The Sword

The Sword supporting 'High Country' on tour with Royal Thunder & more (dates, song streams)

Retro riffers The Sword will release their new album High Country this week via Razor & Tie. If you’ve yet to hear them, you can check out four of its tracks be…

Uncle Acid, Neurosis, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Kadavar, Nile, Acid Witch & more upcoming metal in NYC ++ new The Sword

Plenty of great metal, hardcore and other heavy shows in NYC are getting announced all the time. We don’t get a chance to write about all of them, so here’s a roundup of some recently-announced stuff coming up: German black metal band Der Weg einer Freiheit have been at it since 2008, and earlier this year released their third album Stellar on Season of M…

Skinless, Kataklysm, Belphegor, Forn & more upcoming heavy shows in NYC ++ new Ramming Speed & The Sword songs

Plenty of great metal, hardcore, and other heavy shows in NYC are getting announced all the time. We don’t get a chance to write about all of them, so here’s a roundup of some recently-announced stuff coming up: Veteran New York death metal band Skinless ended a two-year hiatus back in 2013, and this year they played Maryland Deathfest and returned with Only The Ruthless Remain, their first album since 2…

Judas Priest, Mastodon, GWAR, At the Gates, Helmet, Body Count, Mobb Deep, Ghostface, more to play Slipknot's festival

While you may not think a festival curated is a thing you wanted to attend, the lineup is actually pretty awesome for their annual Knotfest this y…

Austin's Levitation Fest day 1 pics: Tame Impala, DIIV, METZ, Spiritualized, Lightning Bolt, White Fence & more

When it rains it pours. Last year, Austin Psych Fest was a duststorm. This year (renamed Levitation), literal dark clouds hung over, threatening thunderstorms all three days even though it only ended up raining on Friday (5/8), and before bands started playing…

LEVITATION is coming, 13th Floor Elevators & kick off parties included (May 7-10 in Austin, TX) #psychfest

LEVITATION (fka Austin Psych Fest), one of the best festival lineups of 2015, is now less than a month away. Happening May 8-10, 2015, the 8th annual festival will feature performances by the 13th Floor Elevators (50 year anniversary reunion), The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Spiritualized, Primal Scream, The Black Angels, Thee Oh Sees, Mac Demarco, and many more…

Austin Psych Fest now called 'Levitation': 2015 initial lineup / tix (Flaming Lips, JAMC doing 'Psychocandy,' Spiritualized, Primal Scream, Tame Impala, Oh Sees, Mac DeMarco, more)

Austin Psych Fest 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) The annual Austin Psych Fest, which they’ve renamed “Austin Psych Fest presents Levitation” (more on that below), happens this year from May 8-10 at the Carson Creek Ranch…

Austin Psych Fest 2015 initial lineup announced, tix on sale

Austin Psych Fest 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) Austin Psych Fest is returning for its eighth year in 2015 from from May 8-10 at the Carson Creek Ranch…

Pentagram on tour, playing three TX shows, including Austin's A.I.R. Expo this weekend with The Sword and more

The Sword at Mohawk in February (more by Tim Griffin) Austin-based heavy label American Icon Records are putting on some shows for the 4th of July weekend…

The Sword played Mohawk w/ Big Business (pics)

The Sword and Big Business brought their double attack of stoner rock to Austin when their current tour hit the Mohawk last night (2/14). The place was packed, and you can check out pictures of the whole thing in this post…
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