The Sword - Gods of the Earth
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Artist: The SwordEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-04-01
Music Label: Kemado
Soundtracks:
- Sundering
- The Frost-Giant's Daughter
- How Heavy This Axe
- Lords
- Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians
- To Take the Black
- Maiden, Mother & Crone
- Under the Boughs
- The Black River
- The White Sea
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Free Music Review: Gotta love that cheesy album 5 Stars
God's Of The Earth was a great album by this awesome stoner rock metal group. The Sword has easily surpassed their debut album, this was definitely not a sophomore slump. Gods of the Earth doesn't try to replicate the Black Sabbath hallucinations of Winters and it doesn't find it's groove right away. Lead guitar player J.D. Cronise still launches each song with a lick that could have come from Tony Iommi but they pick up to a gallop pretty quick, the album definitely has a modern influence, but also draws from a wider range of older metal groups like Motorhead, Iron Maiden etc. You can hear that the riffs were more tight and they improved on their song structures, this album definitely sounds alot heavier than Age Of Winters which was also a brilliant debut album . The opening track neatly demonstrates how they change things up with an acoustic picking which then cuts to 80's fluid leads and a couple of thrashy riffs. Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians which is also the first single from this album just totally rocks and is probably one of their best songs next to Freya, with it's heavy metal kick drums and the menace of crashing cymbals and catchy but weird lyrics. I think it's more fantasy and sci/fi but then again who cares about the concept when you have music that's this good. To Take the Black illustrates the new fusion of thrash metal and stoner doom metal/rock. While the meat of the song is thrash, there's a jig to the melodies almost sounding like a Thin Lizzy song. It's buried under a froth of overdrive, but they make the Celtic roots explicit by reprising the melody as an acoustic bonus track. Maiden, Mother and Crone which is yet another favorite track of mine is a great tune that rocks out loud and has a nice groove. Gods climaxes with a multi-part instrumental White Sea that's proggy without becoming pretentious, each change contributing to the images of tossing waves, stalled currents and battle ships (lol I know it's so weird but that's what I thought of when I heard this song). How Heavy This Axe is yet another great and memorable track with pummeling riffs and of course there's stuff about axes and other medieval stuff. I highly recommend getting this album especially if you love early Iron Maiden, Clutch, Electric Wizard and Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath is all over this album which is laced with blues riffs, 70's southern rock, and an overdose of 80's thrash, noticably more thrashy than their debut album which is fantastic.Gods of the Earth Poster
The Sword is a retro metal four piece hailing from of all places the singer songwriter haven of Austin, Texas. Beginning in 2003, The Sword with founding vocalist and guitarist J.D. Cronise joined forces with guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie, and drummer Trivett Wingo, and they appeared at Austin's famed SXSW Festival. They did national touring stints with everyone from progressive metal saviors Mastodon, to indie rock darlings ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead followed, and by mid 2005, The Sword had been picked up by New York based indie label Kemado Records, with their much anticipated debut album, Age of Winters.Hard Rock & Metal Music CDs
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