It looks like The Sword are going to go on hiatus.
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The Sword will be entering the studio on March 16th in Austin, Texas to record their fifth full length and have announced some tour dates leading up to it. Check them out below.
Following a successful spring run supporting Clutch and an upcoming tour of Europe and the U.K, The Sword announce today a 25 date U.S. and Canadian tour July 25th to August 23rd. The tour will be the first to visit Canada in support of the band’s fourth album Apocryphon available now on the iTunes store. Support acts for all dates will be Castle and American Sharks. Dates for the tour are below:
The Sword Tour DatesJuly 25 - Dallas TX - GranadaJuly 26 - Austin TX - Red 7July 27 - Abilene TX - Southern NightsJuly 28 - Lubbock TX - FubarJuly 30 - Farmington NM - Top DeckJuly 31 - Tempe AZ - Club RedAugust 1 - Santa Ana CA - ObservatoryAugust 2 - San Francisco CA - SlimsAugust 3 - San Francisco CA - SlimsAugust 5 - Portland OR - HawthorneAugust 6 - Spokane WA - The CenterAugust 7 - Seattle WA -NeumosAugust 8 - Vancouver BC - BiltmoreAugust 10 - Edmonton AB -StarliteAugust 11 - Calgary AB -RepublikAugust 12 - Regina SK - The ExchangeAugust 13 - Winnipeg MB - PyramidAugust 14 - Thunder Bay ON - CrocksAugust 16 - Toronto ON - Lees PalaceAugust 17 - Montreal QC - Il MotoreAugust 18 - Brooklyn NY - Music Hall Of WbAugust 19 - West Chester PA - The NoteAugust 20 - Baltimore MD -OttobarAugust21 - Roanoke VA - Martins DowntownAugust23 - Baton Rouge LA - Spanish Moon
In conjunction with their forthcoming tour supporting Clutch (starting this Wednesday May 1st in Richmond, VA), The Sword today release their new video, “Cloak Of Feathers.” The video, directed by Rich Ragsdale, is the second clip from The Sword’s fourth album, Apocryphon (Razor & Tie). To view "Cloak Of Feathers", click here VEVO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyJR5sGEdaM).
Southern California’s KYNG will join Danzig on tour kicking off this weekend! The dates come on the heels of a sprawling 8-week tour with Clutch and Hellyeah. Following the dates with Danzig, KYNG will stop in Atlantic City for Metallica’s Orionfest on June 23-24 prior to hitting the road with 10 years. Metallica frontman James Hetfield recently sung the band’s praises after discovering them through Sirius XM program director Jose Mangin, who has championed KYNG since hearing early demos a few years ago. Details on the dates are below, but stay tuned for another big tour announcement for KYNG next month as well.
Kyng released their debut record Trampled Sun last fall on REALID Records (through Independent Label Group). The new single “I Don’t Believe” is pushing Top 30 at Active Rock Radio and continues to climb while first signle “Falling Down” saw heavy airplay at Sirius XM’s “Octane” and “Liquid Metal” channels. SiriusXM was instrumental in bringing the band to what became their record label (REALID/Independent Label Group) and managers (In De Goot, who also represents Shinedown, Chevelle and others).
KYNG’s self-proclaimed “California Heavy” sound is a unique and universally appealing combination of heavy and captivating concepts, channeling influences from Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin to Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age. KYNG is trio, Eddie Velix (guitar and vocals) Tony Castaneda (bassist and vocals), and Pepe Clarke Magaña (drummer).
Check out KYNG at any of the following venues:
DATE CITY VENUE
with In This Moment, 10 Years
05.21 Denver, CO The Summit Music Hall
05.22 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
05.23 Farmington, NM Top Deck (*w/o 10 Years)
05.24 Gallup, NM Slopshot Billiard (*w/o 10 Years)
05.25 Scottsdale, AZ Martini Ranch (*w/o 10 Years)
with Danzig
05.26 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless amphitheater
05.27 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
05.31 Kansas City, MO The Uptown Theater
06.01 Indianapolis, IN Murat Egyptian Room
06.02 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
06.04 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
06.05 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
06.07 Philadelphia, PA The Electric Factory
with The Sword, Red Fang
06.19 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
06.20 Raleigh, NC Kings Barcade
06.22 West Chester, PA The Note
Orion Music & Arts Festival
06.23 Atlantic City, NJ Bader Field
with 10 Years
06.27 Jefferson, LA Southport Hall
06.29 Dallas, TX Trees
06.30 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
07.01 Corpus Christi, TX Brewster Street Ice House
07.03 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall
07.05 Tallahassee, FL Coliseum Tallahassee
07.06 Knoxville, TN The Valarium
07.07 Chattanooga, TN Track 29
07.10 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
07.11 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
07.13 Portland, ME The Asylum
07.14 Hampton, NH Wallys Pub
07.15 Bristol, CT Bleachers
07.18 Flint, MI The Machine Shop