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SWANS
One of the most uncompromising bands, Michael Gira's Swans make music that alternates between bleak, brutal noise-rock and dark, ambient, moody folk coupled with intense live performances. They disbanded in 1997 following Soundtracks for the Blind. Gira re-formed Swans in 2010.