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Track List
01) Prelude
02) Deadly Nightshade
03) Twilight Sunrise
04) The Wild Sky
05) Intermezzo
06) Sea of Green
07) Nocturne
08) Don't Get Too Comfortable
09) Used Future
10) Come and Gone
11) Book of Thoth
12) Brown Mountain
13) Reprise
01) Prelude
02) Deadly Nightshade
03) Twilight Sunrise
04) The Wild Sky
05) Intermezzo
06) Sea of Green
07) Nocturne
08) Don't Get Too Comfortable
09) Used Future
10) Come and Gone
11) Book of Thoth
12) Brown Mountain
13) Reprise
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3:34
1:32
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2018
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"Used Future" is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band The Sword. Recorded in late 2017 at Flora Recording & Playback in Portland, Oregon, it was produced by Tucker Martine and was released on March 23, 2018 by Razor & Tie.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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Its been 3 years since The Sword graced us with High Country, their fifth studio album. The record spurred a division between fans. Some enjoyed the departure from the fast-tempo, driven sound of their previous albums, while others disliked their new, easier going, jam-centric vibe. Used Future, The Sword's sixth studio album, lands sonically closer to High Country in most areas while offering a moodier confidence and a spray of explorative, instrumental grooves. If High Country feels like having a bonfire at sunset, then Used Future is hiking up a mountain to lay back and watch the clouds roll on by.
Used Future is certainly a step forward in the overall evolution of The Sword. They're taking greater cues from early classic rock, embracing storytelling through instrumentation, and further distancing themselves from stoner metal. While The Sword's new sound hones in towards modern timelessness, it's not landing as successfully as I feel they're capable of. It seems that Used Future is another transition album. Tracks like "Deadly Nightshade" feel out of place. It's as if they have one foot in their new direction and the other lingering in what they think they should sound like.
If you've never heard The Sword before, Used Future will make you into a fan. They execute a new, unfettered, and free vibe extremely well. They're all astute and talented musicians. If you're a fan expecting a return to their early form, you will, unfortunately, be disappointed. If, however, you enjoyed High Country, and the subsequent acoustic re-release Low Country, definitely check this album out.
Reviewed by Lauryn Mercer for metalinjection.net.
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"Used Future" is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band The Sword. Recorded in late 2017 at Flora Recording & Playback in Portland, Oregon, it was produced by Tucker Martine and was released on March 23, 2018 by Razor & Tie.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
User Album Review
Its been 3 years since The Sword graced us with High Country, their fifth studio album. The record spurred a division between fans. Some enjoyed the departure from the fast-tempo, driven sound of their previous albums, while others disliked their new, easier going, jam-centric vibe. Used Future, The Sword's sixth studio album, lands sonically closer to High Country in most areas while offering a moodier confidence and a spray of explorative, instrumental grooves. If High Country feels like having a bonfire at sunset, then Used Future is hiking up a mountain to lay back and watch the clouds roll on by.
Used Future is certainly a step forward in the overall evolution of The Sword. They're taking greater cues from early classic rock, embracing storytelling through instrumentation, and further distancing themselves from stoner metal. While The Sword's new sound hones in towards modern timelessness, it's not landing as successfully as I feel they're capable of. It seems that Used Future is another transition album. Tracks like "Deadly Nightshade" feel out of place. It's as if they have one foot in their new direction and the other lingering in what they think they should sound like.
If you've never heard The Sword before, Used Future will make you into a fan. They execute a new, unfettered, and free vibe extremely well. They're all astute and talented musicians. If you're a fan expecting a return to their early form, you will, unfortunately, be disappointed. If, however, you enjoyed High Country, and the subsequent acoustic re-release Low Country, definitely check this album out.
Reviewed by Lauryn Mercer for metalinjection.net.
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