THE SWORD live at Hellfest 2013

[@matthewchaney8550]

One of the best live bands I’ve had the privilege of seeing… many times.

[@matthewchaney8550]

I saw them open for Clutch… blown away.

[@glenmerritt7982]

I saw them for the first time with Clutch and Motörhead and they blew everyone off the stage. No question, the best live band I’ve seen.

[@danielmccullough1562]

Ive seen The Sword half a dozen times live. I literally cant wait for the day i can come on YT and say that number is a full dozen. EVERY SINGLE TIME i see this band, they are absolutely incredible.

[@tylerwalden3144]

I saw them this past Saturday and they were incredible

[@sketchyold]

You LITERALLY can’t wait as opposed to you FIGURATIVELY can’t wait?

[@DarylYBubersky]

Saw them open for Metallica, they quickly became my new favorite band, it was just an epic wall of sound. They easily held their own against Metallica in a huge stadium.

[@jeffhaggard4536]

Just saw them last week for the first time. Amazing show!! I fucking love these guys!!!!

[@thathandleistakentrythisone]

@@DarylYBubersky it takes a big pair of cohonas to tour with Metallica on their Death Magnetic tour as an unknown fledgling band who only put out 2 albums. I wish I saw that, I'm sure they slayed.

[@rikotheman2629]

Found these guys randomly last year by an album finishing on tidal and tidal continuing to play songs recommended that are like said album (I want to say it was permission to land by The Darkness) and I’m just so happy it happened because this is becoming one of my favorite bands

[@jeepmor]

They have come out of hibernation, show in Austin TX in October 2024.

[@steeljericho]

🤨

[@benlogan430]

Blues man that came from the Rig run down. These guys rock! Nice tones, and riffage!

[@kevomyco4694]

One of the greatest bands of our time. No big deal.

[@iznasni]

Discovered this band by accident 3 months ago they have become one of my favourite bands. Addictive music. Pity they disbanded 😢

[@GlowingManga]

Thanks for uploading! Love the Sword so much... brilliant set!

[@kevlarkevinski2212]

Going to see them in Jersey City on 4/26/22 for my 50th birthday. Best birthday ever!!!!!!!

[@paulcannell7188]

❤ My Favourite Band of this century.

[@daffyshakilfur3563]

So good live, how I discovered them. In a club in Raleigh NC, Lincoln theater. Just absolutely blew the crowd away. If I remember correctly they were opening for Clutch.

[@farwoodfarm9296]

I can't remember they opened for someone I went to see in Raleigh/Durham or Chapel hill. I've found so many great bands that were opening acts. The Sword to me is the perfect blend of Sabbath and Cream, 2 of my favorites.

[@matthewchaney8550]

I saw that show two nights in a row, in different cities. I love Clutch, don’t get me wrong. The Sword was on a mission.

[@vbdude006]

0:00 Arrows in the Dark 5:14 Veil of Isis 10:40 Maiden, Mother, and Crone 15:36 Cloak of Feathers 21:35 Dying Earth 27:00 Barael's Blade 30:28 Tres Brujas 34:34 To Take the Black 40:05 Freya / Cheap Sunglasses (ZZ Top) / Freya 46:30 Apocryphon

[@kens.5095]

Also found them via one of the Rig Rundown videos. I'd never heard of them. Finally, a band worthy to grab the Sabbath flag and run with it!

[@bandhunter21]

Welcome to stoner rock my friend. These guys are awesome but the ones carrying the flag for Sabbath are Sleep and Electric Wizard. Plenty of bands out there praising Iommi. Black Rainbows, Wo Fat, Sasquatch, Lo-pan, Freedom Hawk, Fu Manchu, Green Lung, Stoner, and Low Rider are some other great bands too! Check them out

[@jeffhaggard4536]

@@bandhunter21 I think they're carrying the torch in my opinion. But sleep has been holding that torch for years!🙏 Not 💯 Stoner rock but a couple other great ones are Acid Bath and Kyuss.

