am the sun 7. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2017 vinyl release of the great annihilator on discogs. A perfect blend of bright electric violence and obscure solemnity. 2x vinyl lp album reissue remastered country.

Alternative rock folk rock industrial. 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. The great annihilator in my opinion is their masterpiece. The two were remastered and re released together in april 2017.

Dissonant dulcet and dangerous the great annihilator is clearly some of the group s best late period material and a welcome addition to any music collection. Ending friday at 6 30pm pdt 1d 4h. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2017 jarboe art edition vinyl release of the great annihilator on discogs. The album has been described by gira as a companion album to his solo album drainland 1995.