# The Sword discography

The discography of The Sword, an American heavy metal band, consists of six studio albums, one live album, three compilation albums, one extended play (EP), three split releases, 13 singles and ten music videos. Originally formed in Austin, Texas in 2003 by vocalist and guitarist John D. Cronise with guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie and drummer Trivett Wingo, the band signed with Kemado Records in 2005 and released debut album Age of Winters the following year. "Freya" was released as a single in 2007, followed by a split EP with Swedish band Witchcraft featuring new track "Sea of Spears" and a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song".
In 2008 the band released Gods of the Earth, which reached number 102 on the US Billboard 200. "Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians" was released as its sole single. In March 2010, the band released a split single with Year Long Disaster, which was followed in August by Warp Riders. The album was supported by the release of two singles – "Tres Brujas" and "(The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire" – as well as a trilogy of music videos. Warp Riders peaked at number 42 on the Billboard 200, as well as reaching the top ten of the Hard Rock Albums, Independent Albums and Tastemaker Albums charts.
With new drummer Santiago "Jimmy" Vela III and new label Razor & Tie, the Sword returned with its fourth studio album Apocryphon in October 2012. It was the band's first to reach the US top 20, peaking at number 17, as well as the first to reach the top ten of the Top Rock Albums chart at a peak position of number 4. The band's fifth album High Country was released in August 2015, charting in the US at number 30, with the acoustic companion album Low Country released the following year reaching the top ten of the US Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart. The Sword's first live album Greetings From... was released in May 2017.
In March 2018, the band released its sixth studio album Used Future. The album debuted at number 104 on the Billboard 200, the lowest position in the band's career since Age of Winters had failed to chart. It also reached number 6 on the Hard Rock Albums chart and number 16 on the Top Rock Albums chart. After a two-year hiatus, the Sword is set to return in 2020 with two compilations: Conquest of Kingdoms and Chronology: 2006–2018.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | US Hard | US Indie | US Rock | US Taste | AUS | GER | UK | UK Indie | UK Rock |
| Age of Winters | Released: February 14, 2006 Label: Kemado Formats: CD, LP, DL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gods of the Earth | Released: March 31, 2008 Label: Kemado Formats: CD, LP, DL | 102 | 14 | 11 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 12 | 30 |
| Warp Riders | Released: August 19, 2010 Label: Kemado Formats: CD, LP, DL | 42 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | — | — | — | 26 | 20 |
| Apocryphon | Released: October 22, 2012 Label: Razor & Tie Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | 47 | 21 |
| High Country | Released: August 21, 2015 Label: Razor & Tie Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL | 30 | 4 | — | 7 | 5 | 74 | 91 | 128 | 13 | 11 |
| Used Future | Released: March 23, 2018 Label: Razor & Tie Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL | 104 | 6 | — | 16 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 25 |
| "—" denotes a release that did not register on that chart. ||||||||||||

### Live albums

List of live albums with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Peaks | Peaks |
| Title | Album details | US Hard Sales | US Rock Sales |
| Greetings From... | Released: May 5, 2017 Label: Razor & Tie Formats: CD, LP, DL | 10 | 43 |

### Compilations

List of compilation albums with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions |
| Title | Album details | US Curr. | US Hard | US Rock | US Taste |
| Low Country | Released: September 23, 2016 Label: Razor & Tie Formats: CD, LP, DL | 97 | 10 | 32 | 24 |
| Conquest of Kingdoms | Released: June 5, 2020 Label: Craft Formats: 3LP, DL | — | — | — | — |
| Chronology: 2006–2018 | Released: June 5, 2020 Label: Craft Format: 3CD | — | — | — | — |

## Extended plays

List of extended plays :
| Title | Album details |
| iTunes Festival: London 2010 | Released: July 14, 2010 Label: Kemado Format: DL |
| Conquest of Quarantine | Released: 2024 Label: Try Hard Ltd Format: 12" vinyl |

## Split releases

List of split releases :
| Title | Release details |
| Untitled split with Witchcraft (split with Witchcraft) | Released: November 13, 2007 Label: Kemado Format: 12" vinyl |
| "Cold Sweat/Maiden, Mother & Crone" (split with Year Long Disaster) | Released: March 15, 2010 Label: Volcom Format: 7" vinyl |
| "Tonight We Bleed/Turnt to Dust" (split with The Black Angels) | Released: September 2017 Label: Cardinal Press Format: 7" vinyl |

## Singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Freya" | 2007 | Age of Winters |
| "Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians" | 2008 | Gods of the Earth |
| "Tres Brujas" | 2010 | Warp Riders |
| "(The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire" | 2010 | Warp Riders |
| "Hammer of Heaven" | 2012 | non-album single |
| "The Hidden Masters/Arcane Montane" | 2014 | Apocryphon |
| "High Country" | 2015 | High Country |
| "John the Revelator" | 2016 | non-album single |
| "Seriously Mysterious" (acoustic) | 2016 | Low Country |
| "Maiden, Mother & Crone" (live) | 2017 | Greetings From... |
| "Deadly Nightshade" | 2018 | Used Future |
| "Twilight Sunrise" | 2018 | Used Future |
| "Freya" (live at Stubb's, 2011) | 2020 | Conquest of Kingdoms |

## Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director(s) :
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "Winter's Wolves" | 2006 | David Foote |
| "Freya" | 2006 | Barnaby Roper |
| "Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians" | 2008 | Michael Colao, Josh Litwhiler |
| "Maiden, Mother & Crone" | 2008 | Artificial Army |
| "How Heavy This Axe" | 2008 | Super!Alright! |
| "Tres Brujas" | 2010 | Artificial Army |
| "Lawless Lands" | 2010 | Artificial Army |
| "Night City" | 2011 | Artificial Army |
| "The Veil of Isis" | 2012 | Simon Chan |
| "Cloak of Feathers" | 2013 | Rich Ragsdale |
| "Used Future" | 2018 | Rooster Teeth |