Marc Meltzer reports in from Austin on The Sword performance… The Sword is from Austin and seeing them open for Motorhead at Stubbs BBQ was going to be perfect. There was no way it couldn’t be. It was raining all day, but the skies opened up in time for The Sword to take [...]
Monday, February 22, 2010
The Sword’s cover of Thin Lizzy’s “Cold Sweat” will be apart of a 7” inch vinyl single released through Volcom Entertainment’s “Vinyl Club”. More details here.
Monday, December 14, 2009
The Sword has announced dates for a mini tour in January, 2010. More details here.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The Sword has been added to the lineup of this year’s Fun Fun Fun Festival, set to take place on November 7-8 at Waterloo Park in Austin, Texas. The band will also be performing new material from their forthcoming album at the festival.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
The Sword will be featured on the soundtrack for the movie Jennifer’s Body, out September 18.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Is it just us, or does the main riff in “Modern Day Delilah,” the first single from KISS’ forthcoming album Sonic Boom, bear a little more than a passing resemblance to The Sword’s “Freya?” The new album from Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Not Ace Frehley and Not Peter Criss will be out on October 6. [...]
Friday, July 31, 2009
While the initial OMGTHATSAWESOME! reaction has worn off from the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises, the games are still fun to play, and every time the track listing from a game is unveiled, it’s always cool to see what metal makes the list. Activision has just posted the list from Guitar Hero 5, which is actually [...]
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Time to pull a new question from the mail bin. This time a user on our forums asks: How does a small-time band like The Sword get a song on Guitar Hero? Does Red Octane solicit bands or do they take submissions? When Guitar Hero 5 releases on November 1, The Sword’s “Maiden, Mother and Crone” will [...]
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
The announcement of bands featured in Guitar Hero has become an annual event at least on par with the release of touring festival lineups. It’s that time again as the full list for Guitar Hero 5 is out, and it’s the most metal edition of the franchise, by far. I can just picture panicked parents [...]
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Metal By Numbers is a weekly coluimn in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more. In case you didn’t [...]
Video of Shadows Fall performing their cover of Ozzy Osbourne’s “Bark At The Moon” with Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick has been posted online.
Down/Crowbar guitarist Kirk Windstein has joined the New Orleans hardcore/thrash super group Suicide War.
Doom metal legends Candlemass will release a new DVD called Ashes To Ashes-Live on June 29 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Ill Nino has signed a new recording deal with Victory Records.
Otep has released a new video for the song “Rise, Rebel, Resist.”
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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