The Sword
Warp Riders - Kemado
FILTER Grade: 83%

The Sword has proved its awesomeness simply by naming its new album Warp Riders. Oft associated with Tolkein’s misty realms and the lonely outer-reach epiphanies of Robert A. Heinlein, The Sword is master of the esoteric and, now, the psychedelic. Tasteful, even wizardly solos populate the album, and J.D. Cronise’s lyrics drip with hand-crafted mystical urgency. Divided between a Mongol warrior gallop and Zeppelin III stomp, Warp Riders is a bona fide modern-day mind-flayer.