The Swan King

Chicago, IL, US · 2012–present · active
Post-MetalStoner Metal
The Swan King
Chicago's The Swan King craft music at the junction of stoner metal's fuzz-soaked riff worship and post-metal's expansive, textural reach, building songs that alternate between narcotic groove and patient, building intensity. Formed in 2012, they draw from the deep well of Chicago's heavy and experimental underground.

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The Swan King Discography

The Good Deeds EP
The Good Deeds EP 2009 · EP
5 tracks
  1. 1 Island of Correction 3:13
  2. 2 Change to a Crawl 3:31
  3. 3 Court Behind the Coffin 3:48
  4. 4 Good Deeds 2:34
  5. 5 Weights of Liberty 3:52
Eyes Like Knives
Eyes Like Knives 2011 · LP
9 tracks
  1. 1 Test Tone 0:04
  2. 2 Good Deeds 2:23
  3. 3 Cloaked Into the Facade 3:19
  4. 4 Peace Love Murder 3:31
  5. 5 Dead Man's Shadow 4:15
  6. 6 Entertain the King 2:29
  7. 7 Staring Through Skulls 3:21
  8. 8 Invisible Hands 3:45
  9. 9 Eyes Like Knives 4:20
The Approach
The Approach 2011 · Single
1 track
  1. 1 The Approach 3:12
Pay To Pray EP
Pay To Pray EP 2012 · Full-length
The Pay to Pray
The Pay to Pray 2012 · EP
4 tracks
  1. 1 Decadent Escape 2:59
  2. 2 Flood Tactic 3:53
  3. 3 Cold Steel 4:02
  4. 4 Pay to Prey 4:56
Between the Lines / The Coldest of Seasons
Between the Lines / The Coldest of Seasons 2012 · Single
2 tracks
  1. 1 Between the Lines 4:16
  2. 2 The Coldest of Seasons 3:08
Last So Long
Last So Long 2014 · LP
8 tracks
  1. 1 Explore the Void 3:12
  2. 2 At Who's Expense 4:05
  3. 3 Closer to the Source 2:53
  4. 4 The Same Result 3:29
  5. 5 Built to Break 5:00
  6. 6 Returning to Haunt 3:01
  7. 7 Last So Long 4:10
  8. 8 As It Is 4:24
Live @ The Empty Bottle
Live @ The Empty Bottle 2015 · Full-length
Live at the Empty Bottle
Live at the Empty Bottle 2015 · LP
7 tracks
  1. 1 Explore the Void - Live 3:21
  2. 2 Last So Long - Live 4:03
  3. 3 Built to Break - Live 4:39
  4. 4 Closer to the Source - Live 2:56
  5. 5 As It Is - Live 4:12
  6. 6 Forgiving the Gods - Live 4:51
  7. 7 Staring Through Skulls - Live 3:26
Forgiving The Gods
Forgiving The Gods 2016 · LP
8 tracks
  1. 1 Full Circle 2:14
  2. 2 Repulsion of Truth 3:50
  3. 3 Hiding in the Light 3:45
  4. 4 Forgiving the Gods 5:26
  5. 5 There's No Choice 3:01
  6. 6 Change to a Crawl 3:37
  7. 7 Given for Granted 4:26
  8. 8 Yield to Respect 3:24
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