The Sword Discography (2006-2008)

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The Sword Discography

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Artist...............: The Sword

Genre................: Heavy Metal

Source...............: NMR

Year.................: 2006-2008

Quality..............: Next to Album name

Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz

Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3

Covers...............: Front, Back

Information..........: Seperate nfo/sfv for each album

Tracklisting.........: See file list



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Album listing

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2006 - Age of Winters (VBR, 216kbps)

2008 - Gods of the Earth (VBR, 266kbps)



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The Sword is an American heavy metal band that formed in Austin, Texas in

2003. Since its inception, the band has comprised vocalist, guitarist,

songwriter and producer John "J. D." Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist

and engineer Bryan Richie and drummer Trivett Wingo. Signed to New

York-based label Kemado Records, The Sword has released two full-length

studio albums: Age of Winters in 2006 and Gods of the Earth in 2008.



The Sword is commonly classified as doom metal, alternative metal and stoner

metal. Eduardo Rivadavia of allmusic describes the band as being "at the

forefront of ... the 'heritage' or 'retro metal' movement", comparing it to

heavy metal veterans Black Sabbath and vocalist Cronise to Ozzy

Osbourne. Rolling Stone also likens the band to Sabbath, as does

AbsolutePunk.net in its review of Gods of the Earth, claiming that "It's

impossible not to compare [the album] to the works of Black Sabbath." The

Sword has also been dubbed as 'hipster metal', though Cronise and the band

object to such a label



While every member of the band contributes to the musical compositions,

Cronise is the primary writer of the band's lyrics. He often uses Norse

mythology as a topic in his lyrics, notably in the song "Freya"; but cites

literature as his main influence, naming such authors as George R. R. Martin,

Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft and Arthur C. Clarke.



The band has cited Black Sabbath (the band they are most commonly

compared to) as a major influence, in addition to doom trio Sleep, sludge

band the Melvins, thrash veterans Slayer, and heavy metal icons Iron Maiden

and Deep Purple, among others.] The band's guitarists, in discussions of their

musical influences, have identified 'classic' metal guitar players such as James

Hetfield, Dimebag Darrell and Tony Iommi, and Cronise has also described

Billy Gibbons (of ZZ Top fame) as a "huge influence".[