Finally, Jared Mees of Tender Loving Empire clued me in: The band is from Boise, they're called Magic Sword, and they're apparently awesome. I finally looked them up. Turns out, I should've ...

An 11th-century poem, that talks of the 'magic capabilities' of the sword, is the oldest surviving work of French literature. The only surviving copy of “The Song of Roland" is now housed at the ...