The Sword is an American heavy metal band formed in Austin, Texas in 2003. The band released its debut album Age of Winters in 2006; the songs on the album were largely written by frontman J. D. Cronise before the band's formation, although the musical compositions were credited to the band as a whole. [1] In 2007 the band contributed the track "Sea of Spears" to a split extended play (EP) with Swedish band Witchcraft, which was credited to Cronise and guitarist Kyle Shutt, as well as a cover version of Led Zeppelin's " Immigrant Song". [2] In 2008 the band released its second album Gods of the Earth, which was again credited to Cronise (lyrics) and the band as a whole (music), [3] as well as the single "Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians" which featured the previously unreleased track "Codex Corvidae" as the B-side. [4]
After contributing a cover version of Thin Lizzy's " Cold Sweat" to a split single with Year Long Disaster in March, [5] The Sword released its third studio album Warp Riders in August 2010, the music for which was credited to Cronise and Shutt. [6] Second single "(The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire" featured another previously unreleased track as a B-side, "Farstar". [7] The band signed with Razor & Tie in 2012, and released the non-album single " Hammer of Heaven" in May that year, a song written by Cronise during the sessions for Age of Winters. [8] The band's fourth album Apocryphon, the first to feature drummer Santiago "Jimmy" Vela III, followed in October and returned to crediting the music to the whole band. [9]
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Song | Credited writer(s) | Release | Year | Ref. | Notes |
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"Acheron/Unearthing the Orb" | John D. Cronise | Warp Riders | 2010 | [10] | |
"Agartha" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [11] | |
"Apocryphon" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [12] | |
" Arcane Montane" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [13] | |
"Arrows in the Dark" | John D. Cronise | Warp Riders | 2010 | [14] | |
"Astraea's Dream" | Kyle Shutt Trivett Wingo |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [15] | |
"Barael's Blade" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [16] | |
"The Bees of Spring" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [17] | |
"The Black River" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [18] | |
"Buzzards" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [19] | |
"Celestial Crown" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [20] | |
" Cheap Sunglasses" |
Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [21] | [A] |
"The Chronomancer I: Hubris" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [24] | |
"The Chronomancer II: Nemesis" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [25] | |
"Cloak of Feathers" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [26] | |
"Codex Corvidae" | John D. Cronise | "Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians" |
2008 | [27] | |
" Cold Sweat" † |
Phil Lynott John Sykes |
"
Cold Sweat/Maiden, Mother & Crone" |
2010 | [28] | [B] |
"Daughter of Dawn" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [30] | [C] |
"The Dreamthieves" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [31] | |
"Dying Earth" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [32] | |
"Early Snow" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [33] | |
"Ebethron" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [34] | |
"Empty Temples" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [35] | |
"Execrator" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [36] | |
"Eyes of the Stormwitch" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [37] | |
"Farstar" | none listed | "(The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire" |
2010 | [38] | |
"Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [39] | |
" Freya" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [40] | |
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [41] | |
"Ghost Eye" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [42] | |
" Hammer of Heaven" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
" Hammer of Heaven" | 2012 | [43] | |
"Hawks & Serpents" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [44] | |
"He's Waiting" | Gerry Roslie | Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [45] | [D] |
"Hexenringe" | none listed | " High Country" | 2015 | [47] | |
" The Hidden Masters" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [48] | |
" High Country" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [49] | |
"The Horned Goddess" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [50] | |
"How Heavy This Axe" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [51] | |
" Immigrant Song" |
Jimmy Page Robert Plant |
The Sword/Witchcraft | 2007 | [52] | [E] |
"Iron Swan" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [54] | |
"Lament for the Aurochs" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [55] | |
"Lawless Lands" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [56] | |
"Lords" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [57] | |
"Maiden, Mother & Crone" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [58] | |
"March of the Lor" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [59] | |
"Mist & Shadow" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [60] | |
"Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings" |
Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [61] | [F] |
"Night City" | John D. Cronise | Warp Riders | 2010 | [63] | |
"(The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [64] | |
"Sea of Spears" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt |
The Sword/Witchcraft | 2007 | [65] | |
"Seriously Mysterious" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [66] | |
"Seven Sisters" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [67] | |
"Silver Petals" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [68] | |
"Suffer No Fools" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [69] | |
"The Sundering" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [70] | |
"Tears Like Diamonds" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [71] | |
"To Take the Black" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [72] | |
"Tres Brujas" † |
John D. Cronise Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [73] | |
"Turned to Dust" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [74] | |
"Under the Boughs" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [75] | |
"Unicorn Farm" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [76] | |
"The Veil of Isis" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [77] | |
"The Warp Riders" | John D. Cronise | Warp Riders | 2010 | [78] | |
"The White Sea" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [79] | |
"Winter's Wolves" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [80] |
