Slash's 'By The Sword' Available For Streaming - Song Premiere

[Agno]

I love it!

[D]

hear that?


its the sound of Slash shutting up his critics

Riff is awesome and the solo is just DAMN

must have MP3 rip of this

anybody?

[Genesis]

must have MP3 rip of this

anybody?

Download the MP3 here.

[JDA]

Wow, great song. I am very surprised.  For some reason didn't expect that.  Now very excited for album.

[FunkyMonkey]

Also congrats to Slash on the release of his solo album.
I know how hard he has worked on it. At least a year or more.
He has been wanting to do this as long as I have known him.
So Bravo!!!!

Matt Sorum

[D]

The production just sounds so awesome.. has to be the analog

I wish analog would make a comeback.. it just has a better sound IMO

[Naupis]

The production just sounds so awesome.. has to be the analog

D, he said he recorded the whole album in analogue, and that it will be available on vinyl.

[metallex78]

Also congrats to Slash on the release of his solo album.
I know how hard he has worked on it. At least a year or more.
He has been wanting to do this as long as I have known him.
So Bravo!!!!

Matt Sorum

Makes you wonder if he had that riff around for a long time, maybe he wanted use it in VR, and perhaps even GN'R days...

[Judas Fuckin Priest]

This song has everything to become in a big Hit. Despite of it has a "classic" sound - not in fashion these days -, the tune in general is very catchy and it's sounds fresh at the same time. If Slash would had got Robert Plant for this song, it'd be a "classic" already . This singer had an amazing work though.

If you are a old Guns n' Roses fan, you're gonna love it!! 

[Smoking Guns]

The drumming is awesome. I love Slash's rythym playing on this song.  I LOOOOVE his wah tone as well, pretty well thought out tune, not cookie cutter.  I am noticing more and more little things the more I listen to it.

[D]

I learned a long time ago it takes 10-15 listens to properly  judge anything

if u are judging something on one listen, u didn't want to like it in the first place.

[WTTJ_91]

The production just sounds so awesome.. has to be the analog

I wish analog would make a comeback.. it just has a better sound IMO

Anything guitar related makes a HUGE difference with analog. I actually was talking to Slash about that ( he follows me on twitter hahahah ) because my band has been looking for a studio to record in full analog but to no avail and he said that they don't manufacture the 2' tapes that are used to record on!!

"Its hard to find a studio anywhere that records analog these days, they don't manufacture 2" tape anymore."

EDIT: His tone is almost identical to Messages from VR , makes me wonder if they recorded that in analog? That was one of their most stellar songs! Especially from Libertad era.

[killingvector]

I learned a long time ago it takes 10-15 listens to properly  judge anything

if u are judging something on one listen, u didn't want to like it in the first place.

I wouldn't mind hearing the Slash parts over and over, but then there is that awful caterwalling obfuscating the good guitar work.

But I disagree with your repetition theory; I think first impression is extremely important and that someone can actually program themselves to like music through the comfort of its familiarity.

[D]

discussion for another thread im sure, but some of my favorite albums/songs of all time were ones i hated first couple listens.

Ive often found, stuff I like on the first listen, usually doesn't stay long in my CD player till I am tired of it, whereas ones that take a few, stick in there for a very long time.

[killingvector]

discussion for another thread im sure, but some of my favorite albums/songs of all time were ones i hated first couple listens.

Ive often found, stuff I like on the first listen, usually doesn't stay long in my CD player till I am tired of it, whereas ones that take a few, stick in there for a very long time.

Back in the day, I listened to that Coverdale/Page album twenty or thirty times and convinced myself it was a good effort worthy of Jimmy's axe. Five years later, I picked it up and *wham*, the reaction I had the first time I heard the material came back around and smacked me in the back of the head.  Pure wretchedness.

I agree that you can pick up stuff here and there to embolden a track (Chinese is a great example) , but very rarely has repetition changed my mind for an entire album.

As for this song, I doubt repetition will train my ears to ignore the terrible vocalist.

[D]

OH yeah, i understand that. if u don't like the singer, nothing u can do

I tried like hell to get into a U2 album....... couldn't do it

[Smoking Guns]

If you listen to the songs enough, you will like almost anything.  I agree a first impression is key.  But upon more listens, I notice more cool things... It may not change how I feel about the song as a whole, but it makes me appreaciate more aspects of the song. Some songs are so epic and huge (Coma and Estranged) that you need to actually study those to wrap your ahead around all that is going on. 

[metallex78]

OH yeah, i understand that. if u don't like the singer, nothing u can do

I tried like hell to get into a U2 album....... couldn't do it

Not even Achtung Baby or Zooropa?

[m_rated96]

pretty awesome song. probably about the level i expected, an 8.5/10.... i like it as much as anything on contraband...

its slighhtly boring, and i actually don't llike the drumming.. is that travis? and i dont like the initial wah sound of the guitar... also i think the riff and vocals get a littttle bit in the way of each other at the beginning.

but the melodies are sweet, and the guitars sound amazing.. and i really like the song.. so im daim happy hope the rest is this good

[Smoking Guns]

OH yeah, i understand that. if u don't like the singer, nothing u can do

I tried like hell to get into a U2 album....... couldn't do it

Not even Achtung Baby or Zooropa?

"One" is a great song no matter who is singing...

It is a good tune, but I think there will be several songs better than this one on the album, so yes, I have high hopes.