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1. The Sword, a stoner metal band from Texas, United States
2. The sWord, a melodic punk band from Leeds, England

1. The Sword is a stoner-metal four-piece from Austin, TX. First conceived in 2003, the Sword really hit their stride about a year later, when founding vocalist and guitarist J.D. Cronise joined forces with guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie, and drummer Trivett Wingo, and made a much raved-over appearance at Austin’s famed SXSW festival. National touring stints with everyone from Clutch to indie rock darlings . …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead followed, and by mid-2005 the Sword had been picked up by New York-based indie label Kemado Records, with their much-anticipated debut album, Age of Winters, appearing early the next year. Before completing their second album, they contributed two songs (one original and one Led Zeppelin cover) to a split 12” EP with Swedish heavy rockers Witchcraft in November 2007. Gods of the Earth arrived in spring 2008.

With their 2009 release of “The Warp Riders,” The Sword began a 2010 international tour, but was forced to cancel and reschedule the American portion and cancel much of the European, all because of the sudden but amicable departure of their drummer, Trivett Wingo. They were eventually able to find a temporary touring drummer. They are scheduled to play at Bonnaroo in 2011.

2) A melodic punk band from Leeds, UK, called The sWord who formed in 2004 by ex-members of Joe Ninety and Dugong. Their debut album was released on Clean it up! Records.
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  • karbonaade

    which of their albums are your favorite? my definately a big fan of Gods of the Earth

    Monday evening

  • SchWarG

    would kill to see a Baroness/The Sword/Electric Wizard gig, total stonerfest :D

    Monday morning

  • Crimson44

    Just discovered them and the totally blew my mind. "Warp Rides" and "Age of Winters" are exactly the kind of stoner metal I looked for.

    Thursday evening

  • heedstoone

    Hammer of Heaven is pretty average by their standards, you can see why they didn't use it. It's still the mighty, mighty Sword though!

    13 days ago

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    13 days ago

  • Gurr

    New song is ok. Sounds more like the first two albums.

    26 days ago

  • Isaaaaaak

    Hopefully they'll come over here when they're doing their 'world tour' (hint: England is not the only part of Britain)

    28 days ago

  • kybub5

    "please stop praising their newest album. i dont like listening to poeple praising something i hate! go somewhere else and priase it. age of winters and gods of the earth are great." Oh no! Someone's opinion is different from yours! Everyone quick! The apocalypse has begun!

    last month
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The Sword in Atlantic City, NJ on 06/23/12

23 Jun 2012 | from www.swordofdoom.com

Artist: The Sword Date: Saturday, June 23rd 2012 - Sunday, June 24th 2012 City: Atlantic City, NJ Venue: Bader Field Country: United States Buy tickets Notes: Orion Music + More Add to Google Calendar | …

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