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| 0.0 | Ire | January 5th 13 |
only black sabbath and led zeppelin exist in the sword's universe
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| 4.0 excellent | jakekean | February 2nd 14 |
Apocryphon packs a punch to say the least.
Ten lively tracks assemble in an uninhibited, albeit methodical fashion and create a thrilling roller coaster ride, which loops and swerves around mammoth riffs, memorable hooks, colossal drums and zealous vocals before terminating after 45 minutes.
I didn't regret buying a ticket.
This fiery record is heaviness in its purest state. At only fifteen seconds into the initial track The Veil of Isis, I knew that I was in for a nostalgic trip that would stem back to the beginnings of my love for metal. It helped that Cronise’s vocals were reminiscent of a young Ozzy Osbourne.
Tracks like Cloak of Feathers and Eyes of the Stormwitch are the catchiest I've heard in a long time, and the eponymous track Apocryphon consolidates each exalted aspect of their sound into a powerful album closer.
Apocryphon will be reverberating off the shed walls of middle aged metalheads reliving the ‘glory days’ for a long time to come.
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| 4.0 excellent | sblevins95 | January 5th 13 |
After several listens it starts to become pretty dull, considering the whole album is basically very big riffs. There is some experimental stuff new to The Sword here though and it's definitely not a bad album.
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| 4.0 excellent | maninthebox | December 4th 12 |
On Apocryphon the sword stick with their riff oriented sound that they had on warp riders and instead of applying it to make a concept album choose to create a song oriented album. These songs are some of The Swords best though with even a little bit of experimentation seen in songs like Apocryphon and the stoner jam Cloak of Feathers. All around the sword make their most consistent and badass album to date. Best songs are Dying Earth, Eyes of the Stormwitch, and Apocryphon.
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| 3.0 good | Timmy | January 19th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Luna | April 2nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | March 11th 21 |
| 3.5 great | SMK | January 7th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | nikonic | November 9th 20 |
| 3.5 great | shira | July 14th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mac | April 6th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | BurrrzuM | February 18th 20 |
| 3.5 great | mEyck07 | December 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryfly44 | April 12th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Handers | March 29th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Rmazer | March 20th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | jpjpablo | December 28th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rodstar | December 23rd 16 |
| 3.5 great | pnh1088 | September 29th 16 |
| 3.0 good | gilly | March 6th 16 |
| 3.0 good | btati | November 12th 15 |
| 3.0 good | thawey | November 1st 15 |
| 3.5 great | Acsheff | September 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | ngk44 | August 29th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Matski | August 29th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | elry2k | May 6th 15 |
| 2.5 average | rufous | April 25th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | SmersH | January 2nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Benc | November 26th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Arctick | November 18th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Titan | October 21st 14 |
| 3.0 good | Moraff | September 14th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | CeeBone | July 24th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | mobb49 | February 4th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | ale | January 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | W3bsurf | December 19th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | cdog215 | December 15th 13 |
| 3.5 great | chipcop | December 10th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Dunpeal | November 30th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Smial | September 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | gazanga | August 28th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | N2B3J | May 25th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | bry11 | May 20th 13 |
| 3.5 great | abaeza | April 26th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | kual21 | April 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | BigHans | March 6th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Duncs | February 25th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Inhumed | February 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cabrero | February 18th 13 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | January 30th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Pho3nix | January 10th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | vkristi | January 4th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Meshike | December 24th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | tomatron | December 13th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Thor | November 28th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | adace1 | November 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | AlmaDea | November 26th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | DeadGuy | November 19th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Warpt | November 10th 12 |
| 3.5 great | pike27 | November 2nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | nbmatt | October 25th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Troggy | October 24th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Mac666 | October 24th 12 |
| 3.0 good | greg84 EMERITUS | October 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Drawk | October 19th 12 |
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