Kyle Shutt (The Sword)

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Kyle Shutt is an American musician widely known for his guitar playing in the seminal stoner metal band, The Sword, since 2003. From the punk and indie clubs of Austin, TX to arenas all over the world on Metallica's World Magnetic Tour, The Sword climbed the Billboard Top 200 charts to number 17 with their fourth album, Apocryphon. Having played well over a thousand shows, The Sword changed the landscape of heavy metal during the early 2000's and their influence can be heard far and wide in music today. The Sword will be supporting Primus on their A Farwell to Kings tour in 2021.

Not one to rest on his laurels, in 2017 Shutt produced Doom Side of the Moon, a heavy metal reimagining of Pink Floyd's greatest hits with an accompanying psychedelic live show spectacular. The completely independent endeavor landed at number 82 on the Billboard Top 200 charts the week of its release. A followup album will be coming in 2022.

Shutt turned to crowdfunding in 2018 with the undertaking of a solo album in which he wrote every song and played every instrument over a 14 day period. The Kickstarter campaign went over its goal by 25% and the ensuing support tour saw him share the stage with Electric Six and even included a slot on the Exit 111 Festival. More punk than metal, Shutt's solo career set him apart from being just a stoner rock guitarist and set the stage for many of his other endeavors. A followup solo album will also be arriving in 2022.

During the coronavirus pandemic, Shutt kicked his creativity into overdrive with a painting career that saw over 150 paraody versions of himself painted onto copies of his solo album LPs and were sold directly to fans. With subjects from Star Wars characters to superheroes, no pop culture icon was safe from his self portraits.

Shutt also launched another successful crowdfunding effort during the pandemic to write the first in his series of lighthearted memoirs, “Written in Stoned”. The Kickstarter campaign once again went over its goal by 25% and the accompanying parody images promoting the book on his social media accounts further cemented his signature brand of humor in the eyes of his fans.

At the turn of 2021 The High Way with Kyle Shutt was launched, a self produced podcast featuring musicians and entertainers conversing with Shutt about life in the industry. Guests included Neil Fallon (Clutch), Dave Wyndorf (Monster Magnet) and Buzz Osborne (Melvins) and was immediately embraced by fans. Although he launched the podcast in an admittedly over saturated market, the program quickly rose to number 23 on the Apple Podcast Music Interview Charts in the U.S. as well as other charts all over the world.

Having built his fan base without anything but hard work and relentless dedication to his craft in the face of ever changing adversity, Shutt is a unique force in an unsure world and isn't going away any time soon.