This album just... changed me, you know. Best black metal album ever.
I had my doubts whether Swans are so uncompromising that they will drop a ten once again... but what can I say, it's probably a ten. Exceptionally mystical, a bit like The Seer but even more so, or as if live rope had given up steroids and started taking LSD. Exceptionally harmonious, filled with choirs, but also aggressive, swans-ish aggressive, a sound described by Michael Gira as "The Big Sound". A year ago they released in my opinion the best album of all time (live rope) and ... read more