SWORD Records Signs Licensing Agreement with Maru Music

Los Angeles-based Maru Music have signed an exclusive licensing agreement for albums and official merchandise in North America with SWORD Records in Tokyo. This agreement will allow fans to have much greater access to their favorite bands' music and merchandise without having to pay import prices.

The first three bands scheduled for release include D'espairsRay, Vidoll and DuelJewel. In addition to releasing products, Maru Music is hopeful it will be able to provide an infrastructure for SWORD bands to tour in North America.