{{More footnotes needed|date=October 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Death Card | type = studio | artist = Sworn In | cover = Sworn In - The Death Card.jpg | alt = | released = August 20, 2013 | studio = | genre = Nu metalcore<ref>{{cite web |last1=Enis |first1=Eli |title=A Guide to Five Lesser-Known Metal Subgenres |url=https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/magazine/story/2021/07/06/a-guide-to-five-lesser-known-metal-subgenres/ |website=Qobuz |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref> | length = 39:06 | label = Razor & Tie<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.razorandtie.com/sworn-in-to-release-debut-album-the-death-card-august-20/|title=SWORN IN TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM THE DEATH CARD AUGUST 20 : Razor & Tie|website=www.razorandtie.com}}</ref> | producer = Brian Hood | prev_title = Start/End | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = The Lovers/The Devil | next_year = 2015 }} {{music ratings |rev2 = Blabbermouth.net |rev2score = 7/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/the-death-card/|title=The Death Card - SWORN IN|date=September 23, 2013|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}</ref> }} '''''The Death Card''''' is the debut album from American metalcore band Sworn In.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sworn-in-mn0003386742/biography|title=Sworn In | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref> It was released by Razor & Tie Recordings on 20 August 2013.
The record's release was preceded by a video for the first single, "Snake Eyes."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/sworn_in_stream_new_album_the_death_card | title=Sworn In stream new album, 'the Death Card' | work=Alternative Press | date=16 August 2013 | accessdate=17 February 2015 | author=Kraus, Brian}}</ref>
==Critical reception== AllMusic called the album "characterized by bleak lyrics, screamy vocals, and a straightforward musical backdrop of by-the-book metal-influenced hardcore."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-death-card-mw0002561202|title=The Death Card - Sworn In | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing | all_music = Chris George | title1 = XIII | length1 = 1:17 | title2 = Hypocrisy | length2 = 4:16 | title3 = Mindless | length3 = 3:58 | title4 = Dead Soul | length4 = 3:26 | title5 = Senseless | length5 = 0:26 | title6 = A Song for the Nameless | length6 = 3:47 | title7 = Snake Eyes | length7 = 3:31 | title8 = Deadpan | length8 = 3:44 | title9 = Mute | length9 = 1:56 | title10 = Three Cheers | length10 = 4:10 | title11 = Bitter Blood | length11 = 1:43 | title12 = Death | length12 = 3:39 | title13 = Return (Heartless) | length13 = 3:14 | total_length = 39:06 }}
==Personnel== '''Sworn In''' * Tyler Dennen – vocals * Eugene Kamlyuk – guitar * Zakary Gibson – guitar * Sean Banks – bass * Chris George – drums
'''Additional''' * Forefathers – album Art
==Charts== '''Album''' {| class="wikitable" !Year !Chart !Position<ref name="SwornInCharts">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/5695005/sworn-in/chart | title=Sworn In - Chart History | magazine=Billboard | accessdate=March 22, 2015}}</ref> |- | rowspan="5"| 2013 |U.S. Billboard Top 200 |align="center"|184 |- |Top Heatseekers Albums |align="center"|7 |- |Top Hard Rock Albums |align="center"|16 |- |Top Independent Albums |align="center"|39 |- |Next Big Sound |align="center"|10 |}
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==External links== *[http://www.metalinjection.net/av/sworn-in-stream-the-death-card-exclusive-on-metal-injection Review] on ''MetalInjection'' *[http://newnoisemagazine.com/album-review-sworn-the-death-card/ New Noise Magazine]
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