The Sword

S.D. wrote:

New album "Apocryphon" coming in October, here's a short blurb:


Austin's disciples of the riff find themselves a new label home at Razor & Tie and pair with producer J. Robbins (Clutch). Hipsters and Heshers should expect to be floored. "Apocryphon is a fresh start for us," states lead guitarist Kyle Shutt. "We're on a new label and have a new drummer, but musically it's a culmination of everything we've done up to this point and, to me, is a reflection of everything we've been through the last couple of years. It's gritty and mean, and I think J. Robbins really helped capture our attitude."

Hurray! These guys get it.

Yeah, they are great. I saw them live in Austin before I picked up any records (opening for Clutch) and they blew me away. I'm happy to hear they think their sound has been captured on the new one, the first couple albums didn't really nail the energy these guys put out in a live setting (Warp Riders came close).

I hope the new drummer is good, he's got some big shoes to fill, that was one of their strongest points.

I still laugh when I think about the guys from The Gates of Slumber getting so angry with me for liking them. The singer for Solstice threatened to kill me! Haha.

But yeah, great band.

Also poseurs. Rich kids whose rich parents bought their record deal. According to the aforementioned turds.

Eyesore wrote:

I still laugh when I think about the guys from The Gates of Slumber getting so angry with me for liking them. The singer for Solstice threatened to kill me! Haha.

But yeah, great band.

Also poseurs. Rich kids whose rich parents bought their record deal. According to the aforementioned turds.

WTF???? I never understood the claims that The Sword were poseurs, hipsters, frauds, etc... Maybe those other bands should try writing better songs.

There is also a difference between trying to be "hipster" and just actually being f*cking hip. The Sword falls into the actually hip category.

Witchfinder wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

I still laugh when I think about the guys from The Gates of Slumber getting so angry with me for liking them. The singer for Solstice threatened to kill me! Haha.

But yeah, great band.

Also poseurs. Rich kids whose rich parents bought their record deal. According to the aforementioned turds.

WTF???? I never understood the claims that The Sword were poseurs, hipsters, frauds, etc... Maybe those other bands should try writing better songs.

Oh, it was quite absurd.

Quote :

What the issue is, was and always will be is the fact that it was not a signing. This band was cooked up in a lab, given a history and sent out to make money for Walt Disney. This is where you really show that you have no ethics or brains at all. One second you are bashing corporations and the next you are defending them shoving their Fuckenstein's monster on the world. This is clear to anyone who can read. No, Fuller, just as you can not un play Greenday's shows at Gillman St. and The Sitcom you can not create demos by The Sword that no one heard.

That's a quote from the singer of The Gates of Slumber. This thread was like 45 pages long, where a bunch of these "Circle of True Doom" turds just talked out of their asses.

For instance, I bought The Sword's second demo a year before Age of Winters came out. But these clowns were convinced they didn't exist. Bunch of morons.

I listened to one of the Gates Of Slumber albums and thought it was pretty damn mediocre, so I'm not really that interested in hearing them talk about what's "real" or not.

I love their music. They're just miserable twats.

Some of the reviews of The Sword over at Metal Archives are pure hilarity with titles such as, "A conspiracy against us," "Leaves a nasty taste in the mouth," and "It's hip, it's happening, and I don't give a sh*it." DUR DUR DUR. I remember rumblings like this at the time but I paid zero attention to them. Do people actually think that there's enough cash in Stoner/Doom Metal that a band would actually not play it if they didn't like that music? Baffling.

Witchfinder wrote:

Some of the reviews of The Sword over at Metal Archives are pure hilarity with titles such as, "A conspiracy against us," "Leaves a nasty taste in the mouth," and "It's hip, it's happening, and I don't give a sh*it." DUR DUR DUR. I remember rumblings like this at the time but I paid zero attention to them. Do people actually think that there's enough cash in Stoner/Doom Metal that a band would actually not play it if they didn't like that music? Baffling.

But...but...they played SXSW before having a record out!

It's a helluva lot easier to get a gig at SXSW when you are BASED IN AUSTIN!!!!!!

I know. But that was the kicker for them; that's what convinced them this was a "lab" band.

