New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The
Sword have released a special, limited-edition 180 gram audiophile black LP of their current album, Apocryphon (https://bit.ly/UaybzO). To celebrate the post-holidays, the band is also offering fans the opportunity to purchase the vinyl (and additional band merchandise) at a 25% discount by using the special code RT25 at checkout beginning now through January 1st.
Additionally, Apocryphon is also on sale for $5.00 until January 31st on Amazon.com- BUY NOW.
The Sword's Apocryphon album is the band's fourth album to date. Apocryphon debuted at #17 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and #3 on the Billboard Independent chart with 16,800 units sold marking the band's highest career sales week to date. The album is currently receiving rave reviews and also spent three weeks at #1 on CMJ's Loud Rock Chart (Metal Radio). The
Sword recently wrapped up a headline tour and will tour the UK and
Europe next in January (dates below).
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 International Tour Dates
1/6/13 - WOLVERHAMPTON / SLADE ROOMS - UK
1/7/12 - GLASGOW / ABC 2 - SCOTLAND
1/8/13 - MANCHESTER / ACADEMY 3 - UK
1/9/13 - BRISTOL / FLEECE - UK
1/10/13 - LONDON / UNDERWORLD - UK
1/12/13 - ANTWERP / TRIX - BELGIUM
1/13/13 - NIJMEGEN / DOORNROOSJE - HOLLAND
1/14/13 - KOLN / UNDERGROUND - GERMANY
1/15/13 - BERLIN / MAGNET - GERMANY
1/16/13 - HAMBURG / LOGO - GERMANY
1/18/13 - GOTHENBURG / STICKY FINGERS - SWEDEN
1/19/13 - STOCKHOLM / DEBASER - SWEDEN
1/21/13 - HELSINKI / TAVASTIA - FINLAND
1/22/13 - TAMPERE / KLUBI - FINLAND
1/24/13 - OSLO / JOHN DEE - NORWAY
1/25/13 - KARLSTAD / ROCKBAREN - SWEDEN
1/26/13 - MALMO / DEBASER - SWEDEN
1/27/13 - COPENHAGEN / LITTLE VEGA - DENMARK
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