The Sword are streaming the new track “Empty Temples”, from their fifth album, High Country, scheduled for release on August 21st on Razor & Tie.

The new album’s title track is streaming below, and pre-orders 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 pre-order 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 21st. An extensive North American tour commencing in October will be announced in August.

On July 20th, The Sword will release a vinyl 7” of the title track to the new album High Country to various indie stores across America. The single will feature on the B-side the non-album track, “Hexenringe”. The vinyl single will be limited to 1,000 copies. Anyone purchasing the single will receive a $2 off coupon towards the purchase of the full length album.

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