Sounds to me like Gates of Slumber and those other bands were just incredibly jealous of how much better The Sword is.

I could care less if they were a "lab band" or if they paid their dues for years...the only thing that matters is the end result.

Witchfinder wrote:

Do people actually think that there's enough cash in Stoner/Doom Metal that a band would actually not play it if they didn't like that music? Baffling.

This is why I always get a kick out of metal conspiracy theories. "They're not about the music, man. They just want all that money there is in playing metal!" Yeah, rich heavy metal bands are all over the place these days. I can't turn on the radio without being drowned in kick-ass metal and the live shows always sell out in a minute...

These guys were on Anthony Bourdain's : No Reservations last night. Anthony attended the SXSW Fest and sampled food and the fest. The Sword pimped their hot sauce while they ate fish tacos with the show host.

The Sword tour dates for this fall.

TOUR DATES

Mon/Oct-29 - Corpus Christi TX - House Of Rock
Wed/Oct-31 - Oklahoma City OK - Acm
Thu/Nov-01 - Little Rock AR - Downtown Music Hall
Fri/Nov-02 - Shreveport LA - The Riverside Warehouse
Sat/Nov-03 - Austin TX - Fun FunFun Festival
Mon/Nov-05 - Lincoln NE - Bourbon Theater
Tue/Nov-06 - Minneapolis MN - First Ave
Wed/Nov-07 - Chicago IL - Double Door
Thu/Nov-08 - Indianapolis IN - The Vogue
Fri/Nov-09 - Cleveland OH - Grog Shop
Sat/Nov-10 - Covington KY - The Thompson House
Sun/Nov-11 - Detroit MI - St Andrews Hall
Tue/Nov-13 - Philadelphia Pa - Union Transfer
Wed/Nov-14 - New York NY- Webster Hall
Thu/Nov-15 - Pawtucket RI - The Met
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
Tue/Dec-18 - Houston TX - Fitzgeralds

S.D. wrote:

The Sword tour dates for this fall.

TOUR DATES

Mon/Oct-29 - Corpus Christi TX - House Of Rock
Wed/Oct-31 - Oklahoma City OK - Acm
Thu/Nov-01 - Little Rock AR - Downtown Music Hall
Fri/Nov-02 - Shreveport LA - The Riverside Warehouse
Sat/Nov-03 - Austin TX - Fun FunFun Festival
Mon/Nov-05 - Lincoln NE - Bourbon Theater
Tue/Nov-06 - Minneapolis MN - First Ave
Wed/Nov-07 - Chicago IL - Double Door
Thu/Nov-08 - Indianapolis IN - The Vogue
Fri/Nov-09 - Cleveland OH - Grog Shop
Sat/Nov-10 - Covington KY - The Thompson House
Sun/Nov-11 - Detroit MI - St Andrews Hall
Tue/Nov-13 - Philadelphia Pa - Union Transfer
Wed/Nov-14 - New York NY- Webster Hall
Thu/Nov-15 - Pawtucket RI - The Met
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
Tue/Dec-18 - Houston TX - Fitzgeralds

Covington KY!!!! That's right across the river. I am there and it's a Saturday. Beautiful.

Marking Dec. 10 on my calender!!!!

Nov 2nd, 12 miles from my house. Yea, I think I can make it!

Yeah, the Sword. I actually still haven't heard a single song by this band.

I've been meaning to get into them. I even ordered the bundle that had their first two albums packaged together with a very reasonable price. But the online store I ordered it from ran out and then other stuff came up and I never re-ordered.

chewie wrote:

Marking Dec. 10 on my calender!!!!

Just saw that date !! A 75 minute drive aint that bad....

The closest date to me is in Atlanta.

nevermore wrote:

The closest date to me is in Atlanta.

I live 3.5 miles from the LA gig at the El Ray Theater.

mr.electric39 wrote:

chewie wrote:

Marking Dec. 10 on my calender!!!!

Just saw that date !! A 75 minute drive aint that bad....

20 minutes for me.

S.D. wrote:

nevermore wrote:

The closest date to me is in Atlanta.

I live 3.5 miles from the LA gig at the El Ray Theater.

Lucky you!!! The Atlanta show is like 3.5 hours away.