Fuck Metallica: Believe In The Sword

Don’t get me wrong; I love Metallica… Well, at least I loved Metallica back in the day when they still wrote badass, heavy songs and Cliff Burton was alive, smoking bongs and living the storied life as the epitome of hessian bass players. But Metallica might be shooting themselves in the foot by allowing Austin Sabbath-suckers The Sword to open up most of their upcoming tour dates. The Sword owns. They will just DECIMATE the aged headliners with devil-tongued riffery.
I’ve had vaguely unpleasant dealings with The Sword themselves back when they were still touring in a sweet van, so I can only assume their increasing notoriety isn’t doing their personalities any good. But hey, they’re a metal band. A good one at that. I’m sick of meeting really, really nice sweetheart metal bands. They should be assholes. Any case, read Jake Sprecher’s interview with The Sword’s drummer Trivett Wingo HERE. Then check their video for “Careful With That Axe Eugene” “How Heavy This Axe” HERE.

Press release and METALLICA/The Sword TOUR DATES after the jump.

HOW HEAVY THIS AXE: THE SWORD BATTLE WITH METALLICA THIS FALL/WINTER

Recently hailed by Metallica as “one of our favorite bands of the last few years” (source: http://metallica.com/index.asp?item=600769), THE SWORD continues to tour in support of its critically-acclaimed new album Gods of the Earth. This summer, THE SWORD showcased their high-powered live show loaded with mountaintop-friendly hooks, thunderous drumming and oceanic bass lines at both the 2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival and the OZZFEST one-day stadium spectacular, to wide-reaching acclamation. With its sophomore release Gods of the Earth, THE SWORD has firmly established itself as both one of metal and hard rock’s most electrifying new bands.

*View THE SWORD’s new video for “How Heavy This Axe”:
http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/10/21/video-premiere-the-swords-how-heavy-this-axe/

THE SWORD ON TOUR!
(As part of METALLICA’s fall / winter North American headlining tour):

METALLICA / MACHINE HEAD / THE SWORD, except *(THE SWORD headlining off-dates)
January 12 Milwaukee, WI @ Bradley Center All ages / $75.50
January 13 Detroit, MI @ Joe Louis Arena All ages / $78
*January 14 Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
January 15 Washington, DC @ Verizon Center All ages / $82.50
*January 16 Westchester, PA @ The Note
January 17 Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center All ages / $82.50
January 18 Boston, MA @ TD Banknorth Center All ages / $59.50
*January 20 Albany, NY @ Revolution
*January 21 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
*January 22 Buffalo, NY @ The Tralf
*January 23 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls
*January 24 Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop
*January 25 Columbus, OH @ Ravari Room
January 26 Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena All ages / $79
January 27 Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena All ages / $79
January 29 Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum All ages / $59.50
*January 30 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
January 31 Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center All ages / $82.50
February 1 Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center All ages / $82.50

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