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The Sword

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

The Sword is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Priestess, Black Sabbath, Sleep, Led Zeppelin and Thin Lizzy. Those roots explain a lot about how The Sword arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as 1000mods, Green Lung, Corrosion of Conformity, Monster Magnet and Castle Rat, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around The Sword, reaching back through Priestess. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The SwordPriestessBlack SabbathSleepLed ZeppelinThin LizzySon HouseRushJethro Tull1000modsGreen LungCorrosion of Conform…Monster MagnetCastle RatKyuss

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The Sword connections

The Sword grew out of Priestess, Black Sabbath, Sleep and Led Zeppelin, shares an orbit with 1000mods, Green Lung, Corrosion of Conformity and Monster Magnet. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots9

Sounds and acts that shaped The Sword.

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