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The Sword: How Heavy This Axe Video

Scott — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:09:29 +0000

Since discovering these guys through Guitar Hero, as so many others did, I’ve really come to dig The Sword. Freya was only a glimpse at the talent that this band possess. Although not as many songs on Age Of Winters are as memorable as Freya or some of the songs on Gods Of The Earth, they still rock it out in an old-school fashion and absolutely kill it live. Check out the video below for How Heavy This Axe from Gods Of The Earth and if you ever have a chance to see them live, do it. Close your eyes and you’ll swear that you’re listening to the cd.

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The Sword Live From Raleigh NC 5/20

Scott — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:24:56 +0000

You may have noticed that not a whole lot was going on here at Metal Martyr yesterday. There was good reason. I went to see The Sword last night in Raleigh, NC. Let me tell you, if your a fan of The Sword and you have not went to a live show yet, GET THERE!

Opening up the show was a band from Philadelphia, Pa called Stinking Lizaveta. They were a three piece band that did mostly instrumental stuff with a dude in his 40’s with a scullet with a little patch in the middle playing guitar and singing a little bit, a woman drummer another guy playing an electric upright Bass guitar. They had a funky garage band sound that was really cool I didn’t get to hear much of them as I was late.

Next up was Torche. A band with members out of Miami and Georgia. They were LOUD! I think they’re sound was all fucked up because you could not hear the vocals and the bass was overwhelming everything…except the drums. The drummer, Rick Smith was beating the living shit outta those skins. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has to change skins every other show. Now they didn’t sound all that good last night but I bought a cd/vinyl on the way out and it sounds great. I blame their sound man for a shitty set up. Anyway they kind of have southern sludge sound to it. Check out their myspace

Now, all bullshit aside. The Sword came on quick and got their stuff set up and just started rockin the place and sounding great. You know those bands that sound just as well live as a studio recording? The Sword is one of those bands. The crowd was diggin every song and every now and then between songs some chum would yell “Freya“, but that’s expected. They did play it at the end and the crowd went ape-shit. These guys put on an awesome live show. Thanks to Sneak Attack Media for getting me there. Check out the pictures below.

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The Sword Video Premiere For Maiden, Mother, & Crone

Scott — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:31:56 +0000

The new video for The Sword’s Mother Maiden & Crone from the God’s Of The Earth recent release is up over at Head bangers Blog. You can also check it out tonight and MTV2′s Head Bangers Ball.

The Sword video Mother, Maiden & Crone

Just for everyone’s info, The Sword’s website is http://swordofdoom.com and nor thesword.com. If you go to thesword.com you’ll probably be a bit surprised at what you find.

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The Sword East Coast Tour Dates | Touring Europe With Metallica

Scott — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:31:06 +0000

The Sword have posted tour dates for the east coast. This is something I was just talking to Ana from Austinsoundcheck.com about this morning. They are also going to be touring with Metallica in Europe. Those dates are below as well. Finally I’ll get to check these guys out live! They are touring in support of their new album Gods Of The Earth released April 1st on Kemado Records. Look for my review real soon

Fri/May-09 Ft Worth TX – Lola’s
Sat/May-10 Memphis TN – Hi Tone
Sun/May-11 Nashville TN – Exit / In
Mon/May-12 Covington KY – The Mad Hatter
Tue/May-13 Detroit MI – The Magic Stick
Wed/May-14 Columbus OH – Ravari Room
Thu/May-15 Washington DC – Rock and Roll Hotel
Fri/May-16 Philadelphia PA – First Unitarian Church
Sat/May-17 Brooklyn NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sun/May-18 Cambridge MA – Middle East Downstairs
Tue/May-20 Raleigh NC – Lincoln Theater
Wed/May-21 Savannah GA – The Jinx
Thu/May-22 Tallahassee FL – The Beta Bar
Fri/May-23 Gainesville FL – Common Grounds
Sat/May-24 Orlando FL – The Social
Sun/May-25 St.Petersburg FL – State Theatre
Mon/May-26 Atlanta GA – Lenny’s
Tue/May-27 Birmingham AL – Bottle Tree
Wed/May-28 Baton Rouge LA – Spanish Moon
Thu/May-29 Houston TX – Rudyard’s

METALLICA and THE SWORD on tour JULY 08

7.16.08 Koengen City of Bergen Festival – Bergen, Norway
tickets – www.billetservice.no

7.18.08 SKK Hall – St. Petersburg, Russia
tickets – www.kassir.ru

7.20.08 Skonto Stadium – Riga, Latvia
tickets – www.ticketservice.lv

7.22.08 Parco Nord – Bologna, Italy
tickets – www.ticketone.it

7.23.08 Cotroceni Football Stadium – Bucharest, Romania
tickets – www.myticket.ro

7.25.08 Levski Stadium – Sofia, Bulgaria
tickets – www.eventim.bg

7.27.08 Inonu Stadium – Istanbul, Turkey
tickets – no information available

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Stream The Swords Entire New Album

Scott — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:05:09 +0000

Texas based metal band The Sword has made the entire new album available to hear streaming at their Myspace Page.

The Sword’s Gods Of The Earth is due for release on April 1st on Kemado Records.

You can also download their single Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians mp3 below. Just right click and “Save As”. You’ll be glad you did.

The Sword -Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians

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Download The Sword’s New Single

Scott — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:35:53 +0000

The Sword’s new single Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians from their upcoming release Gods Of The Earth is available via Kemodo Records. A title not quite as long as Nile’s Papyrus, but close. Gods of the Earth is scheduled for an April 1st release date and is the follow up album to 2006’s Age Of Winters.

The Sword – ‘Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians’ mp3

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