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
- 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
- Black River
- White Sea
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Free Music Review: Pretty Sweet...
Hit: 3 Stars
Im new to the sword. Took a few listens for this album to grab me. I think the only thing keeping me from really liking this a lot more is the production. Listen, I know these guys were going for the "raw" live, or classic rock feel. I get that. It's very clever, really. Because noone has ever attempted to do that. My hat goes off to this producer. No, seriously. Unfortunately, it drives me nuts! It makes it hard to listen to this when you feel like your listening to some garage band on a tape recorder. If you want to have your record sound like a live album... release a live album, and your studio album... let's maybe use some of the great technologies developed, even in the last 20 years, and make a studio album. What do ya say fellas? There are some weak points in the song writing, and I wouldnt say that they are very original. It is cool to hear another band embracing some black-sabbath like music... I guess. In all honesty, there are a handful of songs on here that truly rock, and a handful that dont interest me. The vocals can seem a bit monotone after a while. I still like them, but without much range, I can't see these guys keeping things too interesting to make very many memorable albums, but hey mastodon can pull it off... so who knows. Same goes for the guitars. Pretty boring. Nothing too mind blowing. This is a good record to either download, or find for $5 in the discount bin. Dont know if I would spend the usual $15 or whatever these people think a plastic disc is worth these days. Enjoy!
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The sword is a colossal, high-energy powerhouse. Utilizing a potent combination of intense songwriting chemistry, eye-opening creativity and talent and a distinctly unique vision, the sword is, without question, one of heavy music's most electrifying new bands. Conceived in austin in 2003, the sword took the form of a cohesive quartet in early 2004 when j.d. cronise (guitar/vocals), kyle shutt (guitar), bryan richie (bass) and trivett wingo (drums) joined forces. Inspired by such legendary names as sleep, slayer and the melvins, the four-piece immediately began to construct the songs that would soon comprise their initial demo recording. In february 2006 the sword released a mind-blowing, nine-song journey titled 'age of winters' on new york based label kemado records. The release sent shockwaves throughout the hard rock community at large across the usa and europe and had them featured alongside wolfmother and black mountain as the leaders of what the media have been calling 'hipster metal'. The band now unveil their second album 'gods of the earth'. More ambitious, more accomplished and simply bigger, 'gods of the earth's huge, mountaintop-friendly hooks, thunderous drumming and oceanic bass lines cut through the air like a scythe, while the ominous vocals of front man j.d. cronise weave fantastical tales rife with myth and mythology. Waves of powerful riffs and low-end thunder dominate songs such as the immediate 'maiden, mother & crone', 'fire lances of the ancient hyperzephyrians', 'under the boughs' and the paralyzing 'the black river'.Hard Rock & Metal Music CDs
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