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The Sword
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There are two bands that Last FM classifies as “The Sword”:
1) A doom/stoner metal band from Texas, USA.
2) A melodic punk band from Leeds, UK, called The sWord who formed in 2004 by ex-members of Joe Ninety and Dugong. Their debut album was released on Clean it up! Records.
Here follows a more detailed description of the former:
The Sword is a doom/stoner-metal four-piece hailing from — of all places — the singer/songwriter oasis of Austin, TX. First conceived in 2003, the Sword really hit their stride about a year later, when founding vocalist and guitarist J. D. Cronise joined forces with guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie, and drummer Trivett Wingo, and made a much raved-over appearance at Austin’s famed SXSW festival. National touring stints with everyone from Clutch 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, appearing early the next year. Before completing their second album, they contributed two songs (one original and one Led Zeppelin cover) to a split 12” EP with Swedish heavy rockers Witchcraft in November 2007. Gods of the Earth arrived in spring 2008.
1) A doom/stoner metal band from Texas, USA.
2) A melodic punk band from Leeds, UK, called The sWord who formed in 2004 by ex-members of Joe Ninety and Dugong. Their debut album was released on Clean it up! Records.
Here follows a more detailed description of the former:
The Sword is a doom/stoner-metal four-piece hailing from — of all places — the singer/songwriter oasis of Austin, TX. First conceived in 2003, the Sword really hit their stride about a year later, when founding vocalist and guitarist J. D. Cronise joined forces with guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie, and drummer Trivett Wingo, and made a much raved-over appearance at Austin’s famed SXSW festival. National touring stints with everyone from Clutch 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, appearing early the next year. Before completing their second album, they contributed two songs (one original and one Led Zeppelin cover) to a split 12” EP with Swedish heavy rockers Witchcraft in November 2007. Gods of the Earth arrived in spring 2008.
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Age of Winters
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FIRE LANCES OF THE ANCIENT HYPERZEPHYRIANS
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Freya (Single)
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Grzeniu wrote:
this is what would happen if manowar guys were stoned :>
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LastfmPolice wrote:
I heard these guys refused to pay ASG their dues when they two bands were touring together. That's pretty lame, guys.
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The_Linus wrote:
Saw them live this summer. They are just awesome!
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Irishwunda wrote:
Epic Metal is a better tag for this. If you really like The Sword, check out Colossus - Rift of the Pan Dimensional Undergods. Good stuff.
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nitesblog wrote:
Check out this audio interview with The Sword's Bryan Richie. It's some funny shit.... http://www.nitesblog.com/2009/11/fun-fun-fun-fest-interviews-day-1-sword.html
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miqmiranda wrote:
muy foda!!!COOL BAND!!
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Tezza_Larks wrote:
I wrote a few riffs, then to realise they are rip offs of riffs from age of winters. fuck.
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Vinnie4321 wrote:
The Sword needs more recognition... THEY ROCK
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lunarforce666 wrote:
And u are apparently simply the Trivium of life, attention hungry, mind blowingly annoying and completly useless.
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Bloodbathing wrote:
good for u
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Unjesus wrote:
Agreed with NathanBolstad. This is just the Trivium of doom. Fail.
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NathanBolstad wrote:
High on Fire are years ahead of these guys.
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riffricular wrote:
best riffs ever. i could listen to them all day. and i have.
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yeoldstinkeye wrote:
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Andragon_90 wrote:
Sword needs to tour North America!!
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Unjesus wrote:
Metal is a stupid term for idiots who can't hear the subtlety in the different genres. This is doom metal, but poor doom metal at that.
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FalseEmotion wrote:
I don't think doom metal is an appropriate tag for this band. I'm not arguing its validity, but it just sounds wrong. I think metal is a sufficient description.
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riclagarto wrote:
Freya, one of the greatest metal riffs ever.
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mydreammyanchor wrote:
so sabbath it hurts
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mclarge wrote:
Very underrated I feel, if they were starting out in the early days of bands like Metallica, I think they may have been HUUUUUUUGE. Caps lock is needed.
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22 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/thesword
Thanks to some last minute rescheduling we will be playing this year's Fun Fun Fun Fest in our hometown of Austin, Texas. Those in attendance can expect to hear several brand new songs that will appe. …
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Fafnir43, Just2Rusty, xkyd and 2 other people added The Sword to their libraries. 9 hours ago
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tom957 tagged The Sword with way awesome, heavy metal, stoner metal and one other tag. yesterday evening
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burritotsunami tagged The Sword with stoner rock and doom metal. yesterday morning
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TheOnlyHelicon wrote about The Sword – Gods Of The Earth in a deleted journal. Wednesday afternoon
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vitscorp tagged The Sword with ‘seen live’. Monday evening
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