SWANS
Non Metal / Sludge/Post-metal • United States

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Swans are an experimental band from New York, New York, whose style has ranged from noise/crust to industrial to post-punk to art rock. They were part of the original "No-Wave" movement of the 80s.

Their earliest releases were very influential on sludge metal and crust punk, and are characterized by dirty, distorted walls of noise. For this reason, they have been included in the archives.

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SWANS Discography

SWANS albums

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Filth
Sludge/Post-metal 1983

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Cop
Sludge/Post-metal 1984

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Greed
Non Metal 1986

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Holy Money
Non Metal 1986

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Children of God
Non Metal 1987

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The Burning World
Non Metal 1989

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White Light From the Mouth of Infinity
Non Metal 1991

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Body to Body, Job to Job
Sludge/Post-metal 1991

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Love of Life
Non Metal 1992

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The Great Annihilator
Non Metal 1995

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Soundtracks for the Blind
Non Metal 1996

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My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky
Non Metal 2010

SWANS EPs & splits

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Swans
Sludge/Post-metal 1982

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Young God
Sludge/Post-metal 1984

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Die Tür ist zu
Non Metal 1996

SWANS live albums

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Public Castration Is a Good Idea
Non Metal 1986

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Feel Good Now
Non Metal 1987

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Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room
Non Metal 1990

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Real Love
Non Metal 1992

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Omniscience
Non Metal 1992

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Kill the Child: 1985/1986/1987 Live
Non Metal 1995

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Swans Are Dead
Non Metal 1998

SWANS demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

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Various Failures 1988-1992
Non Metal 1999

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Forever Burned
Non Metal 2003

SWANS singles (10)

Time Is Money (Bastard)
Non Metal 1986

A Screw
Non Metal 1986

New Mind
Non Metal 1987

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Non Metal 1988

Can't Find My Way Home
Non Metal 1989

Saved
Non Metal 1989

Love of Life / Amnesia
Non Metal 1992

Celebrity Lifestyle
Non Metal 1994

Failure / Animus
Non Metal 1996

I Am the Sun
Non Metal 1997

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Sheavy wrote:

7 months ago

Bah, this is discography is a cake walk compared to how long it will take for me to get all of Agathocles discog put up. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Agathocles/2649