I would say that The Sword is one of the best metal bands to ever come out in years. The Sword is a metal band from Austin, Texas. They have two albums out now titled “Age of Winters” and “Gods of the Earth”. Both albums are pretty much songs about medieval knights, fantasy stories and fairytales. The band has a deep and dark sound with the likes of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, throw in a little mix of Led Zeppelin as well.

This is the way true metal is supposed to sound like. Metal don’t always have to be really low tuned guitars and screaming vocals throughout an entire song, there is none of that in The Sword. The Sword is pretty much a new band as they haven’t been around for that long, but they definitely do have a 70’s classic metal sound. The singer for the Sword sings a little bit like Ozzy, and you can compare the guitar playing to Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page.

It was obvious that Ozzy Osbourne himself were going to pick up on this band soon, because The Sword played their first Ozzfest this year August 9th, I’m sure the Sword reminded Ozzy from his Black Sabbath days which is why they were booked to Ozzfest to begin with. The Sword is an amazing band, I would love to see them live myself. This is a true heavy metal band, it’s the way today’s metal music is supposed to sound like. Not all that phony nu-metal shit.

Their new album “Gods of the Earth” is by far, the best album I’ve ever purchased in 2008, it is tight, aggressive. This band has something going, they are rising. They are a small indie band for now, but I am feeeling this band will get huge in no time. Give this band more time, and the Sword will become the next Metallica. This band proved that metal don’t need to be about screaming and growling.

Score for The Sword’s “Gods of the Earth” = **** (4 stars as in excellent)

Kev