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The Sword: How Heavy This Axe Video

Scott — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:09:29 +0000

Since discovering these guys through Guitar Hero, as so many others did, I’ve really come to dig The Sword. Freya was only a glimpse at the talent that this band possess. Although not as many songs on Age Of Winters are as memorable as Freya or some of the songs on Gods Of The Earth, they still rock it out in an old-school fashion and absolutely kill it live. Check out the video below for How Heavy This Axe from Gods Of The Earth and if you ever have a chance to see them live, do it. Close your eyes and you’ll swear that you’re listening to the cd.

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The Sword Live From Raleigh NC 5/20

Scott — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:24:56 +0000

You may have noticed that not a whole lot was going on here at Metal Martyr yesterday. There was good reason. I went to see The Sword last night in Raleigh, NC. Let me tell you, if your a fan of The Sword and you have not went to a live show yet, GET THERE!

Opening up the show was a band from Philadelphia, Pa called Stinking Lizaveta. They were a three piece band that did mostly instrumental stuff with a dude in his 40’s with a scullet with a little patch in the middle playing guitar and singing a little bit, a woman drummer another guy playing an electric upright Bass guitar. They had a funky garage band sound that was really cool I didn’t get to hear much of them as I was late.

Next up was Torche. A band with members out of Miami and Georgia. They were LOUD! I think they’re sound was all fucked up because you could not hear the vocals and the bass was overwhelming everything…except the drums. The drummer, Rick Smith was beating the living shit outta those skins. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has to change skins every other show. Now they didn’t sound all that good last night but I bought a cd/vinyl on the way out and it sounds great. I blame their sound man for a shitty set up. Anyway they kind of have southern sludge sound to it. Check out their myspace

Now, all bullshit aside. The Sword came on quick and got their stuff set up and just started rockin the place and sounding great. You know those bands that sound just as well live as a studio recording? The Sword is one of those bands. The crowd was diggin every song and every now and then between songs some chum would yell “Freya“, but that’s expected. They did play it at the end and the crowd went ape-shit. These guys put on an awesome live show. Thanks to Sneak Attack Media for getting me there. Check out the pictures below.

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The Sword Contest Primer

Scott — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:32:01 +0000

If your not familiar with The Sword then nows your chance to get familiarized with them. This is a Youtube video of the Band Live from San Francisco February, 2006. This is a decent recording and gives you a chance to see what the band sounds like live. Some of the comments left for this video were
“schmidthole:This is how metal should be done. these guys are bringing back classic metal, all the other shit needs to get out of the way”. The CD sounds even better.

Enjoy, the contest for the free Age Of Winters cd will be coming soon.

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