WARBRINGER - The Sword And The Cross (Official Lyric Video) | Napalm Records

Highly Anticipated New Album, Wrath And Ruin, Out March 14, 2025! Order Napalm Exclusives: https://lnk.to/Warbringer-WrathAndRui... Listen and Order: https://lnk.to/Warbringer-WrathAndRuin Video by Andrea Mantelli Productions About the single and video, frontman John Kevill says: “The Sword and the Cross” was the first song we wrote for “Wrath and Ruin” and sets the tone for the album. We have a dark, epic thrashing number where a callous lord tells the audience how and why he owns them. First, establishing himself with brute violence (the Sword). Second, legitimating himself with ideology (the Cross). The end of the song was written first, where this lord says that he is still present, and reigns in skyscrapers rather than castles, that his sons will own your sons, and he will own you long after he dies. I love this section and it feels absolutely maniacal and evil to sing. One of the chief themes on the record is “techno-feudalism.” Though our rulers may have given up their crowns and titles, they never relinquished their power. The modern lords are no less our masters than the medieval ones were. Bend the knee, peasants, for we bring to you Wrath and Ruin. We bring the sword! -- Catch Warbinger on tour! Tickets and info: https://warbringermusic.com/ The Vortex of Violence Tour With Allegaeon, Skeletal Remains 03.18.25 - San Diego, CA @ Brick by Brick 03.19.25 - Phoenix, AZ @ Last Exit Live 03.20.25 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad 03.21.25 - Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street Collective 03.22.25 - Haltom City, TX @ Haltom Theater 03.23.25 - Austin, TX @ Come and Take it Live 03.24.25 - Corpus Christi, TX @ House of Rock 03.26.25 - Orlando, FL @ Conduit 03.27.25 - Jacksonville, NC @ Hooligan's 03.28.25 - Bensalem, PA @ Broken Goblet 03.29.25 - Brooklyn, NY @ Woodshop 03.30.25 - Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Electriques 03.31.25 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison 04.01.25 - Detroit, MI @ The Sanctuary 04.02.25 - Chicago, IL @ Reggies 04.03.25 - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck 04.04.25 - Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theater 04.05.25 - Denver, CO @ HQ 04.06.25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall 04.08.25 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon 04.09.25 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre 04.10.25 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater 04.11.25 - San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge 04.12.25 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom Infernal Bleeding Over Europe 2025 WARBRINGER Supporting Decapitated w/Cryptopsy & Carnation 05.03.25 - London, UK @ Incineration Fest 05.04.25 - Exeter, UK @ Phoenix 05.05.25 - Cardiff, UK @ The Globe 05.06.25 - Newcastle, UK @ Anarchy Brewery 05.07.25 - Glasgow, UK @ Slay 05.08.25 - Manchester, UK @ Academy 2 05.09.25 - Birmingham, UK @ XOYO 05.10.25 - Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms 05.11.25 - Norwich, UK @ The Waterfront 05.13.25 - Lille, FR @ The Black Lab 05.14.25 - Enschede, NL @ Metropool 05.15.25 - Munich, DE @ Backstage 05.16.25 - Aarau, CH @ KiFF 05.17.25 - Lindau, DE @ Vaudeville 05.18.25 - Vienna, AT @ Szene 05.19.25 - Budapest, HU @ Dürer Kert 05.20.25 - Prague, CZ @ Fuchs2 05.21.25 - Schweinfurt, DE @ Stattbahnhof 05.22.25 - Dresden, DE @ Blauer Salon 05.23.25 - Kraków, PL @ Hype Park 05.24.25 - Warsaw, PL @ Proxima 05.26.25 - Berlin, DE @ Hole44 05.27.25 - Aarhus, DK @ Voxhall 05.28.25 - Hamburg, DE @ Logo 05.29.25 - Vechta, DE @ Gulfhaus 05.30.25 - Dortmund, DE @ Junkyard 05.31.25 - Sint-Niklaas, BE @ Casino 06.01.25 - Paris, FR @ La Machine 06.03.25 - Frankfurt, DE @ Das Bett 06.04.25 - Karlsruhe, DE @ Substage 06.05.25 - Milan, IT @ Legend Club 06.06.25 - Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv 06.07.25 - Lyon, FR @ Lions Metal Fest Demonic Summer European Tour 2025 Supporting Kreator w/ Rotting Christ 20.07.25 - Heidelberg, Germany @ Halle 02 21.07.25 - Obertraubling, Germany @ Airport Eventhall 22.07.25 - Memmingen, Germany @ Kaminwerk Festivals 2025 23.07.25 SK Tolmin / Tolminator Festival 31.07.25 RO Rasnov / Rockstadt Festival 02.08.25 PO Vagos / Vagos Metal Fest 06.08.25 CZ Jaromer / Brutal Assault Festival 07.08.25 BE Kortijk / Alcatraz Fest 09.08.25 UK Derbyshire / Bloodstock Festival 15.08.25 DE Dinkelsbuhl / Summer Breeze Festival 16.08.25 CH Kudrefin / Rock The Lakes Festival Follow Warbringer:   / warbringermusic     / warbringermusic   https://x.com/warbringerband