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- Summary: The fourth release for the metal band was produced by J. Robbins and is its first without dimmer Trivett Wingo, who left in 2010.
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- Record Label: Razor & Tie
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 6 out of 8
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Mixed: 2 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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Nov 2, 2012The bottom line here is that for all of their tweaks and changes, The Sword are still a band all about massive riffs and epic lyrics, and while other bands might be more structurally complex or aggressive, few can offer the instant cosmic journey that dropping the needle on Apocryphon can.
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Nov 20, 2012They're relatively simple things to be sure, but they've been crafted with love and authority before being chiselled in stone so that they may yet last certain discerning metallers a lifetime.
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MagnetJan 4, 2013Master producer J. Robbins deserves some credit for the band's audibly broadened horizons. [No. 94, p.60]
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Nov 2, 2012It's heavy metal distilled to its purest form.
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Dec 14, 2012Apocryphon stomps with familiar, even comforting, satisfaction.
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Kerrang!Dec 10, 2012The fact that the real Black Sabbath are currently in the studio makes this fell more like a curtain-raiser than the real event. [10 Nov 2012, p.55]
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Alternative PressNov 2, 2012While Apocryphon might be the band's push toward the future, let it also exist as a funeral dirge for the band's more vibrant and rule-breaking past. [Nov 2012, p.94]
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Dec 9, 2012I am wondering have Ozzy and Tony Iommi been listening to The Sword lately? I
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Dec 12, 2012
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