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    The Great Annihilator


    A decade ago Swans were a seminal noise band, a contemporary influence on Sonic Youth and a predecessor to Nine Inch Nails. But Swans' aggressively ugly music – loud, slow and monotonously grinding – combined with singer M. Gira's queasy lyric stew of sadistic sex and violence guaranteed a...

    2002 RS: 3of 5 Stars

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