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Over their 17-year career, The Sword have proven themselves to be one of the most prolific and revered bands in metal — not only by fans, but also by the media and their peers. Now, with the double release of Conquest of Kingdoms and Chronology 2006–2018, The Sword have complied an extensive and essential collection that celebrates their legacy and impressive back catalog.

Chronology 2006-2018 is a three-disc compendium of The Swords greatest hits, fan favorites and rarities. Culling the retro-metal four-piece's complete studio recordings, the set comprises 52 tracks (12 previously-unreleased), including the studio recordings of “Freya,” “Iron Swan,” “Cloak of Feathers,” and “Deadly Nightshade.” Plus a career-spanning assemblage of B-sides, covers, live performances and more. Featuring expansive new liner notes with contributions from the band, plus Lars Ulrich (Metallica), Mark Morton (Lamb of God) and Neil Fallon (Clutch).

Conquest of Kingdoms, an explosive three-disc vinyl collection of rarities and oddities, offers 30 tracks (16 previously unreleased) and is housed in a triple-gatefold package, including B-sides, oddities and live recordings of fan favorites like “Freya,” “Iron Swan” and “Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians,” as well as cover versions of “Immigrant Song” (Led Zeppelin), “Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings” (ZZ Top), “She” (KISS), “Forever My Queen” (Pentagram) and more. This limited edition splatter vinyl version (1,000 copies worldwide) is available exclusively via the Craft Recordings store, TheSwordOfficial.com and via independent retailers, while stocks last.

The limited edition 3-piece 12"x12" poster set is by Conquest of Kingdoms cover artist, Weirdbeard72. Each poster is produced as a 2-color silkscreen on 100# French Paper. Hand numbered edition (100 total) and signed by the cover artist.

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Tracklist

Disc 1:

Freya
Winter’s Wolves
The Horned Goddess
Iron Swan
How Heavy This Axe
Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians
Maiden, Mother & Crone
The Black River
Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
Lawless Lands
The Warp Riders
(The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire
The Horned Goddess (live)*
Barael’s Blade (live)*
Lament for the Aurochs (live)*
Iron Swan (live)*

Disc 2:

Cloak of Feathers
Dying Earth
Seven Sisters
Apocryphon
Empty Temples
Mist & Shadow
Early Snow
The Dreamthieves
Seriously Mysterious (acoustic)
Buzzards (acoustic)
Deadly Nightshade
Sea of Green
Used Future
Come and Gone
Sea of Spears (live)*
Freya (live)*
Night City (live)*
The Chronomancer II: Nemesis (live)

Disc 3:

He’s Waiting (C Average Version)
Sea of Spears
Immigrant Song
Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings
Codex Corvidae
Freya ’08*
Forever My Queen*
She*
Daughter of Dawn
Farstar
Cold Sweat
Cheap Sunglasses
Hammer of Heaven
Hexenringe
Seriously Mysterious (Level One Remix)*
John the Revelator
Turnt to Dust*
Serpent Weather

*previously unreleased

Side A

The Horned Goddess (live)*
Barael’s Blade (live)*
Lament for the Aurochs (live)*
Iron Swan (live)*

Side B

The Sundering (live)*
Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians (live)*
The Black River (live)*
The White Sea (live)*

Side C

Sea of Spears (live)*
Freya (live)*
Night City (live)*
The Chronomancer II: Nemesis (live)

Side D

He’s Waiting (C Average Version)
Sea of Spears
Immigrant Song
Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings
Codex Corvidae
Freya ‘08*

Side E

Forever My Queen*
She*
Daughter of Dawn
Farstar
Cold Sweat
Cheap Sunglasses

Side F

Hammer of Heaven
Hexenringe
Seriously Mysterious (Level One Remix)*
John the Revelator
Turnt to Dust*
Serpent Weather

* previously unreleased.

Features

• 3-CD box set with individual CD sleeves, housed in a two-piece box with lift-top, casebound book style with 76-pages
• Includes 12 previously unreleased tracks

• 3-LP in triple-gatefold packaging
• Includes 16 previously unreleased tracks

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