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The Sword – Age of Winters

Plain and simple, The Sword is metal. I mean, just look at the track list: Celestial Crown, Barael’s Blade, The Horned Goddess, March Of The Lor, etc. All of that is metal. My favorite tracks are Winter’s Wolves, where at the end there are wolves howling (metal) and Iron Swan, which starts slowish and then just explodes with heavy (again, metal). While these stand out as my favorites, I also enjoy listening to this album from top to bottom. That’s kinda rare for me, so another reason this album kicks full ass.

Also, they were the best show I went to this year, which means they beat out the Deftones and The Shins — both excellent shows.

Here’s why:

1. It was a < $15 show.
2. A bunch of people from work, that also love The Sword, were there.
3. During Winter’s Wolves, everyone howled at the end.
4. Iron Swan was awesome live.
5. They played some new stuff from a new album that is likely to come out at some point in the future.
6. I bought a t-shirt that has a skull on it.
7. Most importantly, Lori was there and she loved it as much as I did.

Finally, this album actually came out in 2006, but like the title says, I bought it this year.