THE SWORD will be going to the UK and Europe in June to play the major festivals in support of their latest release, Apocryphon. Included in the three week run are appearances at the UK’s Download Festival, Nova Rock in Austria, Flame Fest in Italy, Earthshaker Days in Switzerland, Hellfest in France, Azkena Rock in Spain, Graspop in Belgium, Metal Town in Sweden, and Roskilde in Denmark. Off day headline shows will be performed in Germany, France, Spain, and Luxembourg. Two shows in Holland will be in support of CLUTCH.

In addition, the band have made available two new bundles featuring a brand new t-shirt design. The two new bundle options include t-shirt with Apocryphon CD and t-shirt with limited edition Apocryphon pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Previous vinyl options have all sold out. The bundles are available here.

The new bundles are in support of the Clutch tour, which begins May 1st in Richmond, VA. Prior to the Clutch tour, the band will headline five warm up shows with KYNG as support (tour dates below).

The Sword tour dates:

April (Clutch warm-up shows)

25 - Hi- Tone - Memphis, TN
26 - Exit/In - Nashville, TN
27 - The Jinx Nightclub - Savannah, GA
28 - Bijou Theatre - Knoxville, TN
29 - Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh, NC

May (with Clutch)

1 - Richmond, VA - The National
2 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
3 - Clifton Park, NY - Upstate Concert Hall
4 - Portland, ME - State Theatre
5 - Boston, MA - House of Blues Boston
7 - Charlotte, NC - Amos’ Southend
9 - St. Petersburg, FL - State Theatre
10 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution Live
11 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues Orlando
12 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall
14 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues New Orleans
15 - Atlanta, GA - Center Stage Theatre
17 - Philadelphia, PA - The Electric Factory
18 - Columbus, OH - Rock on the Range Festival*
19 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
21 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom
22 - Fargo, ND - Q98’s Q Zilla
23 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theater
24 - Pryor, OK - Rocklahoma Festival*
25 - Houston, TX - House of Blues Houston
26 - San Antonio, TX - River City Rock Festival*

* festivals

June

14 - Download - UK
16 - Nova Rock - Austria
17 - Augsburg, Germany - Kantine
18 - Konstanz, Germany - Kulturladen
19 - Flame Fest - Italy
20 - Earthshaker Days - Switzerland
21 - Saarbruken, Germany - Garage
23 - Hellfest - France
24 - Lyon, France - Transbo Club
25 - Toulouse, France - TBA
26 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzamatazz 3
27 - Valencia, Spain - Rock City
28 - Azkena Rock - Spain
30 - Graspop - Belgium

July

1 - Burgerweeshuis Holland - Deventer
2 - Eindoven, Holland - Effenaar
3 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Rockhaul Club
4 - Suligen, Germany - Reload Festival Warm Up
6 - Metal Town - Sweden
7 - Roskilde - Denmark