Swans - The Great Annihilator

[@lessthanpinochet]

Jarboe never had better backing vocals than on this album. It takes already amazing songs to the next level. Definitely my favorite Swans album.

[@mickyvionsellinas6743]

Cry me a river was my fave by her , but then , theres so much shes done which is all top draw hey ...:D

[@mustachopistacho]

My god those lyrics. Michael is a genius and has been touched with something special. He is a modern day mystic.

[@zzGRENDELzz]

"Tomorrow never knows" part two! Love it.

[@kaos5633]

I am A Black Hole.

[@kaos5633]

Not An Atomic Playboy but I did just Kill One

[@jojolovejoy]

the fake fadeout at 3:50 blew my mind the 1st time i heard it. 'oh wait, theres more ??' SWANS never stop amazing me.

[@mrkane5]

Quite a few songs actually do this. Most notably the Beatles song "Helter Skelter".

[@zackzallie8735]

@@mrkane5 Also Strawberry Fields Forever.

[@BeckerAviation]

Absolutely infatuated with this song. Swans is dragging me down into a rabbit hole no one talks about and I'm loving every moment of it

[@mimuiao]

Monumental music.

[@sigurdurgislason115]

This song is just one level above most, always takes me to places within me I didn't even know that existed. Exceptional.

[@pliozhkapliozhkapliozhkapl7414]

Im falling into endless pit!

[@duantorruellas716]

Lyrics are intense , there aint many bands this scary Saw them live once , scary stuff. Scary like a abandoned farm house full of serial killers , that kind of scary.

[@zackzallie8735]

This. Swans feel like accidentally entering a cult ritual and we all just get along with it.

[@mickyvionsellinas6743]

Swans 'skin' , Jarboe, GENIUS , this whole albums GENIUS GENIUS GENIUS GENIUS

[@jamesmartin1387]

Thanks to KZbin I'm able to discover gems like Swans that I missed over the years until now

[@dockoscar3177]

One of my favorite all time albums!

[@drtoonie]

LYRICS: One second burns for a billion years And time is relative and light is physical We feel your body, we feel your feelings We see the eye of god shine through the citadel And space is empty behind the universe The past and future were simultaneous Inside your body we feel your emptiness The light we breathe in is your unconsciousness [Chorus] (The great) The great (Anni) Anni (Hilator) Hilator [Verse 2] And your body disappears Burning backwards through the years And in your hands, time was made And through breathing, you'll erase it And we can see forever before love and hate And we will fall right through The wall of the place where we were made Right into the open mouth of [Chorus] The great Anni Hilator [Outro] Come on in, come inside (The great, the great) (Anni, anni) Come on in (Hilator, hilator) Come inside [Repeat x6]

[@richardwilliamson4848]

This is one of my all time favorite albums/cd's etc... So much goodness... Mind Body Light Sound is my personal favorite... truly amazing, inspired and unique music. I LOVE Swans...

[@celiamonterolopezpardo1338]

Gracias por vuestra música...

[@citizeninsane8575]

Epic end to an amazing album

[@Demention94]

Those drums!

[@Thorrific6969]

Cosmic

[@karisumataichou]

There’s symmetry with I Am The Sun both in theme and placement in the album. The cosmic symbiosis between Light and Void with us caught in the middle.

[@TheCandyHole]

This song feels like a power vacuum collapsing to me

[@Librocubicularist1]

One second burns for a billion years And time is relative And light is physical We feel your body We feel your feelings We see the eye of god shine through the citadel And space is empty behind the universe The past and future were simultaneous. Inside your body we feel your emptiness The light we breathe in... ... is your Unconscious Mind And your body disappears Burning backwards through the years And in your hands time was made And through breathing You'll erase it And we can see forever Before love and hate And we will fall right through the wall of the place where we were made Right into the open mouth of the Great... ..Annihilator Come on in... Come Inside...

[@poxyclypse]

I witnessed Swans at The Independent in SF in 2017. It was as if they were casting a spell. Okkyung Lee made the first incantations.

[@stephaneficara4501]

Now that's the right thing to listen to in these Covid-19 times !

[@jamesmartin1387]

The Great Annihilator, how poetic

[@Demention94]

Yes

[@spacefertilizer]

@@jamesmartin1387 it has to do with physics though. The Great Annihilator is a great black hole near the centre of our galaxy. Gira got the name from there.

[@Thorrific6969]

And we can see Forever, before Love and Hate

[@karisumataichou]

Getting some serious Jim Morrison vibes from Gira's vocals and lyrics here.

[@whatabeautifulduwang9603]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@wispycirrus9907]

He's cited The Doors' first album as an influence before.

[@mmmdananananone]

Absolute death trip.

[@johnplaid648]

You guys have taken alot of acid!

[@zi8gzag]

Leandoer

[@Darkclaw175]

Prolific

[@olabarrietadunn]

This is fucking music!☻

[@j.prt.979]

The best

[@thepablitosrojosclub77]

el mejor disco de swans sin duda

[@andresaguero5880]

Soundtracks for The Blind, Swans Are Dead y White Light lo superan, pero sí está entre los mejores

[@thepablitosrojosclub77]

@@andresaguero5880 no por supuesto, cada uno con sus gustos. Hace poco le agarré gusto al white light, gran clásico

[@nostalgia6669]

@@thepablitosrojosclub77 tremendo. mi disco favorito es white light, con love of life de segundo, pero a mi parecer the great annihilator es la version definitiva del sonido creado en la trilogia.

[@thepablitosrojosclub77]

@@nostalgia6669 Puede ser, no tiene el concepto de canciones largas que avanzan poco a poco hasta el momento catartico, annihilator va mas al grano.

[@nostalgia6669]

@@thepablitosrojosclub77 exacto! que bueno encontrar otro fan de swans, ojala the beggar sea tremendo como todas las obras de gira!

[@keinan17]

this album fucks

[@albertotamburini9908]

It sounds like tomorrow never knows

[@concrete_dog]

I still don't get the fading out-fading in that happens right at the very climax of the song. Nevertheless this song is so incredible

[@j.prt.979]

Nemo_K one of the many mysteries of this album. Honestly the weirdness of it just adds to it for me

[@karisumataichou]

I interpreted it as the timing of the song being distorted by a black hole.

[@franciscoalmeida9019]

It's like the song is being absorbed and then released by this universal black hole. Can also be interpreted as death/rebirth

[@matthewgensler2392]

I'm pretty sure it symbolizes death and rebirth. Cyclic life fades out then reverses itself. Swans can be understood through many lenses, I see it more clearly through the lens of Buddhism.

[@aeon_zero]

Because the chanting never really ends

[@arma_peligrosisima]

El Tomorrow never knows de Swans

[@pedrochduarte]

"Tomorrow Never Knows" vibes

[@michadobrowolski5734]

These revelations are nothing to The Mystical City of God.