THE SWORD IN THE MIDST OF MASSIVE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Dynamic Austin, TX quartet THE SWORD are in the midst of North American tour dates in support of of their critically acclaimed album Age of Winters. The explosive band launched a 30 city trek that kicked off on October 1 at the House of Blues in Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), FL. The tour is expected to run until November 5 in Ft. Worth, TX with additional dates pending.
THE SWORD, who have been named as one of Billboard Magazine's 2006 "Faces to Watch" and an MTV News "You Hear It First" artist (http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/sword_the/) in the wake of Age of Winters' release, has issued a second single and video from the album to coincide with the launch of the tour. The hard-hitting single, entitled "Freya", is already being serviced to radio stations and video outlets across the country.
Additionally, THE SWORD (guitarist / singer J.D. Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie and drummer Trivett Wingo), have announced a one off New Year's Eve performance. The band will take the stage alongside CLUTCH at Baltimore, MD's Ram's Head Live. A full listing of upcoming THE SWORD tour dates can be found at the bottom of this message.
"The band's debut album, "Age of Winters", tells of sorcery, horned goddesses, ancient battles and the slaying of spider priests, tales adorned with nothing more than killer riffs. If one freely worships at the temples of Iommi, Osbourne, Ward and Butler, then embrace the kindred spirits in THE SWORD." - ST. LOUIS RIVERFRONT TIMES
"To be honest, it's impossible to even talk about THE SWORD without mentioning BLACK SABBATH. At their finest, THE SWORD channel Tony Iommi's guitar work at his uncompromising and unapologetic best: heavy meat hooks and thunderous, cloudy grooves. To the next generation of up-and-coming heshers, weaned on manufactured mall punk and abysmal n?-metal, THE SWORD are a desperately needed shot in the arm." - SEATTLE STRANGER
"Sternum-crushing doom metal" - SPIN
THE SWORD tour dates:
October 25 Seattle, WA El Corazon All Ages / $15.00 adv., $17.00 DOS
October 27 San Francisco, CA Slim's All Ages / $17.00 adv., $19.00 DOS
October 28 Los Angeles, CA The Avalon All Ages / $16.00 adv., $18.00 DOS
October 29 San Diego, CA SOMA All Ages / $14.00 adv., $17.00 DOS
October 30 Pomona, CA Glasshouse All Ages / $15.50 adv., $18.00 DOS
November 1 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre All Ages / $15.00 adv., $17.00 DOS
November 3 Houston, TX Meridian All Ages / $15.00 adv., $18.00 DOS
November 4 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit All Ages / $15.00 adv., $17.00 DOS
November 5 Fort Worth, TX Ridglea Theatre All Ages / $15.00 adv., $18.00 DOS
December 31 Baltimore, MD Ram's Head Live (w/ CLUTCH) All Ages / $30.00 adv, $33.00 DOS