The Sword's new album has debuted at #30 on the Billboard 200.

High Country, the new album from Austin, Texas heavy metal/stoner metal band The Sword has debuted at #30 on the Billboard 200 on the strength of 14,000 in first-week sales in the United States. The band's previous album, Apocryphon (2012), sold roughly 17,000 copies in its debut week and entered the Billboard 200 chart at #17.