sword

Dead Meadow, ‘That Old Temple’ — Video
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...
The Sword Announce Southern Tour
The Sword Announce Southern Tour
The Sword Announce Southern Tour
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...
The Sword ‘Will Absolutely Alienate’ Some Fans on Third Album
The Sword ‘Will Absolutely Alienate’ Some Fans on Third Album
The Sword ‘Will Absolutely Alienate’ Some Fans on Third Album
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...
The Sword Ditch Dragons, Sorcerers for Sci-Fi Otherworld
The Sword Ditch Dragons, Sorcerers for Sci-Fi Otherworld
The Sword Ditch Dragons, Sorcerers for Sci-Fi Otherworld
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...
Priestess Will Release ‘Prior to the Fire’ in February
Priestess Will Release ‘Prior to the Fire’ in February
Priestess Will Release ‘Prior to the Fire’ in February
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...