Artist: The Sword
Album: Gods of the Earth
Label: Kemado Records
Review: Hot off the heels of their 2006 cd, Age of Winters, The Sword releases another heavy doom-ridden cd, Gods of the Earth. The intro track without vocals, The Sundering, offers a glimpse of what the Winters contains, heavy, doom ridden and intense riffs. You can just feel the aggression on How Heavy This Axe conjured in the heavy driving riffs and the passionate vocals. The rest of Winters continues in an intensity that would make any fan of heavy and doom metal proud. In Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians the passion and heavy fast driven riffs only continue. On the track following Ancient, To Take the Black, the intensity slows down briefly but offers a nice contrast. The Black River and a nice thundering riff. If on The Age of Winters you could hear the Sabbath influence, Gods of the Earth not only expands on their earlier sound, but amplifies it and gives them their own clearly distinct sound. On Gods of the Earth, The Sword show they are a force to be reckoned with in metal. Metalheads of all varieties should give this album a chance.
Play These: 3, 5, 6, 9
FCC: Clean
Who Reviewed it: Daniel
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