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Wednesday, March 19th 2008
The Sword's "fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians" Video Posted Online
THE SWORD’s brand new music video – for the song ‘Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians’ – sees its world online premiere today via Stereogum. Check out the eye-catching clip for THE SWORD’s new single now at this location.
‘Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians’ is taken from THE SWORD’s impending new album, Gods of the Earth, which will drop on April 1, via Kemado Records. The follow up to the band’s critically acclaimed debut Age of Winters, Gods of the Earth was recorded at Folkvang Studios in Austin, TX, and is said to be “more ambitious, more accomplished and simply bigger.” The Austin, TX-based quartet has announced both U.S. and United Kingdom headlining tours in support of the much anticipated new album. THE SWORD will launch a UK headlining trek on March 25 in Nottingham. The tour will hit London’s Underworld venue on April 3. Support on THE SWORD tour will be provided by Oakland, CA quartet Saviours and San Francisco’s Black Cobra. On April 14, THE SWORD will kick off a west coast U.S. headlining run. The 13 city jaunt will feature support from Slough Feg and Brooklyn progressive thrash trio Children. Additional THE SWORD U.S. headlining dates are expected to be announced in the immediate future. THE SWORD has also been announced as one of the featured artists of the 2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival, set to take place June 12-15 in Manchester, TN. Known for showcasing “some of the best performers in rock and roll, along with dozens of artists in complementary styles,” Bonnaroo 2008 will see THE SWORD perform alongside such acts as Metallica, Sigur Ros, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, The Raconteurs, M.I.A. and Willie Nelson. A full listing of upcoming THE SWORD live dates follows this message. The final track listing for Gods of the Earth is as follows: 1.) The Sundering 2.) The Frost Giant’s Daughter 3.) How Heavy This Axe 4.) Lords 5.) Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians 6.) To Take the Black 7.) Maiden, Mother & Crone 8.) Under the Boughs 9.) The Black River 10.) The White Sea To check out the Gods of the Earth E-card, featuring “Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians,” visit this location. THE SWORD deliver explosive songs, gripping live performances and a unique vision that combines metal’s beloved past with the forward-thinking enthusiasm of today’s hard music elite. Wielding a potent combination of intense songwriting chemistry and eye-opening creativity and talent, THE SWORD is one of heavy music’s most electrifying and looked-to new bands. THE SWORD features guitarist / vocalist J.D. Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie and drummer Trivett Wingo. THE SWORD is available to speak with interested media now. To chat with the band / attend a live performance / request an advance copy of Gods of the Earth, simply contact ACTION! PR via any of the means listed below. Updated THE SWORD news and tour information will be made available via the Kemado Records website: www.kemado.com, THE SWORD web domains: www.swordofdooom.com / www.myspace.com/thesword and the ACTION! website: www.action-pr.com. “You know how Indians used to hunt buffalo by forcing them off a cliff, and they’d fall to the rocks? That’s kind of what they sound like…like a bunch of bison being pushed over a cliff.” – SPIN “THE SWORD believe in loud the way it used to be” – ROLLING STONE “Like the strongest, most authentic poets (or metal bands), THE SWORD’s might reforms the past, deforms the present and informs the future. Long may they slash.” – DECIBEL “huge” – VILLAGE VOICE “axe-wielding metal warriors” – KERRANG! “incredible” – METAL EDGE “The maddening infectiousness of THE SWORD’s pummeling metal is undeniable, as it’s equal parts groove-oriented heaviness and gloomy riffage…a powerful metal statement.” – HARPTHE SWORD tour dates:
UK “Gods of the Earth” tour (with support from Saviours + Black Cobra)
March 25 Nottingham Rock City
March 26 Oxford Academy
March 27 Birmingham Academy
March 28 Manchester Academy
March 29 Glasgow King Tut’s
March 30 Stoke-On-Trent Sugar Mill
April 1 Newport TJ’s
April 2 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
April 3 London Underworld
April 4 Colchester Arts Center
U.S. “Gods of the Earth” west coast tour (with support from Slough Feg + Children)
April 14 Lubbock, Texas Jake’s Sports Center
April 15 Albuquerque, New Mexico Launchpad
April 16 Phoenix, Arizona The Brickhouse
April 17 San Diego, California The Casbah
April 18 Los Angeles, California El Rey Theatre
April 19 San Francisco, California Slim’s
April 21 Pan Portland, Oregon Berbati’s
April 22 Seattle, Washington Neumo’s
April 24 Boise, Idaho Neurolux
April 25 Salt Lake City, Utah Club Vegas
April 26 Denver, Colorado Bluebird Theatre
April 28 Wichita, Kansas BarleyCorns
April 29 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Conservatory