You know, I'm really not a fan of the whole retro thing, and while I appreciate that thrash has been completely revitalized, it leads to an unavoidable problem. How do you write new material that doesn't already sound old out of the gate?
You see, even though Dragonforce isn't much more substance than fun, at least they sound like they came out of a time capsule as a band that was somehow not discovered in the time they were supposed to be in.
That's pretty much why I like The Sword. They have a simple goal. Sound like they're from another time. And while comparisons can be made to Black Sabbath, among other pioneers of old school metal, they're doing their own thing.
Warp Riders is definitely riffing on and paying tribute to their hard rock roots by going Sci-Fi. Have keyboards, must be from space. And the concept, aside from some solid song writing, is fantastic fantasy. An archer on a planet experiencing tidal lock is banished from his tribe to discover a magical orb that gets him in touch with an entity known as The Chronomancer who puts him on a path to save a planet. 3 Witches. And ancient androids. It is just darn good clean fun.
And that's the point of retro, I guess. So I get it now. But don't worry. No plans to get too into it.
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