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The Sword
With their penchant for lyrics based around Norse mythology and the writings of
Arthur C. Clarke, The Sword are a Texan heavy metal band whose use of grinding
hard core guitar riffs and flamboyant stage presence categorises their music
loosely under the heading of doom metal. Latterly the band have tried to
distance themselves from the sombre cloak of doom and venture into the slightly
more mainstream territory occupied by Black Sabbath and Metallica. The shift in
emphasis has paid off for the band and their records now regularly reach the
upper echelons of the Billboard 200.
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