Photos: The Sword at Orion Music + More 2012

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This past Saturday, Austin's The Sword rocked the Fuel stage at Metallica's first ever Orion Music + More festival.

You can read a full recap of the weekend's festivities here and check out a gallery of The Sword's Saturday set at Orion below.

And stayed tuned for an exclusive interview in which we get an update on the band's upcoming new studio album, Apocryphon.

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Josh Hart
Josh Hart

Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.

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