Warp Riders [SEP] performer
Warp Riders
Warp Riders is the third studio album by American heavy metal band The Sword. Recorded at Wire Recording in Austin, Texas with producer Matt Bayles, it was released by Kemado Records in August 2010. "Warp Riders" was written and recorded as a concept album centred on an original science fiction narrative written by vocalist and guitarist J. D. Cronise, and marks a conscious change in style from doom metal to a more hard rock-influenced sound.
The Sword's third album is the first by the band
member. The second single from "Warp Riders", "(The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire", was released as a limited edition picture disc at the beginning of November backed with previously unreleased B-side "Farstar", and later in the month the video for "Lawless Lands" – part two of the "Warp Riders" trilogy – was released online. A number of European dates were rescheduled for May 2011, and the third and final "Warp Riders" music video "Night City