&lt;img src=&quot;http://sfreporter.com/santafe/imgs/media.images/5757/The-Sword-credit-Sean-Brackbill.t2.jpg&quot; /&gt; Metal outfit The Sword has been hastily judged and genrified as &acirc;Â€Âœhipster&acirc;Â€Â or &acirc;Â€Âœthrowback&acirc;Â€Â metal. Certainly, the band&acirc;Â€Â™s most recent effort, Warp Riders (2010) is a departure from the earlier releases, Age of Winters (2006) and Gods of the Earth (2008), but the change is by no means a bad thing.