Overview
Following the worldwide acclaim of their fourth album, Apocryphon, The Sword announce today that they will release their new album, High Country, worldwide on August 21st and in France on September 4th.
Recorded in Austin, Texas, thealbum was produced by Adrian Quesada and mixed by J. Robbins.
High Country features 15 new compositions and will be released simultaneously in CD and double vinyl formats.
In conjunction with the release of High Country, The Sword will embark on a 25 show tour encompassing Scandinavia, Europe, andthe UK.
The tour begins on release day, August 21st, at the Pstereo Festival in Trondheim , Norway and ends in Bristol in the UK on September 19th.
Dates for the first international leg of the High Country tour are below:
Fri, 21-Aug-2015 Norway Trondheim Pstereo Festival
Sat, 22-Aug-2015 Norway Oslo Parkteatret
Sun, 23-Aug-2015 Sweden Goteborg Sticky Fingers
Tue, 25-Aug-2015 Finland Helsinki Tavastia
Thu, 27-Aug-2015 Sweden Stockholm Debaser Strand
Fri, 28-Aug-2015 Sweden Malmo KB
Sat, 29-Aug-2015 Denmark Copenhagen Lille Vega
Sun, 30-Aug-2015 Germany Hamburg Rock Cafe St Pauli
Mon, 31-Aug-2015 Germany Berlin Magnet
Wed, 02-Sep-2015 Austria Wien Arena
Thu, 03-Sep-2015 Germany Munich Backstage club
Fri, 04-Sep-2015 Italy Milan Legend
Sat, 05-Sep-2015 Austria Salzburg Rockhouse
Sun, 06-Sep-2015 Switzerland Winterthur Salzhaus
Mon, 07-Sep-2015 Germany Stuttgart Universum
Wed, 09-Sep-2015 Belgium Antwerp Trix club
Thu, 10-Sep-2015 Netherlands Tilburg Extase
Fri, 11-Sep-2015 Germany Cologne Luxor
Sat, 12-Sep-2015 France Paris La Boule Noire
Mon, 14-Sep-2015 UK Nottingham Basement
Tue, 15-Sep-2015 UK Glasgow King Tuts
Wed, 16-Sep-2015 UK Manchester Academy 3
Thu, 17-Sep-2015 UK Wolverhampton Slade Rooms
Fri, 18-Sep-2015 UK London Underworld
Sat, 19-Sep-2015 UK Bristol The Thekla
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