The Sword – Release “High Country” On August 21st and UK/Europe/Scandinavia Tour

Following the worldwide acclaim of their fourth album, Apocryphon, The Sword announce today that they will release their new album, High Country, worldwide through Razor & Tie on August 21st and in France on September 4th.  Recorded in Austin, Texas, the album 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, and the 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. The band will be touring throughout the remainder of 2015 and 2016.

Dates for the first international leg of the High Country tour are below:

Fri, 21-Aug-2015NorwayTrondheimPstereo Festival
Sat, 22-Aug-2015NorwayOsloParkteatret
Sun, 23-Aug-2015SwedenGöteborgSticky Fingers
Tue, 25-Aug-2015FinlandHelsinkiTavastia
Thu, 27-Aug-2015SwedenStockholmDebaser Strand
Fri, 28-Aug-2015SwedenMalmöKB
Sat, 29-Aug-2015DenmarkCopenhagenLille Vega
Sun, 30-Aug-2015GermanyHamburgRock Cafe St Pauli
Mon, 31-Aug-2015GermanyBerlinMagnet
Wed, 02-Sep-2015AustriaWienArena
Thu, 03-Sep-2015GermanyMunichBackstage club
Fri, 04-Sep-2015ItalyMilanLegend
Sat, 05-Sep-2015AustriaSalzburgRockhouse
Sun, 06-Sep-2015SwitzerlandWinterthurSalzhaus
Mon, 07-Sep-2015GermanyStuttgartUniversum
Wed, 09-Sep-2015BelgiumAntwerpTrix club
Thu, 10-Sep-2015NetherlandsTilburgExtase
Fri, 11-Sep-2015GermanyCologneLuxor
Sat, 12-Sep-2015FranceParisLa Boule Noire
Mon, 14-Sep-2015UKNottinghamBasement
Tue, 15-Sep-2015UKGlasgowKing Tuts
Wed, 16-Sep-2015UKManchesterAcademy 3
Thu, 17-Sep-2015UKWolverhamptonSlade Rooms
Fri, 18-Sep-2015UKLondonUnderworld
Sat, 19-Sep-2015UKBristolThe Thekla

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