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The Sword is an American heavy metal band formed in Austin, Texas in 2003. The band released its debut album Age of Winters in 2006; the songs on the album were largely written by frontman J. D. Cronise before the band's formation, although the musical compositions were credited to the band as a whole. [1] In 2007 the band contributed the track "Sea of Spears" to a split extended play (EP) with Swedish band Witchcraft, which was credited to Cronise and guitarist Kyle Shutt, as well as a cover version of Led Zeppelin's " Immigrant Song". [2] In 2008 the band released its second album Gods of the Earth, which was again credited to Cronise (lyrics) and the band as a whole (music), [3] as well as the single "Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians" which featured the previously unreleased track "Codex Corvidae" as the B-side. [4]
After contributing a cover version of Thin Lizzy's " Cold Sweat" to a split single with Year Long Disaster in March, [5] The Sword released its third studio album Warp Riders in August 2010, the music for which was credited to Cronise and Shutt. [6] Second single "(The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire" featured another previously unreleased track as a B-side, "Farstar". [7] The band signed with Razor & Tie in 2012, and released the non-album single " Hammer of Heaven" in May that year, a song written by Cronise during the sessions for Age of Winters. [8] The band's fourth album Apocryphon, the first to feature drummer Santiago "Jimmy" Vela III, followed in October and returned to crediting the music to the whole band. [9]
† | Indicates song released as a single |
‡ | Indicates song written by the whole band |
Song | Credited writer(s) | Release | Year | Ref. | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
"Acheron/Unearthing the Orb" | John D. Cronise | Warp Riders | 2010 | [10] | |
"Agartha" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [11] | |
"Apocryphon" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [12] | |
" Arcane Montane" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [13] | |
"Arrows in the Dark" | John D. Cronise | Warp Riders | 2010 | [14] | |
"Astraea's Dream" | Kyle Shutt Trivett Wingo |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [15] | |
"Barael's Blade" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [16] | |
"The Bees of Spring" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [17] | |
"The Black River" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [18] | |
"Buzzards" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [19] | |
"Celestial Crown" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [20] | |
" Cheap Sunglasses" |
Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [21] | [A] |
"The Chronomancer I: Hubris" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [24] | |
"The Chronomancer II: Nemesis" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [25] | |
"Cloak of Feathers" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [26] | |
"Codex Corvidae" | John D. Cronise | "Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians" |
2008 | [27] | |
" Cold Sweat" † |
Phil Lynott John Sykes |
"
Cold Sweat/Maiden, Mother & Crone" |
2010 | [28] | [B] |
"Daughter of Dawn" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [30] | [C] |
"The Dreamthieves" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [31] | |
"Dying Earth" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [32] | |
"Early Snow" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [33] | |
"Ebethron" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [34] | |
"Empty Temples" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [35] | |
"Execrator" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [36] | |
"Eyes of the Stormwitch" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [37] | |
"Farstar" | none listed | "(The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire" |
2010 | [38] | |
"Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [39] | |
" Freya" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [40] | |
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [41] | |
"Ghost Eye" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [42] | |
" Hammer of Heaven" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
" Hammer of Heaven" | 2012 | [43] | |
"Hawks & Serpents" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [44] | |
"He's Waiting" | Gerry Roslie | Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [45] | [D] |
"Hexenringe" | none listed | " High Country" | 2015 | [47] | |
" The Hidden Masters" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [48] | |
" High Country" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [49] | |
"The Horned Goddess" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [50] | |
"How Heavy This Axe" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [51] | |
" Immigrant Song" |
Jimmy Page Robert Plant |
The Sword/Witchcraft | 2007 | [52] | [E] |
"Iron Swan" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [54] | |
"Lament for the Aurochs" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [55] | |
"Lawless Lands" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [56] | |
"Lords" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [57] | |
"Maiden, Mother & Crone" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [58] | |
"March of the Lor" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [59] | |
"Mist & Shadow" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [60] | |
"Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings" |
Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [61] | [F] |
"Night City" | John D. Cronise | Warp Riders | 2010 | [63] | |
"(The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire" † |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [64] | |
"Sea of Spears" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt |
The Sword/Witchcraft | 2007 | [65] | |
"Seriously Mysterious" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [66] | |
"Seven Sisters" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [67] | |
"Silver Petals" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [68] | |
"Suffer No Fools" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [69] | |
"The Sundering" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [70] | |
"Tears Like Diamonds" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [71] | |
"To Take the Black" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [72] | |
"Tres Brujas" † |
John D. Cronise Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo |
Warp Riders | 2010 | [73] | |
"Turned to Dust" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [74] | |
"Under the Boughs" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [75] | |
"Unicorn Farm" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
High Country | 2015 | [76] | |
"The Veil of Isis" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Santiago Vela ‡ |
Apocryphon | 2012 | [77] | |
"The Warp Riders" | John D. Cronise | Warp Riders | 2010 | [78] | |
"The White Sea" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Gods of the Earth | 2008 | [79] | |
"Winter's Wolves" |
John D. Cronise Kyle Shutt Bryan Richie Trivett Wingo ‡ |
Age of Winters | 2006 | [80] |
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