The discography of The Sword, an American heavy metal band, consists of six studio albums, one live album, three compilation albums, one extended play (EP), three split releases, 13 singles and ten music videos. Originally formed in Austin, Texas in 2003 by vocalist and guitarist John D. Cronise with guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie and drummer Trivett Wingo, the band signed with Kemado Records in 2005 and released debut album Age of Winters the following year. "Freya" was released as a single in 2007, followed by a split EP with Swedish band Witchcraft featuring new track "Sea of Spears" and a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song".
In 2008 the band released Gods of the Earth, which reached number 102 on the US Billboard 200. "Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians" was released as its sole single. In March 2010, the band released a split single with Year Long Disaster, which was followed in August by Warp Riders. The album was supported by the release of two singles – "Tres Brujas" and "(The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire" – as well as a trilogy of music videos. Warp Riders peaked at number 42 on the Billboard 200, as well as reaching the top ten of the Hard Rock Albums, Independent Albums and Tastemaker Albums charts.
With new drummer Santiago "Jimmy" Vela III and new label Razor & Tie, the Sword returned with its fourth studio album Apocryphon in October 2012. It was the band's first to reach the US top 20, peaking at number 17, as well as the first to reach the top ten of the Top Rock Albums chart at a peak position of number 4. The band's fifth album High Country was released in August 2015, charting in the US at number 30, with the acoustic companion album Low Country released the following year reaching the top ten of the US Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart. The Sword's first live album Greetings From... was released in May 2017.
In March 2018, the band released its sixth studio album Used Future. The album debuted at number 104 on the Billboard 200, the lowest position in the band's career since Age of Winters had failed to chart. It also reached number 6 on the Hard Rock Albums chart and number 16 on the Top Rock Albums chart. After a two-year hiatus, the Sword is set to return in 2020 with two compilations: Conquest of Kingdoms and Chronology: 2006–2018.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums with selected chart positionsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUSUSHardUSIndieUSRockUSTasteAUSGERUKUKIndieUK Independent Albums Chart peak positions for The Sword albums: Gods of the Earth: Warp Riders: Apocryphon: High Country: UKRockUK Rock & Metal Albums Chart peak positions for The Sword albums: Gods of the Earth: Warp Riders: Apocryphon: High Country: Used Future: Age of WintersReleased: February 14, 2006 Label: Kemado Formats: CD, LP, DL — — — — — — — — — —Gods of the EarthReleased: March 31, 2008 Label: Kemado Formats: CD, LP, DL 102 14 11 — 5 — — — 12 30Warp RidersReleased: August 19, 2010 Label: Kemado Formats: CD, LP, DL 42 5 8 15 6 — — — 26 20ApocryphonReleased: October 22, 2012 Label: Razor & Tie Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL 17 2 3 4 5 — — — 47 21High CountryReleased: August 21, 2015 Label: Razor & Tie Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL 30 4 — 7 5 74 91 128 13 11Used FutureReleased: March 23, 2018 Label: Razor & Tie Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL 104 6 — 16 4 — — — — 25"—" denotes a release that did not register on that chart.
Live albums + List of live albums with selected chart positionsTitleAlbum detailsPeaksGreetings From...Released: May 5, 2017 Label: Razor & Tie Formats: CD, LP, DL 10 43
Compilations + List of compilation albums with selected chart positionsTitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsUSCurr.USHardUSRockUSTasteLow CountryReleased: September 23, 2016 Label: Razor & Tie Formats: CD, LP, DL 97 10 32 24Conquest of KingdomsReleased: June 5, 2020 Label: Craft Formats: 3LP, DL — — — —Chronology: 2006–2018Released: June 5, 2020 Label: Craft Format: 3CD — — — —
Extended plays + List of extended playsTitleAlbum detailsiTunes Festival: London 2010Released: July 14, 2010 Label: Kemado Format: DLConquest of QuarantineReleased: 2024 Label: Try Hard Ltd Format: 12" vinyl
Split releases + List of split releasesTitleRelease detailsUntitled split with WitchcraftReleased: November 13, 2007 Label: Kemado Format: 12" vinyl"Cold Sweat/Maiden, Mother & Crone"Released: March 15, 2010 Label: Volcom Format: 7" vinyl"Tonight We Bleed/Turnt to Dust"Released: September 2017 Label: Cardinal Press Format: 7" vinyl
Singles + List of singles, showing year released and album nameTitleYearAlbum"Freya"2007Age of Winters"Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians"2008Gods of the Earth"Tres Brujas"2010Warp Riders"(The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire""Hammer of Heaven"2012"The Hidden Masters/Arcane Montane"2014Apocryphon"High Country"2015High Country"John the Revelator"2016"Seriously Mysterious" Low Country"Maiden, Mother & Crone" 2017Greetings From..."Deadly Nightshade"2018Used Future"Twilight Sunrise""Freya" 2020Conquest of Kingdoms
Music videos + List of music videos, showing year released and director(s)TitleYearDirector(s)Ref."Winter's Wolves"2006David Foote"Freya"Barnaby Roper"Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians"2008Michael Colao, Josh Litwhiler"Maiden, Mother & Crone"Artificial Army"How Heavy This Axe"Super!Alright!"Tres Brujas"2010Artificial Army"Lawless Lands""Night City"2011"The Veil of Isis"2012Simon Chan"Cloak of Feathers"2013Rich Ragsdale"Used Future"2018Rooster Teeth
References
External links The Sword official website The Sword discography at AllMusic The Sword discography at Discogs The Sword discography at MusicBrainz