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- Record Label: Kemado Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Stoner Metal
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| Tres Brujas | |
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| A strange voice within his mind From the glowing orb in his hand Spoke of the properties of certain herbs Growing wild all across this land Three... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 12 out of 16
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The Sword was long ago stamped with the epithet "hipster metal," and that isn't going to change with the release of Warp Riders.
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Q MagazineTexan sluggers The Sword shoulder-barge the deadly "hipster rock" sobriquet out of the way with a patchouli-splattered update of Black Sabbath's noise. [Sept. 2010, p. 113]
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It's a rousing climax of an album that finally shows everyone that the Sword can be something a lot better than merely a good retro doom outfit.
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The Sword still know how to write killer riffs. That said, they've changed tack a little this time around mainly thanks to the polished production of Matt Bayles (previous clients include Isis and Mastodon).
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RevolverWarp Riders staunchly maintains the stoner doom, chugging trash, and ruminating psychedelia that marked the four-piece's 2006 debut, Age Of Winters. Yet the boogie-rock feel of "Tres Brujas" and "Lawless Lands" diversifies their songs, recalling pre-Eliminator ZZ Top. [Jul/Aug 2010, p.88]
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The Sword's songs seem to follow the same basic blueprint: Opening-riff trudge, part where Cronise sings about magic, solo, more crunching, more magic, another solo.
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UncutThe album is carpeted with generic riffage, shredding and mouldy memories of heavy rock's past. [Oct 2010, p.106]
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