The Sword sú americká heavy metalová kapela z texaského Austinu, zameraná na stoner metal a doom metal s nádychom hard rocku. Od debutu Age of Winters (2006) si vybudovala vernú fanúšikovskú základňu vďaka kombinácii ťažkých riffov, sci-fi a fantasy tematiky a soundu ovplyvneného Black Sabbath.
Kompilácia Conquest of Kingdoms vyšla v roku 2020 na vydavateľstve Craft Recordings ako limitovaná edícia na troch LP (1000 kusov). Celkovo 30 skladieb mapuje tvorbu kapely naprieč štúdiovou diskografiou – od raných peciek ako Barael's Blade a Iron Swan cez epické Freya až po covery Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin) a Cheap Sunglasses (ZZ Top). Vinylové vydanie ponúka ucelený prierez tým najlepším z doomového heavy metalu so stoner rockovou energiou.
Skladby
LP1
1 The Horned Goddess (live) (previously unreleased)
2 Barael's Blade (live) (previously unreleased)
3 Lament for the Aurochs (live) (previously unreleased)
4 Iron Swan (live) (previously unreleased)
5 The Sundering (live) (previously unreleased)
6 Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians (live) (previously unreleased)
7 The Black River (live) (previously unreleased)
8 The White Sea (live) (previously unreleased)
LP2
1 Sea of Spears (live) (previously unreleased)
2 Freya (live) (previously unreleased)
3 Night City (live) (previously unreleased)
4 The Chronomancer II: Nemesis (live)
5 He's Waiting (C Average Version)
6 Sea of Spears
7 Immigrant Song
8 Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings
9 Codex Corvidae
10 Freya '08 (previously unreleased)
LP3
1 Forever My Queen (previously unreleased)
2 She (previously unreleased)
3 Daughter of Dawn
4 Farstar
5 Cold Sweat
6 Cheap Sunglasses
7 Hammer of Heaven
8 Hexenringe
9 Seriously Mysterious (Level One Remix) (previously unreleased)
10 John the Revelator
11 Turnt to Dust (previously unreleased)
12 Serpent Weather
