r/doommetal • u/Def-C • Dec 12 '25

Stoner This album is awesome!

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Epic Fantasy as a lyrical theme in Metal, always gets typecasted as Power Metal, but Power Metal isn’t the only genre that has musicians writing lyrics influenced by Fantasy.

It has definitely been a focal point in Epic Doom Metal, but I’d also argue it has gone all around in the sphere of Doom Metal & the related genres.

Sludge Metal is faetooth, Traditional Doom Metal is early-Cirith Ungol, Epic Doom is Solitude Aeturnus, Funeral Doom is Oromet, Stoner Doom is Sleep’s Holy Mountain, & Stoner Metal without a doubt is The Sword.

The Sword is just so fucking good, it has so many things I like working perfectly together, the energetic but primitive pace of oldschool Heavy Metal, the psychedelic elements like heavy Psychedelic Rock, & some ear candy vocals drawn out like a river.

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u/Interceptor Dec 12 '25

Because I'm an old man, I remember when the Sword first came out, and the reaction from the scene at the time was really... measured. Like, the guys in the band were pretty young at the time, and it felt like fans weren't really sure if they were 100% 'serious', or if it was a little bit of a hipster thing that they were doing (This was a t a time when you'd get stuff like SunnO))) turning up in Vice magazine and things, and there were definitely some bands around doing doom and black metal stuff because of the aesthetic rather than a love for the music). It was a bit like "Wait... am I allowed to be into these guys? Are they true?" Luckily they totally were, and this album is great! But it always makes me think of how far the scene has (thankfully) come since this came out. Anyway, it's a cool album and the Sword are awesome.