tracks

Freya
Winter's Wolves
The Horned Goddess
Iron Swan
How Heavy This Axe
Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians
Maiden, Mother & Crone
The Black River
Acheron/Unearthing The Orb
Lawless Lands
The Warp Riders
(The Night The Sky Cried) Tears of Fire
The Horned Goddess (Live)
Barael's Blade (Live)
Lament for the Aurochs (Live)
Iron Swan (Live)
Cloak of Feathers
Dying Earth
Seven Sisters
Apocryphon
Empty Temples
Mist & Shadow
Early Snow
The Dreamthieves
Seriously Mysterious (Acoustic)
Buzzards (Acoustic)
Deadly Nightshade
Sea of Green
Used Future
Come and Gone
Sea of Spears (Live)
Freya (Live)
Night City (Live)
The Chronomancer II: Nemesis (Live)
He's Waiting (C Average Version)
Sea of Spears
Immigrant Song
Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings
Codex Corvidae
Freya '08
Forever My Queen
She
Daughter of Dawn
Farstar
Cold Sweat
Cheap Sunglasses
Hammer of Heaven
Hexenringe
Seriously Mysterious (Level One Remix)
John the Revelator
Turnt to Dust
Serpent Weather

notes

A three-disc compendium of The Sword's greatest hits and rarities. Released alongside The Sword - Conquest Of Kingdoms.
Consists of 52 tracks (12 previously unreleased) featuring complete studio recordings plus a career-spanning assemblage of B-sides, covers, live performances and more. Featuring expansive new liner notes with contributions from the band, plus Lars Ulrich (Metallica), Mark Morton (Lamb Of God) and Neil Fallon (Clutch (3)).

The CDs come in individual card sleeves, which, alongside a 76-page casebound book, are housed in a two-piece box with lift-off lid.

Discs made in Mexico.

credits

Art Direction – Florian Mihr
Artwork [Logo] – Brien White
Bass, Synthesizer – Bryan Richie
Booking – Josh Kline, United Talent Agency
Drums, Percussion – Santiago Vela III (tracks: 2-1 - 2-18, 3-12, 3-14 - 3-18), Trivett Wingo (tracks: 1-1 - 1-16, 3-1 - 3-11, 3-13)
Engineer – Joel Hume (tracks: 2-15 - 2-18), Tom Clapp (tracks: 1-13 - 1-16)
Keyboards, Synthesizer – Matt Bayles (tracks: 3-10)
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Kyle Shutt
Liner Notes – Lars Ulrich, Mark Morton (2), Neil Fallon
Management – Larry Mazer
Management [Assistance] – Amy Mazer
Management [Business Management] – Mark Scribner, Van Duyne, Bruno & Co., P.A.
Mastered By – Dan Coutant
Mixed By – Brett Orrison (tracks: 2-15 - 2-18), Bryan Richie (tracks: 3-16), J. Robbins (tracks: 3-14)
Other [Editorial] – Ryan Jebavy
Photography – Andi Rice, Ed Davis (22), Fiaz Farrelly, Jack Thompson (3), Rodrigo Fredes, Sandy Carson
Project Manager – Mason Williams (2)
Project Manager [Assistance] – Chris Clough, Maureen Bacon, Steven P. Gorman
Recorded By – Stuart Sikes (tracks: 2-5 - 2-8, 3-14 - 3-16)
Recorded By, Mixed By – Adrian Quesada (tracks: 2-5 - 2-8, 3-14 - 3-16), Andrew Hernandez (3) (tracks: 1-5 - 1-8, 3-6 - 3-8), Bryan Richie (tracks: 1-1 - 1-8, 2-9 - 2-10, 3-1 - 3-5, 3-11, 3-13, 3-17), J. Robbins (tracks: 2-1 - 2-4, 3-12), Matt Bayles (tracks: 3-9, 3-10), Tucker Martine (tracks: 2-11 - 2-14, 3-18)
Research – Jon Weiderhorn
Vocals, Liner Notes, Artwork [Logo], Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar – John D. Cronise,
Written-By – The Sword

companies

Copyright (c) – Craft Recordings
Manufactured For – Concord Music Group, Inc.
Distributed By – Concord Music Group, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Craft Recordings
Mastered At – Sun Room Audio
Recorded At – Emo's
Recorded At – The Bowery Ballroom
Recorded At – Stubb's BBQ
Published By – Music & Media International, Inc.
Published By – Superhype Music
Published By – BMG Rights Management
Published By – Domino Publishing Co.
Published By – Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Published By – Universal Music Publishing Group
Published By – EMI Virgin Songs, Inc.
Published By – Blood of Kings Music
Published By – Stop Moping
Published By – Bryan Richie Music
Published By – Jimmy Vela Music
Published By – Trivett Copley Wingo
Licensed From – Kemado Records
Mixed At – Spaceflight Records

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