The Sword has unveiled the cover art for their fifth album, High Country, scheduled for release on August 21 on Razor & Tie. The title track and preorders for the album are up at The Sword's official website.

As with their previous release, Apocryphon, High Country will be available today for preorder through Razor & Tie as well as the band’s merch site. The Razor & Tie preorder includes multiple bundles featuring double colored vinyl, cassettes, three t-shirt designs, a hoodie, as well as a lithograph of the album art.  The CD and double vinyl can also be preordered as standalone pieces.  

The band’s preorder features one bundle which includes the CD, an exclusive double colored vinyl with earth and sky printing, a custom engraved and numbered stash box with album art featured on the inside the of the lid, a custom shredder card, a custom packet of rolling papers, and a custom engraved dugout.  The band will also be releasing at the store new t-shirt designs. As previously reported, the band will be commencing a Europe/ UK/ Scandinavia tour August 21. An extensive North American tour commencing in October will be announced in August.

Dates for the first international leg of the High Country tour are below:

August

21 - Trondheim, Norway - Pstereo Festival
22 - Oslo, Norway - Parkteatret
23 - Goteborg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
25 - Helsinki, Finland -Tavastia
27 - Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Strand
28 - Malmo, Sweden - KB
29 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Lille Vega
30 - Hamburg, Germany - Rock Café St Pauli
31 - Berlin, Germany - Magnet

September

2 - Wien, Austria - Arena
3 - Munich, Germany - Magnet
4 - Milan, Italy - Legend
5 - Salzburg, Austria - Rockhouse
6 - Winterthur, Switzerland - Salzhaus
7 - Stuttgart, Germany - Universum
9 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix Club
10 - Tilburg, Netherlands - Extase
11 - Cologne, Germany - Luxor
12 - Paris, France - La Boule Noire
14 - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Basement
15 - Glasgow, United Kingdom - King Tuts
16 - Manchester, United Kingdom - Academy 3
17 - Wolverhampton, United Kingdom - Slade Rooms
18 - London, United Kingdom - Underworld
19 - Bristol, United Kingdom - The Thekla