Sword - Metalized

Anyone a fan of these guys? I just picked up a copy of this album for $6 in the used bins, and I have effectively had my socks rocked! They remind at times of Vicious Rumors, other times of Grim Reaper. Excellent good ol' fashion heavy metal!

I saw them listed on Ult's site a few months back and put them on my "get around to it" list. I think I'm gonna stick Sweet Dreams on my "kill for" list!

Is this the band from Quebec? If yes I would like to hear them. Myspace?

I had a friend who used to rave about them but I have never heard them. $6 is quite the steal on that CD as it isn't easy to find.

They remind me of Armored Saint. I got a copy for $6.99 a few months back and sold it for $30.00 on EBay. Not a bad profit.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140154808902

yep good band.Just like you said,good old fashion metal.

I've had a hard time finding an album lately. I've heard the song "Freya" on Guitar Hero II, and I like it. Not a hard song to play. Kinda reminds me of early Black Sabbath at times.

yeah both this disc & Sweet Dreams are underreated classics. sad that Sword didn't become bigger than what they were.

Yes, i agree. Good heavy metal.

SO...Can someone send me a song or something? I wanna hear them.

http://vibrationsofdoom.com/test/Sword2.html

http://www.zshare.net/download/235926424ac547/

spectrefate wrote:

http://vibrationsofdoom.com/test/Sword2.html

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thanks!

Wow they kick ass!

Yes, great traditional heavy metal band. If you guys like them, I'd also recommend checking out the recently re-issued ARMAGEDDON - Money Mask.

ult

ultmetal wrote:

Yes, great traditional heavy metal band. If you guys like them, I'd also recommend checking out the recently re-issued ARMAGEDDON - Money Mask.

ult

That Armageddon - Money Mask albums KICKS BUTT!!!

I've not heard Sword, but if they are anything like Armegeddon, I have to check them out!

On a side note, isn't this a fairly 'new' band?

No, understandably they get confused with THE Sword, which is a very good retro doomish band currently.
Sword was a heavy metal band from Quebec in the 80's. I saw them with Girlschool and Deep Purple on the Perfect Strangers tour in 1984. They opened with "Stuck in Rock" and it killed. I'd say they were kinda Priest influenced.

I would compare them to another one word band - TORCH. They put of 2 very solid albums as well.

Yeah, two great bands there. I thought Torch had a little more of the euro-attitude thing goin' on; whereas Sword was somewhat more straigtforward. Definitely two bands that could get a fire started though.

Metalized and Sweet Dreams are both great albums. Very underrated band who should have had way more success.

Sweat Dreams is hard to find for a decent prize.

kmorg wrote:

Sweat Dreams is hard to find for a decent prize.

No it`s not, This Danish shop is great kmorg, they have lots of rare stuff at reasonable prizes.
http://www.imusic.dk/item/0060271155328/sword-1990-sweet-dreams-cd

I love Metalized and hate Sweet Dreams

Olafsto wrote:

kmorg wrote:

Sweat Dreams is hard to find for a decent prize.

No it`s not, This Danish shop is great kmorg, they have lots of rare stuff at reasonable prizes.
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THANKS! I ordered myself a Christmas present!

kmorg wrote:

THANKS! I ordered myself a Christmas present!

kmorg, I know what you can buy ult for Christmas. (Sword-Sweet Dreams)

spectrefate wrote:

kmorg wrote:

THANKS! I ordered myself a Christmas present!

kmorg, I know what you can buy ult for Christmas. (Sword-Sweet Dreams)

Darn, I should have ordered 2!

I love both Sword albums but Metalized is my favorite. Stuck In Rock, Outta Control, Dare To Spit and basically the rest of the album just crush. For those that don't won't to shell out the $ for the originals you could always order this that was released last year:

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sword/dp/B000J3FDO6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1197034928&sr=1-2


I got that this week and it has six songs from each album. I don't think it has the best track selection but some Sword is better than no Sword!