Produced, recorded, and mixed by Jack Endino (High On Fire, Nirvana, Seaweed, Supersuckers, Mudhoney, Hot Hot Heat), and while not devoid of the signature sound Valient Thorr has cultivated across their three previous albums, this one has a decidedly sharper edge. They've toured incessantly, averaging close to 250 dates a year since 2003, and have enjoyed high profile stints on the Vans Warped Tours of 2005 and 2006. They've also toured with such varied acts as Joan Jett And The Blackhearts, Eagles Of Death   [ read more ]

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Conventional wisdom dictates that it's almost impossible to inject a fresh perspective into authentic, classicist hard rock without turning it into something other than "classicist hard rock"...duh! So the wacky outer space mythology concocted by North Carolinians Valient Thorr, who claim they come from the planet Venus, inevitably becomes a major point of interest while one is appraising their "classicist hard rock" music -- never mind an obvious distinguishing gimmick from contemporary competitors. Esp   [ read more ]

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The true genius -- and correlated great tragedy -- about Valient Thorr is that, like heavy rock titans such as the MC5 and Ted Nugent, no studio album is likely to ever capture the sheer power and liberating revelation of their inspired, nearly evangelical live performances, which usually find charismatic frontman Valient Himself leading the band's wild electric mayhem to sanctified heights of a rock & roll prayer meeting. Well, but they can try, and Legend of the World is the Venusian/North    [ read more ]

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