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Band
The Sword
Title
High Country
Type
LP/EP
Company
Razor & Tie
YOR
2015
Style
Doom/Stoner
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1/26/2016 - Review by: Eric Compton
This album just meanders through washed out blues and soul
Vocalist and guitarist J.D. Cronise said before this album's release that he listened to a lot of old country music, blues and rock to better represent the band's current tastes. High Country feels a lot different than the band's first three albums and I commend a band for always evolving. Yet this album just meanders through washed out blues and soul like a bad The Answer. While Black Stone Cherry can pull this off well, The Sword just simply drop the pale of water at the top.
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ALL REVIEWS FOR: THE SWORD
TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
 REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Age Of Winters
2006
Kemado Records
Eric Compton7/21/2006
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High Country
2015
Razor & Tie
Eric Compton1/26/2016
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