Chronology 2006-2018 is a three-disc compendium of The Swords greatest hits, fan favorites and rarities. Culling the retro-metal four-piece’s complete studio recordings, the set comprises 52 tracks (12 previously-unreleased), including the studio recordings of “Freya,” “Iron Swan,” “Cloak of Feathers,” and “Deadly Nightshade.”
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).
Disc 1
1. Freya 04:35
2. Winter’s Wolves 04:37
3. The Horned Goddess 05:02
4. Iron Swan 05:47
5. How Heavy This Axe 03:06
6. Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians 03:28
7. Maiden, Mother & Crone 04:01
8. The Black River 05:54
9. Acheron / Unearthing the Orb 03:46
10. Lawless Lands 05:10
11. The Warp Riders 03:58
12. Tears of Fire 06:15
13. The Horned Goddess (live) 05:05
14. Barael’s Blade (live) 02:49
15. Lament for the Aurochs (live) 07:40
16. Iron Swan (live) 05:32
01:16:45
Disc 2
1. Cloak of Feathers 05:27
2. Dying Earth 05:25
3. Seven Sisters 03:31
4. Apocryphon 04:56
5. Empty Temples 03:57
6. Mist & Shadow 05:27
7. Early Snow 04:16
8. The Dreamthieves 03:58
9. Seriously Mysterious 02:22
10. Buzzards 02:20
11. Deadly Nightshade 02:55
12. Sea of Green 05:39
13. Used Future 04:24
14. Come and Gone 03:41
15. Sea of Spears (live) 04:51
16. Freya (live) 05:07
17. Night City (live) 04:10
18. The Chronomancer II: Nemesis (live) 06:12
01:18:38
Disc 3
1. He’s Waiting (C Average Version) 01:56
2. Sea of Spears 04:51
3. Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin cover) 02:09
4. Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings (ZZ Top cover) 02:26
5. Codex Corvidae 02:14
6. Freya ’08 04:45
7. Forever My Queen (Pentagram cover) 02:00
8. She (KISS cover) 04:26
9. Daughter of Dawn 05:07
10. Farstar 02:37
11. Cold Sweat 03:00
12. Cheap Sunglasses (ZZ Top cover) 04:16
13. Hammer of Heaven 05:48
14. Hexenringe 03:10
15. Seriously Mysterious (Level One Remix) 02:55
16. John the Revelator (Blind Willie Johnson cover) 03:15
17. Turnt to Dust 02:00
18. Serpent Weather 03:45