The Sword - Warp Riders - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The highly anticipated sophomore album from the Sword has arrived. With GODS OF THE EARTH, the Sword prepares to build upon the foundation they laid with their critically acclaimed debut age of winters and will continue to lead modern day metal's forward charge. Recorded at Folkvang Studios in Austin, TX, GODS OF THE EARTH instantly conveys what words can only try to describe The Sword is not to be taken lightly. From the moment the album's lead track InchThe SunderingInch explodes, it is immediately apparent that the Sword has upped the ante on a sound all it's own. More ambitious, more accomplished and simply bigger. GODS OF THE EARTH'S huge, mountaintop-friendly hooks, thunderous drumming and oceanic bass lines cut through the air like a scythe, while the ominous vocals of front man J.D. Cronise weave fantastical tales rife with myth and mythology.

The eight string quartets that Malipiero wrote between 1920 and 1964 constitute a major body of Italian chamber music and reflect his successive musical affiliations. The first two form a linked unit and espouse his radical anti-Romanticism in the early 1920s. Nos. 3 and 4 share structural similarities and act as a kind of laboratory for his symphonies of the time. Quartet No. 5 was inspired by Malipiero's theatrical work, whilst No. 6 explores a new-found narrative dimension. With the two late quartets Malipiero moves into a world of chromaticism, where tone-color freedom reaches the apex of imagination and achievement.

Atop the tallest of earth's peaks dwell the gods of earth, and suffer no man to tell that he hath looked upon them.- H.P. Lovecraft, The Other Gods With it's soon-to-be unleashed sophomore album, Gods of the Earth freshly laid to tape, THE Sword prepares to build upon the foundation it laid with it's critically acclaimed debut Age of Winters and continues to lead modern day metal's forward charge. Conceived in Austin, TX, THE Sword took the form of a cohesive quartet in early 2004 when guitarist / singer J.D. Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie, and drummer Trivett Wingo joined forces. THE Sword's live shows quickly became the hottest ticket in Austin, as their punishing, yet melodious compositions, mythical imagery and conscious effort to slowly immobilize audiences left music fans astonished while word about the band continued to flourish and grow. In the fall of 2005, THE Sword found a home at Kemado Records, and their critically acclaimed debut Age of Winters was released in February 2006. From the moment Gods of the Earth's lead track The Sundering explodes, it is immediately apparent that THE Sword has upped the ante on a sound all it's own. More ambitious, more accomplished and simply bigger, Gods of the Earth's huge, mountaintop-friendly hooks, thunderous drumming and oceanic bass lines cut through the air like a scythe taking down all in the band's path. The ominous vocals of Cronise weave fantastical tales rife with myth and mythology. Waves of powerful riffs and low-end thunder dominate songs such as the immediate Maiden, Mother & Crone, Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians, Under the Boughs and the paralyzing The Black River. Gods of the Earth instantly conveys what words can only try to describe THE Sword is not to be taken lightly.