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Austin's The Sword Worships the 'Gods of the Earth'new

When a band titles its debut Age of Winters and follows it up with a record called Gods of the Earth, the road's pretty much been paved for the kind of meal you're to be served. The dueling guitars, meaty, brimming with confidence, attack from all sides.

Chicago Newcity | Tom Lynch | 11-05-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Gods of the Earth, The Sword

After Years of Touring the Nation, Ozzfest 2008 Finds a Home in Dallas' Suburbsnew

This year's Ozzfest, the biggest annual metal festival in the country, was going to become a one-day, one-city, one-off show. And it was set to happen in, of all places, Frisco, Texas. Wait -- what?

Dallas Observer | Pete Freedman | 08-11-2008 | Music

Tags: The Sword, Serj Tankian, Jonathan Davis, Witchcraft, Devildriver, Ozzy Osbourne, Hellyeah, Drowning Pool, Sevendust, In This Moment, Sharon Osbourne, Apocalyptica, Shadows Fall, Metallica, Ozzfest, Cavalera Conspiracy, Frisco, Goatwhore, Kingdom of Sorrow, Rigor Mortis, Soilent Green, The Destro, Within Chaos

Is Hipster Metal for Assholes?new

Lately, like scores of other music critics, I've been getting into some "hipster-metal bands," so named because guys like us listen to them. Real metal dudes hate people like me. And that certainly includes D.X. Ferris, my co-worker and author of a new book about Slayer's Reign in Blood, which is apparently some sort of classic metal album.

Cleveland Scene | Michael Gallucci and D.X. Ferris | 06-20-2008 | Music

Tags: The Sword, metal, High on Fire, Isis, Queens of the Stone Age, Mastodon