[@bandhunter21]

@@jeffhaggard4536 I love Acid Bath! And Kyuss pretty much invented stoner rock.... lol

[@sirKorndogg]

Freaking love these guys......found them about 3 yrs ago......badass jammin!! \M/ ;) \M/

[@thathandleistakentrythisone]

Thank you for uploading this. This is my favorite Sword live concert. I am kicking myself every day for not seeing their Apocryphon tour. I must have watched this concert on Vimeo a dozen times at least. I caught them on the Used Future tour, but it was a much more mellow show. I heard there was crazy shit happening at the Apocryphon show crowdsurfing moshing. Wish they recorded this as a live CD/DVD release coz their playing here is just so tight. Plus the setlist is just spectacular. Thank you so much again.

[@dennissketchley8242]

Fast becoming a Favorite of mine. A modern day Sabbath it sounds a lot like . But they really sound like THE SWORD

[@gumballthechewy]

This is one of my top 3 bands, gods, I wish I could have seen them live before they disbanded...

[@pimtool9351]

how incredibly tight and on point is this band...

[@matthewchaney8550]

💯

[@ToddZilla813]

Apocryphon is still the sweetest most riffy riff of all riffs. Shred city!

[@SwiggitySwagDopeInTheBag]

I dont know man.. Freya is pretty licktastick

[@matthewspringer1369]

Yeah I have to disagree. Apocryphon is amazing but Gods of the Earth is my shit! I really HATE their newest albums.

[@Mudcreekmedia]

Nothing like holding it wide open thru a desert to that song

[@captainbeyondmetal8213]

Wow the heaviness of Cloak Of Feathers is massive these guys are a river of raging molten METAL!!!!!!

[@kyussgirl]

All my favourites in one epic setlist!!! Thank you for uploading this 🙌🏼

[@jacquessomething2177]

that change into and out of cheap sunglasses was fucking rad!

[@kristianlaing8926]

This band & set destroys.Would of loved to see the Gods of the Earth & Age of Winters tour.Killer man.Blast from the past.🤘🏻🔥

[@raymondebert8552]

Great showman. Thank you for posting.

[@bennyscissorhands6477]

i need a cigarette and a ham sammich after that one

[@kevlarkevinski2212]

I love ham sandwiches after a show. Just sayin 🤷‍♂️

[@DanteGondrong]

Cool. Thanks for uploading this video. Warm regards from Indonesia. You should to know Indonesian band 'the sigit'👌

[@xmulletxtb4148]

Love how all 3 of them slam down

[@xmulletxtb4148]

Obvs drummer too but the 3 front guys synch up

[@ampersandmcvinegar5681]

If Black Sabbath and ZZ Top had a baby . . .

[@Z-ManBarzell]

Check out Drunk Horse. It’s like Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top and Thin Lizzy had a baby!

[@jameshauldren8160]

\../Shutt Fucking RULES\../J.D. is A Fucking Genius\../

[@Eric06410]

Saw them open for Primus. They blew Primus out of the water. Holly Crap.

[@tylerjacobson8012]

Lol no they didn’t.

[@SwiggitySwagDopeInTheBag]

@@tylerjacobson8012 yes, they most definitely did

[@adrianoa.j.5788]

NO WAY MAN!! THIS IS SO WICKED!!

[@newbornwess]

que show foda, banda boa do krl

[@ericroger5902]

great band

[@peyop917]

Awesome

[@adevilsbroadcast]

Someone forgot to arm the room mic channel in the multitrack. Dry as toast hell, still sounds good tho.

[@dmanm85]

There isn't even any overhead/room mics on stage so im not sure what you're talking about.

[@leandrobispo6286]

Muth riffs man, it us Crazy Mans......

[@missourinp1155]

isn't that the bassist from Clutch?

[@edygh64]

Woah man, I didnt know Aaron Gillespie was such a great guitarist!

[@jameshauldren8160]

The Sword Are Beautiful. The Sword Are The New Metallica!! So Creative\../

[@realscience948]

They put Metallica to shame in the song writing and skill departments!

[@johannjohann6523]

Dammit, these guys are so fucking kick ass, and their live sound at this concert is terrible. Their tight ass record label needs to come off of some chedder and get these guys a sound system as awesome as the band!!!

[@JimmyTownmouse]

I’ve only listened to the first track so far, but initially the vocals are too dry and probably too high in the mix. You can hear later though, somebody has turned up the reverb and delay for the vocals-it makes a big difference. The delay level seems to fluctuate. I don’t know if that is intentional or somebody trying to dial it in on the fly.

[@MegaCirse]

Beyond pretenses, this band would denounce the apparent order and paradoxes of an insensitive world ? Terrible as an army with banners🙂