Apocryphon - The Sword
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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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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
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  1. BBC Music
    Nov 20, 2012
    80
    They'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.
  2. Magnet
    Jan 4, 2013
    80
    Master producer J. Robbins deserves some credit for the band's audibly broadened horizons. [No. 94, p.60]
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  3. All Music Guide
    Nov 2, 2012
    80
    The 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.
  4. Kerrang!
    Dec 10, 2012
    60
    The 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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  1. agunsux
    8
    I am wondering have Ozzy and Tony Iommi been listening to The Sword lately? I
  2. Sarge
    8
    This album changed my mind about metal being dead. This album is so solid from beginning to end it is a diamond in the rough that many never find. The singers voice is amazing, but he could easily be written a ticket by the music police for sounding exactly like Ozzy... which if you think about it isn't a bad thing in any way (ref. "Veil of Isis"). Additionally I saw them in concert and all the songs from their new album play really well live.… Expand

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