I’m not quite sure what variety of gaming this ties into for me, but it’s another damned fine (and quite heavy, though not metal) Austin band with a new album out…
This song isn’t from the new album. But it’s mighty tasty. And it’s homegrown, so I gots to support it. The new album will be mine before the end of the week.
The title track from the new album by The Sword – Warp Riders.
To cross the Universe / in hyper-spatial flight.
We ride the warp of space / into the womb of night.
Alright. This needs to be gamed. Soon. The only question is what system to use. I think I want to make a BoL/BotA 60s/70s-style SciFi/metal thang. No one I know will play it, of course. But I still want to do it.
Oh, and for more inspiration, observe the Art of Penguin Science Fiction
Because the actual video is available now, I figured I’d share it. Be warned, there’s some (in my opinion) unnecessarily graphic violence in the first “witch encounter” but otherwise, this is pretty sweet.
Tres Brujas
The Sword | MySpace Music Videos
So I was using Tumblr for this kind of thing, but since I’ve ramped up my own domain for this blog I should probably not be splitting my meager traffic any further than necessary (at least that’s what the little trained marketing weasel in my head tells me) so listen up! It’s time to put on your psychedelic metal headphones and enjoy the first single from the new album Warp Riders, (which drops tomorrow) by Austin’s own The Sword. Crank it up for Tres Brujas:
The Sword is playing a live CD-release party tonight in the parking lot of Waterloo Records, our largest and most badass independent record store. I aims to be there, getting my rock on.
The Sword is good old school gaming metal. Check out their other two albums available at emusic and itunes, if you have any trouble finding them at your local record shop. But you should always opt to support your local record shop if you can.
Lastly, The Sword will be touring like crazy starting in September (first opening for Metallica in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan and then doing their own tour) so check out their official page and catch ’em live when they pass through your neck of the woods.