MCB has a handful of free tickets to check out
THE SWORD
who play a show at St Andrews
in a few weeks on 11/11
email motorcityblog@earthlink.net for your chance to win
keep your eyes peeled for a few limited edition vinyls closer to the show date
THE
SWORD
SCORES CAREER HIGH DEBUT
WITH APOCRYPHON
Album
Lands At #17 On The Billboard Top 200
Band
Partners With Oliver Ales For “Winter’s Wolves Beer”
Apocryphon,
the fourth album from The Sword attains the highest chart and
sales debut of the band’s career this week debuting at number
17 on the Billboard Top 200 with over 16,800
units sold. The album released on Razor & Tie also debuts
on a series of other Billboard charts including #2 on Hard
Music, #4 on Rock, and #26 on Digital. Apocryphon is
available now at the iTunes
store.
John
Franck SVP of Marketing for Razor & Tie comments,
“The Sword have created a remarkable album that everyone here at Razor & Tie
is proud to be associated with. We congratulate the band and their entire team
on this impressive debut.”
The
Sword has also expanded their branding activities which started this
summer with the release of “the Tears of Fire” hot sauce, by partnering with
Baltimore Maryland based brewery Oliver Ales to introduce “Winter’s
Wolves Beer.” Steve Jones, brew master at Oliver Ales, says the
following regarding the beer:
“Winter’s
Wolves is hand crafted in 7 bbl batches from the finest pale, crystal and
roasted malts with the addition of a little clover honey and Scottish Heather
Tips and generously bittered with American Chinook and English First Gold hops
and finished with American Centennial and English Kent Goldings hops. Each batch
is open fermented with English Ale Yeast and aged with toasted American White
Oak ... a Heavy Metal Ale weighing in at a little over 7% abv. We are proud to
partner with The Sword to produce this ale year round in keg and cask. Listen to
great music, drink craft beer!”
The beer will
currently be available in pubs throughout Maryland, Washington D.C, and northern
Virginia. Future distribution will be announced.
The Sword is
currently on a 40 date North America tour in support of Apocryphon.
The
Sword Tour Dates
Wed/Oct-31 -
Oklahoma City OK - Acm
Thu/Nov-01 -
Little Rock AR - Downtown Music Hall
Fri/Nov-02 -
Shreveport LA - The Riverside Warehouse
Sat/Nov-03 -
Austin TX - Fun FunFun Festival
Mon/Nov-05 -
Lincoln NE - Bourbon Theater
Tue/Nov-06 -
Minneapolis MN - First Ave
Wed/Nov-07 -
Chicago IL - Double Door
Thu/Nov 8-
Columbus, Ohio- A&R Bar
Fri/Nov-09 -
Cleveland OH - Grog Shop
Sat/Nov-10 -
Covington KY –The Madison Theater
Sun/Nov-11 -
Detroit MI - St Andrews Hall
Tue/Nov-13 -
Philadelphia Pa - Union Transfer
Wed/Nov-14 -
New York NY– Webster Hall
Thu/Nov-15 -
Pawtucket RI - The Met
Fri/Nov-16 -
Cambridge MA - Middle East Downstairs
Sat/Nov-17 -
Washington DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
Mon/Nov-19 -
Birmingham AL–Workplay
Tue/Nov-20 -
Orlando FL - Beacham
Wed/Nov-21 -
Atlanta GA - Masquerade
Thu/Nov-22 -
Nashville TN - Exit / In
Fri/Nov-23 -
Memphis TN - Hi Tone
Sat/Nov-24 -
Baton Rouge LA - Spanish Moon
Sun/Dec-02 -
Tulsa OK - Eclipse
Mon/Dec-03 -
Kansas City MO - Record Bar
Tue/Dec-04 -
Denver CO - Bluebird
Wed/Dec-05 -
Salt Lake City UT - Urban Lounge
Thu/Dec-06 -
Boise ID - Neurolux
Fri/Dec-07 -
Portland OR - Hawthorne
Sat/Dec-08 -
Seattle WA - Neumos
Mon/Dec-10 -
Sacramento CA - Harlows
Tue/Dec-11 -
San Francisco CA - Independent
Wed/Dec-12 -
Los Angeles CA - El Rey
Thu/Dec-13 -
San Diego CA - Brick By Brick
Fri/Dec-14 -
Phoenix AZ - Club Red
Sat/Dec-15 -
Tucson AZ - Congress
Mon Dec 17-
Dallas, Texas- Trees
Tue/Dec-18 -
Houston TX–Fitzgeralds
For all
information on The Sword, go to:
