sword

Live albums are interesting. Some bands just throw them out for the die-hard fans, or they use them to end a contract with a label. But not Dead Meadow. When it came time to document the final show from their 2009 Old Growth Tour, the band decided to make a film to coincide with the actual recorded concert, but this all happened on accident...

Despite coming smack dab in the middle of one of the worst recessions in history, 2009 was still a solid year for touring artists like Metallica, who spent the better part of the year on the road with the likes of the Sword, Lamb of God and others...

Austin, Texas riff masters the Sword report that they will break from writing their third studio album in late January for a short regional tour with the aim of "showcasing the new songs." The brief tour includes stops in Corpus Christi, Houston and Denton in the band's home state of Texas, as well as shows in Baton Rouge, La...

A while back, just before the release of 2008's 'Gods of the Earth,' Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich stumbled upon an up-and-coming metal band out of Austin, Texas called the Sword. He heard the band's first album, 2006's 'Age of Winters,' and was blown away by the doomy stoner metallers...

On their next album, Austin, Texas stoner doomsters the Sword will be ditching the lyrical themes of old (sorcerers, mythology, ravens) for something a little more 2010: They're going sci-fi, building the entire album around a story that takes place not in the future but some otherworldly dominion with spaceships and robots...

Right now, somewhere in Austin, Texas, the Sword is molding new stoner doom metal material they're hoping to record sometime this winter for release sometime in the spring of 2010. The follow-up to the band's epic second opus, 2008's 'Gods of the Earth,' is being tweaked and fine-tuned, and Sword mastermind J...

Montreal-based Priestess have been quiet this summer, working away at their sophomore record, 'Prior to the Fire.' Having just signed to New York City's Tee Pee Records, the band is expecting to release the new LP in February, and have been working with Los Angeles producer David Schiffman, whose track record includes System of a Down, Mars Volta and Nine Inch Nails...

Something happened a few years ago, and though it's impossible to pin point the exact moment the shift is undeniable, metal -- especially doom -- is getting is enjoy a new large fan base with younger kids and indie rock fans that crave the unique orchestrated riffs...