THE SWORD: ENTIRE NEW ALBUM, “GODS OF THE EARTH”, AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING
    THE SWORD has made its brand new album, Gods of the Earth, available for streaming in its entirety on the band’s MySpace page. Check it out now at this location.
THE SWORD’s Gods of the Earth will drop on April 1, via Kemado Records. The follow up to the band’s critically acclaimed debut Age of Winters, Gods of the Earth was recorded at Folkvang Studios in Austin, TX, and is said to be “more ambitious, more accomplished and simply bigger.â€
The final track listing for Gods of the Earth is as follows:
1.) The Sundering
2.) The Frost-Giant’s Daughter
3.) How Heavy This Axe
4.) Lords
5.) Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians
6.) To Take the Black
7.) Maiden, Mother & Crone
8.) Under the Boughs
9.) The Black River
10.) The White Sea
THE SWORD has announced two U.S. headlining tours in support of the impending new release. Support on THE SWORD tours will be provided by a host of artists, including Torche, Slough Feg, Stinking Lizaveta and Brooklyn progressive thrash trio Children. The Austin, TX-based band is currently in the midst of a massive UK tour featuring Oakland, CA quartet Saviours as direct support.
THE SWORD will also perform as one of the featured artists of the 2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival, set to take place June 12-15 in Manchester, TN. Known for showcasing “some of the best performers in rock and roll, along with dozens of artists in complementary styles,†Bonnaroo 2008 will see THE SWORD perform alongside such acts as Metallica, Sigur Ros, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, The Raconteurs, M.I.A. and Willie Nelson. A full listing of upcoming THE SWORD live dates follows this message.
THE SWORD features guitarist / vocalist J.D. Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie and drummer Trivett Wingo.
THE SWORD is available to speak with interested media now. To chat with the band / attend a live performance / request an advance copy of Gods of the Earth, simply contact ACTION! PR via any of the means listed below. Updated THE SWORD news and tour information will be made available via the Kemado Records website: www.kemado.com, THE SWORD web domains: www.swordofdoom.com  / www.myspace.com/thesword and the ACTION! website: www.action-pr.com.
To check out the Gods of the Earth E-card, featuring “Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians,” visit this location.
Check out THE SWORD’s brand new music video – for the song ‘Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians’ –online now at this location.
“You know how Indians used to hunt buffalo by forcing them off a cliff, and they’d fall to the rocks? That’s kind of what they sound like…like a bunch of bison being pushed over a cliff.” – SPIN
“THE SWORD believe in loud the way it used to be” – ROLLING STONE
“Like the strongest, most authentic poets (or metal bands), THE SWORD’s might reforms the past, deforms the present and informs the future. Long may they slash.” – DECIBEL
“huge” – VILLAGE VOICE
“axe-wielding metal warriors” – KERRANG!
“incredible” – METAL EDGE
     “The maddening infectiousness of THE SWORD’s pummeling metal is undeniable, as it’s equal parts groove-oriented heaviness and gloomy riffage…a powerful metal statement.” – HARP
THE SWORD tour dates:
UK “Gods of the Earth†tour (with support from Saviours + Black Cobra)
April 1        Newport          TJ’s
April 2        Portsmouth     Wedgewood Rooms
April 3         London           Underworld
April 4        Colchester      Arts Center
U.S. “Gods of the Earth†west coast tour (with support from Slough Feg and Children)
April 14   Lubbock, Texas    Jake’s Sports Center
April 15    Albuquerque, New Mexico     Launchpad
April 16    Phoenix, Arizona    The Brickhouse
April 17    San Diego, California      The Casbah
April 18    Los Angeles, California    El Rey Theatre
April 19    San Francisco, California   Slim’s
April 21    Pan Portland, Oregon    Berbati’s
April 22    Seattle, Washington        Neumo’s
April 24    Boise, Idaho                   Neurolux
April 25    Salt Lake City, Utah         Club Vegas
April 26    Denver, Colorado            Bluebird Theatre
April 28    Wichita, Kansas               BarleyCorns
April 29    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  Conservatory
U.S. “Gods of the Earth†east coast tour (with support from Torche and Stinking Lizaveta)
May 9 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ft Worth TXÂ Â Â Â Â Lola’s
May 10 Â Â Â Â Â Memphis TNÂ Â Â Â Â Hi Tone
May 11 Â Â Â Â Â Nashville TNÂ Â Â Â Â Exit / In
May 12 Â Â Â Â Â Covington KYÂ Â The Mad Hatter
May 13 Â Â Â Â Â Detroit MIÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The Magic Stick
May 14 Â Â Â Â Â Columbus OHÂ Â Ravari Room
May 15 Â Â Â Â Â Washington DC Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Rock and Roll Hotel
May 16 Â Â Â Â Â Philadelphia PAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â First Unitarian Church
May 17 Â Â Â Â Â Brooklyn NYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Music Hall of Williamsburg
May 18 Â Â Â Â Â Cambridge MAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Middle East Downstairs
May 20 Â Â Â Â Â Raleigh NCÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Lincoln Theater
May 21 Â Â Â Â Â Savannah GAÂ Â Â The Jinx
May 22 Â Â Â Â Â Tallahassee FLÂ The Beta Bar
May 23 Â Â Â Â Â St. Petersburg FL Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â State Theatre
May 24 Â Â Â Â Â Orlando FL Â Â Â Â Â Â The Social
May 25 Â Â Â Â Â Gainesville FLÂ Â Common Grounds
May 26 Â Â Â Â Â Atlanta GAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Lenny’s
May 27 Â Â Â Â Â Birmingham AL Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bottle Tree
May 28 Â Â Â Â Â Baton Rouge LAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Spanish Moon
May 29 Â Â Â Â Â Houston TXÂ Â Â Â Â Â Rudyard’s