Gods Of The Earth
by The Sword
  • Record Label: Kemado
  • Release Date: Apr 1, 2008
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. Q Magazine
    60
    There's not an original thought in the quartet's heads, giving them free reign to gleefully exhume the corpses of Black Sabbath and Kyuss with hulking riffs and bear-like voices. [Apr 2008, p.107]
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  2. PopMatters
    60
    When it comes to the vocals, though, Cronise never delivers on the same level as the rest of the band’s work, and the longer Gods of the Earth goes on, the more distracting this weakness becomes.
  3. Mojo
    60
    The quartet's grandeur evokes Maiden and Priest with a hint of Thin Lizzy, yet they avoid European power metal's widdly overkill. [May 2008, p.109]
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  5. Pitchfork
    53
    For the most part, it's all the same old bong-thrash, save for the record's one non-heavy trick: English-jig folk.
  6. Filter
    50
    The Sword akes the safe, oddly paradoxical decision to stay off the cutting edge. [Winter 2008, p.97]
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User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. JackC.
    Apr 10, 2008
    9
    This is harder and sharper than their first album. Very cool all the way round.
  2. m2ew
    Apr 9, 2008
    10
    Old school metal is back to teach your ass a lesson.
  3. RadicalTitintus
    Apr 9, 2008
    9
    Nice album, my ears still bleeding!
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