The Sword announce two massive compilations – listen to unreleased track Freya

Texas heavy rockers The Sword break two year silence to release a brace of career-spanning compilations, Getintothis’ Claire Cook reveal the details.

Two years since the Texas-based band decided to take a break, The Sword are back with two collections showcasing over 15 years worth of music.

Speaking of the release, Bryan Richie said “As the band had gone on hiatus, we had this wealth of material to share including live sets — things that were sitting on my hard drive for years, things that were given to me at shows. It seemed like the right time.”

Conquest of Kingdoms, a three-disc vinyl collection of 30 tracks, 16 of which are previously unreleased, offers a mixture of live recordings, remixes, B-sides and covers of songs from KISS, Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top and more.

Swag-lovers will be able to seek out a limited edition colour vinyl version.

A digital version, with a couple of tracks sliced off, will also be available.

Chronology 2006-2018, a three-disc CD set, is made up of 52 tracks and showcases The Sword’s greatest hits, as well as 12 unreleased tracks. The set will be accompanied by new liner notes containing contributions from the band, as well as Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and Mark Morton of Lamb of God.

Both collections are set for release on June 5 on Craft Recordings.

The Sword are also set to join Primus in North America on their A Tribute to Kings tour later this year.

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Conquest of Kingdoms Track Listing 

Side A

1. The Horned Goddess (live)*

2. Barael’s Blade (live)*

3. Lament for the Aurochs (live)*

4. Iron Swan (live)*

Side B

1. The Sundering (live)*

2. Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians (live)*

3. The Black River (live)*

4. The White Sea (live)*

Side C

1. Sea of Spears (live)*

2. Freya (live)*

3. Night City (live)*

4. The Chronomancer II: Nemesis (live)

Side D

1. He’s Waiting (C Average Version)

2. Sea of Spears

3. Immigrant Song

4. Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings

5. Codex Corvidae

6. Freya ‘08*

Side E

1. Forever My Queen*

2. She*

3. Daughter of Dawn

4. Farstar

5. Cold Sweat

6. Cheap Sunglasses

Side F

1. Hammer of Heaven

2. Hexenringe

3. Seriously Mysterious (Level One Remix)*

4. John the Revelator

5. Turnt to Dust*

6. Serpent Weather

Chronology 2006-2018 Track Listing

Disc 1

1. Freya
2. Winter’s Wolves
3. The Horned Goddess
4. Iron Swan
5. How Heavy This Axe
6. Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians
7. Maiden, Mother & Crone
8. The Black River
9. Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
10. Lawless Lands
11. The Warp Riders
12. (The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire
13. The Horned Goddess (live)*
14. Barael’s Blade (live)*
15. Lament for the Aurochs (live)*
16. Iron Swan (live)*

Disc 2

1. Cloak of Feathers
2. Dying Earth
3. Seven Sisters
4. Apocryphon
5. Empty Temples
6. Mist & Shadow
7. Early Snow
8. The Dreamthieves
9.Seriously Mysterious (acoustic)
10. Buzzards (acoustic)
11. Deadly Nightshade
12. Sea of Green
13. Used Future
14. Come and Gone
15. Sea of Spears (live)*
16. Freya (live)*
17. Night City (live)*
18. The Chronomancer II: Nemesis (live)

Disc 3

1. He’s Waiting (C Average Version)
2. Sea of Spears
3. Immigrant Song
4. Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings
5. Codex Corvidae
6. Freya ’08*
7. Forever My Queen*
8. She*
9. Daughter of Dawn
10. Farstar
11. Cold Sweat
12. Cheap Sunglasses
13. Hammer of Heaven
14. Hexenringe
15. Seriously Mysterious (Level One Remix)*
16. John the Revelator
17. Turned to Dust*
18. Serpent Weather

* Previously unreleased tracks

Listen to previously-unreleased live track Freya from Conquest of Kingdoms here:

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