Flashback to the glory days… it’s just you, your steed, and your trusty war hammer pillaging villages, wrecking those commoners, and generally dismantling the feudal system. Never put yourself in their shoes, didya? Well, Michael Gira and Co have you covered because the new Swans single, “Oxygen,” is the musical equivalent of being smashed in the face with a hammer for 8 minutes. It’s brutal and glorious. On a sidenote, we wonder what a Mike Patton and Swans collaboration would sound like? Regardless, stream below: