The Sword

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The Sword
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General information
Genre (s) Heavy metal , stoner rock , doom metal
founding 2003
Website https://theswordofficial.com/
Founding members
JD Cronise
guitar
 Kyle Shutt
Bryan Richie
Trivett Wingo (until 2010)

The Sword is an American heavy metal - tape , in 2003 Austin ( Texas was founded).

history

The band had their first live appearance on March 18, 2004. Shortly afterwards, they released the demo The Sword . Further concerts followed. a. at festivals. In mid-2005, the band was signed by the New York record label Kemado Records , which released their first album Age of Winters in February 2006 . The material for this came almost exclusively from John D. Cronise and was created before The Sword was founded . In 2006 and 2007 tours with u. a. Trivium , Kylesa , In Flames and Nebula through America and Europe . They also played three shows with Lamb of God in Japan . They also released the single Freya from their debut album in September 2007 and later in November of the same year a split EP with the Swedish doom metal band Witchcraft .

With their album Gods of the Earth , released in April 2008 , they entered the US charts for the first time . The Sword became known to a larger audience in Europe when they supported several concerts on Metallica's World Magnetic Tour in late 2008 .

In August 2010, published The Sword as their third album, a science fiction - concept album Warp Riders . In terms of content, the album is about the protagonist Ereth from the planet Acheron. Warp Riders is the first album to feature an external producer, Matt Bayles . With this album they were able to place themselves even better in the US charts than with their previous album. In September 2010, they toured with Metallica and Fear Factory by Australia , New Zealand and Japan .

On October 11, 2010, the band announced on their website that their drummer Trivett Wingo has left the band. Wingo justified this with the fact that he was physically and emotionally unable to continue to be part of The Sword . Thereupon Kevin Fender was hired as live support for their US tour, which was postponed due to Wingo's resignation. Kevin Fender previously played in the hardcore band Employer, Employee .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Gods of the Earth
  US 102 04/19/2008 (3 weeks)
Warp Riders
  US 42 09/11/2010 (2 weeks)
Apocryphone
  US 17th 11/10/2012 (2 weeks)
High country
  DE 91 08/28/2015 (1 week)
  US 30th 09/12/2015 (1 week)
Used future
  US 104 04/07/2018 (1 week)

Albums

  • Age of Winters (2006; Kemado Records )
  • Gods of the Earth (2008; Kemado Records)
  • Warp Riders (2010; Kemado Records)
  • Apocryphon (2012; Razor & Tie)
  • High Country (2015; Razor & Tie)
  • Low Country (2016; self-published)
  • Greetings From (2017; Razor & Tie)
  • Used Future (2018; Razor & Tie)

Singles and EPs

  • Freya (Four Songs) (2005; self-publication)
  • The Sword / Witchcraft Split (2007; Kemado Records)
  • Freya (2007; Kemado Records)
  • Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians (2008; Kemado Records)
  • Tres Brujas (2010; Kemado Records)
  • Tears Of Fire (2010; Kemado Records)
  • The Sword / Year Long Disaster Split (2010; Volcom Ent. Vinyl Club)
  • Hammer Of Heaven (2012; Razor & Tie)
  • The Hidden Masters / Arcane Montane (2014; Razor & Tie)
  • High Country (2015; Razor & Tie)
  • John The Revelator (2016; Razor & Tie)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Sword ( Memento of March 22, 2004 in the Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ a b c Craftsmanship .
  3. ^ The Sword: Official Website ( Memento October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).
  4. ↑ a b c Chart sources: Germany - USA
  5. ↑ THE SWORD Almost Done Writing New Album ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.roadrunnerrecords.com
  6. ↑ FEAR FACTORY, THE SWORD To Support METALLICA In September ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.roadrunnerrecords.com
  7. ↑ Trivett Wingo Leaves The Sword, All Tour Dates Canceled .
  8. ↑ The Sword Announces Rescheduled US Tour .