THE SWORD ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH IN FLAMES
Punishing Austin, Texas-based quartet THE SWORD has announced North American tour dates with Swedish metal titans IN FLAMES. THE SWORD has been added as special guests on the IN FLAMES tour, which will kick off on December 5 in Norfolk, VA.
THE SWORD is currently on the road alongside Trivium in support of their debut album Age of Winters and their much talked about new single / video "Freya". The striking "Freya" video as shot on HD film using a unique mixture of black and white and color and details the story of "Freya", who "appears on a battlefield after a battle and wanders through the corpses looking for warriors to take back to Folkvang". A still shot from "Freya" can be viewed at this location. The hard-hitting single is currently being serviced to radio stations and video outlets nationwide.
THE SWORD (guitarist / singer J.D. Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie and drummer Trivett Wingo), have met to widespread critical acclaim since the release of Age of Winters. The band has been named as one of Billboard Magazine's 2006 "Faces to Watch" and an MTV News "You Hear It First" artist. THE SWORD's dynamic sound has been called "a clinic in SABBATH-influenced heavy metal", while Age of Winters has been hailed as "the new classic-Black Sabbath platter you have been waiting forever for the old Sabs to make" by Rolling Stone.
THE SWORD tour dates:
(w/ TRIVIUM, PROTEST THE HERO and SEEMLESS)
October 27 San Francisco, CA Slim's (w/ Trivium, Protest the Hero, & Seemless)
October 28 Los Angeles, CA The Avalon (w/ Trivium, Protest the Hero, & Seemless)
October 29 San Diego, CA Soma (w/ Trivium, Protest the Hero, & Seemless)
October 30 Pomona, CA Glasshouse (w/ Trivium, Protest the Hero, & Seemless)
November 1 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre (w/ Trivium, Protest the Hero, & Seemless)
November 3 Houston, TX Meridian (w/ Trivium, Protest the Hero, & Seemless)
November 4 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit (w/ Trivium, Protest the Hero, & Seemless)
November 5 Fort Worth, TX Ridglea Theatre (w/ Trivium, Protest the Hero, & Seemless)
(December, 2006 North American tour with IN FLAMES)
(all dates also include LACUNA COIL and SEEMLESS)
December 5 Norfolk, VA The Norva (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
December 6 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
December 7 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
December 9 Worcester, MA The Palladium (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
December 8 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
December 9 Worcester, MA The Palladium (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
December 11 Montreal, QB Metropolis (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
December 12 Toronto, ON Kool Haus (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
December 13 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
December 15 Detroit, MI Harpo's (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
December 16 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
December 17 Chicago, IL Metro (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
December 18 Minneapolis, MI First Avenue (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
December 19 Kansas City, MI The Beaumont Club (w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Seemless)
(w/ CLUTCH)
December 27 Millvale, PA Mr. Small's Theatre (w/ CLUTCH & William Elliot Whitmore)
December 28 Reading, PA The Silo (w/ CLUTCH & William Elliot Whitmore)
December 29 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom (w/ CLUTCH & Scott H. Biram)
December 31 Baltimore, MD Ram's Head Live! (w/ CLUTCH, William Elliott Whitmore, & Wooly Mammoth)