New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The
Sword today unveil the cover art for their fifth album, High Country, scheduled for release on August 21st on Razor & Tie. The artwork can be seen at www.theswordofficial.com. At the same site, the title track "
High Country" can also be streamed.
As with their previous release, Apocryphon, High Country will be available today for preorder through Razor & Tie as well as the band's merch site.
Access to both preorders is at www.theswordofficial.com The Razor & Tie preorder includes multiple bundles featuring double colored vinyl, cassettes, three t-shirt designs, a hoodie, as well as a lithograph of the album art. The CD and double vinyl can also be preordered as standalone pieces.
The band's preorder features one bundle which includes the CD, an exclusive double colored vinyl with earth and sky printing, a custom engraved and numbered stash box with album art featured on the inside the of the lid, a custom shredder card, a custom packet of rolling papers, and a custom engraved dugout. The band will also be releasing at the store new t-shirt designs.
As previously reported, the band will be commencing a Europe/ UK/ Scandinavia tour August 21st. An extensive North American tour commencing in October will be announced in August.
Dates for the first international leg of the High Country tour are below:
August 21 - Trondheim, Norway - Pstereo Festival
August 22 - Oslo, Norway - Parkteatret
August 23 - Goteborg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
August 25 - Helsinki, Finland -Tavastia
August 27 - Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Strand
August 28 - Malmo, Sweden - KB
August 29 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Lille Vega
August 30 - Hamburg, Germany - Rock Café St Pauli
August 31 - Berlin, Germany - Magnet
September 2 - Wien, Austria - Arena
September 3 - Munich, Germany - Magnet
September 4 - Milan, Italy - Legend
September 5 - Salzburg, Austria - Rockhouse
September 6 - Winterthur, Switzerland - Salzhaus
September 7 - Stuttgart, Germany - Universum
September 9 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix Club
September 10 - Tilburg, Netherlands - Extase
September 11 - Cologne, Germany - Luxor
September 12 - Paris, France - La Boule Noire
September 14 - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Basement
September 15 - Glasgow, United Kingdom - King Tuts
September 16 - Manchester, United Kingdom - Academy 3
September 17 - Wolverhampton, United Kingdom -
Slade Rooms
September 18 - London, United Kingdom - Underworld
September 19 - Bristol, United Kingdom - The Thekla
