SWORD, THE - GODS OF THE EARTH Vinyl LPMore ambitious, more accomplished and simply bigger, The Swords Gods of the Earth drops huge, mountaintop friendly hooks, thunderous drumming and oceanic bass lines that cut through the air like a scythe, while the ominous vocals of frontman J. D. Cronise weave fantastical tales rife with myth and mythology. Waves of powerful riffs and low end thunder dominate songs such as the immediate Maiden, Mother & Crone, Fire Lances of the Ancient