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  The Sword Breed a Powerful She-Devil in 'Veil of Isis' Video

  November 16, 2012 – We recently sat down with Austin metal masters the Sword to discuss their Black Sabbath- and sci-fi-inspired new album Apocryphon, and the first video to hail from that gnarly platter continues the theme of far-out bleakness and trippy evil doings. …
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  Sabbath and Sci-Fi: Behind the Sword's 'Apocryphon'

  October 25, 2012 – Austin, Texas' sci-fi metal masters the Sword stocked their October 22 album Apocryphon with fantastical lyrics and rollercoaster riffs, but it also evinces a new and exciting rawness. Credit this subtle shift to producer J. Robbins, post-punk hero of Government Issue and Jawbox, for scuffing the Sword. But there's still plenty of deep thinking (and classic rock) to be found on the LP. …
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  Hear the Sword's New 'Apocryphon' in Trippy Lyric Video

  October 2, 2012 – Modern stoner-thrash wildmen the Sword are returning on October 22 with their fourth album, Apocryphon released on CD, deluxe CD digipak, picture disc vinyl, "lava orange" colored vinyl, cassette(!) and, sure, digital for all the kids. …
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  The Sword on 'Huge Sounding' Fall Album 'Apocryphon'

  July 27, 2012 – There's no rest for the heavy. When Austin metalheads the Sword left the stage at Metallica's Orion Music + More Festival in Atlantic City at the end of June, they headed straight to Magpie Cage Studios in Baltimore to record their fourth album, Apocryphon, due out this fall on Razor and Tie. Since setting foot in the studio, the band has been working 12-hour days, six days a week. …
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  EXCLUSIVE: New Sci-Fi Video from the Sword

  November 23, 2010 – A redheaded sorceress! Spaceships! A damsel in distress! It's a true sci-fi storyline in "Lawless Lands," the new music video from Austin metal act, the Sword. The clip is the second in a video trilogy inspired by Warp Riders, the band's most recent record, a concept album based on an original sci-fi narrative. …
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  The Sword Chat with SPIN at ACL Music Festival

  October 14, 2010 – During this weekend's ACL Music Festival in Austin, TX, artists stopped by the American Express® ZYNC ZONE, to chat with SPIN about their summer festival experiences and much more, among them Austin's own metal dudes the Sword-- watch our video interview, plus performance footage below! Hot off a quick West Coast jaunt, the Sword blasted hometown fans with a blistering set this weekend, and being from Austin, the band has always wa …
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  The Best Moments of Austin City Limits 2010

  October 11, 2010 – Now in its eighth year, the Austin City Limits festival has worked hard to broaden the city's laid-back, hippies-and-roots-rockers reputation by booking edgier acts like the Pixies, Massive Attack, the Mars Volta, N.E.R.D., and Queens of the Stone Age. For the 2010 incarnation of the ACL Fest, though, they seemed instead to embrace it -- headliners included Phish and the Eagles, respectively, with a Saturday night set from M.I.A. …
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• The Sword, 'Warp Riders' (Kemado)

  August 9, 2010 – These metal loyalists' third monolith is steeped in hokey, dystopian sci-fi, but Warp Riders' interplanetary narrative possesses a charming conviction. It's also somewhat at odds with the band's emerging fixation on boogie rock, a genre typified by adolescent wish fulfillment (i.e., songs about fucking). …
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  Metallica Shred New Jersey A New One

  February 2, 2009 – "How old are you?" Metallica leader James Hetfield quizzed a boy in the front row during a break in the chaos of Saturday night's show at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. "10? And this is your first Metallica show?" The boy nodded, and an amused Hetfield said: "Well, hopefully you'll take your kids to their first Metallica concert. We'll still be here. …
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  Metallica Kick Off World Tour

  October 22, 2008 – If the opening night of Metallica's world tour in Glendale, AZ, Tuesday was any indication, rock's not dead. Check its pulse, and you'll hear the double-bass drumming of Lars Ulrich. The over-the-top arena show is alive and kicking, too. …
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