Disco de The Sword: “Gods of the Earth”

I'm not a big fan of metal by any means but I love The Sword. Their metal riffs are amazing and there is something about their music that I just can't resist. If you liked their first album you'll love this album. Don't hesitate to buy now.

The heavy metal hardcore hates it when a band comes from outside the scene to do metal.

They hate it double when that band gets a deal with a large label.

They hate it triple when the band does metal better than the bands that grew from inside the scene.

The heavy metal hardcore hates The Sword.

They listen with their prejudices, not their ears. This band has grown a pair since their last album. They now have their own very distinctive sound, heavier, rawer and faster than the Sabbathian debut. Indeed, there is improvement on every level. Every instrument sounds better; and while the singer will never be great, he has found himself now and fronts the band with aplomb. When you have riffs like this, the singer doesn't need to carry the band. He just needs to carry his own weight. He does it just fine.

It sometime happens that "borderline" metal bands, bands from outside the scene, make the best metal, because they bring a new perspective. The Sword is the best American doom metal band since Danzig, and that's saying something.

If you don't like them for some kind of philosophical reason or because they're too popular, that's your loss. This sounds like true metal to me.

Im new to the sword. Took a few listens for this album to grab me. I think the only thing keeping me from really liking this a lot more is the production. Listen, I know these guys were going for the "raw" live, or classic rock feel. I get that. It's very clever, really. Because noone has ever attempted to do that. My hat goes off to this producer. No, seriously. Unfortunately, it drives me nuts! It makes it hard to listen to this when you feel like your listening to some garage band on a tape recorder. If you want to have your record sound like a live album... release a live album, and your studio album... let's maybe use some of the great technologies developed, even in the last 20 years, and make a studio album. What do ya say fellas? There are some weak points in the song writing, and I wouldnt say that they are very original. It is cool to hear another band embracing some black-sabbath like music... I guess. In all honesty, there are a handful of songs on here that truly rock, and a handful that dont interest me. The vocals can seem a bit monotone after a while. I still like them, but without much range, I can't see these guys keeping things too interesting to make very many memorable albums, but hey mastodon can pull it off... so who knows. Same goes for the guitars. Pretty boring. Nothing too mind blowing. This is a good record to either download, or find for $5 in the discount bin. Dont know if I would spend the usual $15 or whatever these people think a plastic disc is worth these days. Enjoy!

I read the negative reviews and have to say that I don't think we have the same cd. This is a great rock and roll album. If you happen to love stoner rock/metal, you certainly aren't going to hear anything new. BUT, you aren't going to hear anything really new or different in the whole genre. This music is for people who like this kind of music. Don't allow a music snob to make the call for you, hear them yourself.

Dude, two words.. Freakin' amazing! In my opinion, this a major stem up from Age Of Winters. Not that AOW was bad, it was amazing, its just that The Sword really raised the "sword" to a new level. You can really see the path these guys are going to take into the future. The second the rediculously heavy guitars in "The Sundering" were registered in my brain, i knew that this album was a classic in the making. These guys are the next Sabbath equivalent, so be ready for these guys to destroy the charts after the next few albums. There is not a boring, slow, or bad song on this album. It is worth the $10 amazon offers for this CD. Buy into the hype, cuz its true. Now don't waste another second w/o this CD!!!!! BUY IT NOW!!