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Valient Thorr are a truly hardworking band who care
so much about their band and music, the band are
forever touring, seriously checkout the tour listings
on their myspace it never seems to be empty, with
shows running throughout the whole of America from
now until the middle of August and once that tour
is over the band are heading back to Europe. If
the band aren’t touring then they are busy
writing and recording a new album, they are just
about to release their new album 'Immortalizer',
the album is their fourth new album in five years,
now that is some achievement, most bands take at
least two to three years between each album release
but not these guys.
The band are a five piece and some people may
think they have lost the plot ever so slightly
as they claim that they are time travellers from
Venus and that they became stranded on Earth because
Walt Disney had stolen their time machine 21 years
earlier, the story makes an interesting read but
to be honest I think the band have been watching
too much Heroes and sci-fi movies, yeah they do
look like they are stuck in the 70's kitted out
with their denim jackets, long hair and massive
beards but as for time travelling you have to
laugh.
Musically Valient Thorr have quite a good sound
it’s like old skool metal such as Kiss and
Motorhead and mixed slightly with Dragonforce
with the way that it’s played so fast and
sounds so much like computer game music in places.
The album opens with 'I Hope The Ghosts Of The
Dead Haunt Yr Soul Forever' the song is so fast
and so listenable, there are some great guitar
solo's on offer and wonderful riffs throughout
the song, Valient Himself's vocals are extremely
fast and clear and have quite a distinctive sound.
'Infinite Lives' is just as fast and catchy as
the opening track, the vocals are a lot more interesting
with Valient shouting his message across.
The opening moments in 'Mask Of Sanity' are quite
technical, the vocals are at there best and the
overall feel of the song is fast and catchy with
a mixed sound of old skool metal meets punk, this
is definitely the highlight of the album.
The lyrics of the album are quite random whilst
Valient Thorr singing about things that no other
bands would ever dream of, just take a listen
of 'No Holds Barred', a song about wrestling,
with Valient Himself reciting a whole load of
wrestling holds, now this song is a wrestling
fans wet dream, and to make it even better it’s
just as fast and upbeat as the rest of Valient
Thorr's material.
There are no dull moments during 'Immortalizer',
each and every song is action packed and totally
fast paced, the lyrics are quite interesting with
the band singing about computer games, sci fi,
and as mentioned above wrestling and so much more.
Valient Thorr are quite unlike any band around
at the moment, they are really tight sounding,
fast, random and above all pure entertaining.
Head over to the bands myspace and check out the
song streams on there as im pretty sure you will
find yourself parting with your hard earned cash
for 'Immortalizer' shortly after. Valient Thorr
are a great band and I am pretty sure they are
even better experienced live.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Valient Himself (vocals)
Eidan Thorr (guitars)
Dr. Professor Nitewolf Strangees (Bass)
Voiden Thorr (guitars)
Lucian Thorr (percussion) |
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1. I Hope The Ghosts Of The Dead Haunt Yr Soul Forever
2. Infinite Lives
3. Mask Of Sanity
4. Tomorrow Police
5. No Holds Barred
6. Parable Of Daedalus
7. Birdhead Looking @ Goldenhands
8. Vernal Equinox
9. 1000 Winters In A Row
10. Red Flag
11. Nomadic Sacrifice
12. Steeplechase
13. Tackle the Walrus
14. "Track 14" |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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