Age of Winter

VINYL FORMAT. Set for release in February, 2006, Ages of Winter is a mind-blowing, nine-song journey inside the mysterious, yet concrete world The Sword call their own. Recorded at Austin's Folkvang Studios, the album was engineered by bassist Richie and produced by frontman J.D. Cronise, ensuring the complete capture of the hard-earned sound the band has worked so tirelessly to achieve. Mastered by Rick Essig at Master Cutting Room (The New York Dolls, Chic Corea) and featuring atypical album art by ...And you Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead main man Conrad Keely, the band's debut is set to send shockwaves throughout the hard rock community at large. Exhilarating songs such as the powerfully monolithic "Celestial Crown", the heavy-handed "Freya", the graceful then rampaging "Iron Swan", "March of the Lor" with it's gripping, towering build and the catchy, colossal closer "Ebethron" instantly convey what words can only try to describe: THE SWORD is not to be taken lightly.