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 is headed out on the second leg of the Gods Of The Earth tour, this time taking out Torche and Stinking Lizaveta. The tour will make it’s way down the east coast, ending up in Houston, TX. After that, they’ll be playing this year’s Bonnaroo Festival followed by a short European tour with Metallica.

THE SWORD ON TOUR

05.09.08 – Ft Worth, TX – Lola’s +
05.10.08 – Memphis, TN – Hi Tone +
05.11.08 – Nashville, TN – Exit / In +
05.12.08 – Covington, KY – The Mad Hatter +
05.13.08 – Detroit, MI – The Magic Stick +
05.14.08 – Columbus, OH – Ravari Room +
05.15.08 – Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel +
05.16.08 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church +
05.17.08 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg +
05.18.08 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East Downstairs +
05.20.08 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater +
05.21.08 – Savannah, GA – The Jinx +
05.22.08 – Tallahassee, FL – The Beta Bar +
05.23.08 – Gainesville, FL – Common Grounds +
05.24.08 – Orlando, FL – The Social +
05.25.08 – St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre +
05.26.08 – Atlanta, GA – Lenny’s +
05.27.08 – Birmingham, AL – Bottle Tree +
05.28.08 – Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon +
05.29.08 – Houston, TX – Rudyard’s +
06.12.08 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
07.16.08 – Bergen, Norway – Koengen City of Bergen Festival *
07.18.08 – St. Petersburg, Russia – SKK Hall *
07.20.08 – Riga, Latvia – Skonto Stadium *
07.22.08 – Bologna, Italy – Parco Nord *
07.23.08 – Bucharest, Romania – Cotroceni Football Stadium *
07.25.08 – Sofia, Bulgaria – Levski Stadium *
07.27.08 – Istanbul, Turkey – Inonu Stadium *

+ w/ Torche & Stinking Lizaveta
* w/ Metallica

Image Courtesy of Sneak Attack media

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