New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Razor & Tie Media) The
Sword have released the first official music video from their new album, Apocryphon (Razor & Tie) for the song "The Veil of Isis": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnsbOE71adM.
The video was directed by
Simon Chan (Mars Volta, Coheed and Cambria) of Artificial Army. This is the third music video he has done with the band to date.
The Sword's recently released Apocryphon album is the band's fourth album to date. Apocryphon debuted at #17 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart with 16,800 units marking the band's highest career sales week to date.
The band also celebrates another milestone this week with their album hitting #1 on CMJ's Loud Rock Chart (Metal Radio).
Apocryphon is available now in the iTunes store.
Apocryphon Press Raves:
"Fantastical lyrics and rollercoaster riffs, but it also evinces a new and exciting rawness." - SPIN Magazine
"Few modern-day metal bands can match the muscular riffing of the Austin,
Texas quartet The Sword." - Rolling Stone
"These songs are designed to do one thing: rock hard. Which they do." Alternative Press
"The Sword's Vision is finally powerful enough to swallow listeners in its stampede." Billboard
"With an expansive vocabulary and knack for narration, J.D. Cronise continues to pen some of metal's most original lyrics." - Austin Chronicle
"Mountain sized riffs." - Decibel Magazine
The
Sword is currently on a U.S headline tour in support of Apocryphon. All tour dates are below.
The
Sword Tour Dates
Fri/Nov-16 - Cambridge MA -
Middle East Downstairs
Sat/Nov-17 - Washington DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
Mon/Nov-19 - Birmingham AL-Workplay
Tue/Nov-20 - Orlando FL - Beacham
Wed/Nov-21 - Atlanta GA - Masquerade
Thu/Nov-22 - Nashville TN - Exit / In
Fri/Nov-23 -
Memphis TN - Hi Tone
Sat/Nov-24 - Baton
Rouge LA - Spanish Moon
Sun/Dec-02 - Tulsa OK - Eclipse
Mon/Dec-03 - Kansas City MO - Record Bar
Tue/Dec-04 - Denver CO - Bluebird
Wed/Dec-05 - Salt Lake City UT - Urban Lounge
Thu/Dec-06 - Boise ID - Neurolux
Fri/Dec-07 - Portland OR - Hawthorne
Sat/Dec-08 - Seattle WA - Neumos
Mon/Dec-10 - Sacramento CA - Harlows
Tue/Dec-11 - San Francisco CA - Independent
Wed/Dec-12 - Los Angeles CA - El Rey
Thu/Dec-13 - San
Diego CA - Brick By Brick
Fri/Dec-14 -
Phoenix AZ - Club Red
Sat/Dec-15 - Tucson AZ - Congress
Mon Dec 17- Dallas, Texas- Trees
Tue/Dec-18 -
Houston TX-Fitzgeralds
Wed/Dec 19 - Austin, TX - Emo's
For all information on The Sword, go to:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/theswordofdoom
https://twitter.com/#!/thesword
www.swordofdoom.com
