Valient Thorr Our Own Masters Vinyl LP Green 2013
Tracklist:
1. Immaculate Consumption
2. Master Collider
3. Manipulation
4. No Strings Attached
5. Life Hands You Demons
6. Torn Apart
7. Cerberus
8. Good News Bad News
9. Insatiable
10. Crowdpleaser
11. Nervous Energy
12. Call Off The Dogs
North Carolina Metal Band Readies First New Studio Album in Three Years; Announces U.S. and European Headlining Tours! Formed in 2000, VALIENT THORR plays loud, fast heavy music -- influenced by both metal and punk -- that draws creatively from touchstones such as AC/DC, Thin Lizzy and the MC5 (Motörhead might also be a point of reference here, though more in spirit than in sound). The band has a stranglehold on amped-up hard rock and stripped-down heavy metal, barnstorming stages across the world with its catchy, ass-kicking riffs, unmatched energy, fist-pumping anthems and hyperagitated live show, led by the band's front man and ringleader Valient Himself, whose highly entertaining, heady lyrics become a call to arms for the band's legions of devoted fans -- nicknamed the 'Thorriors'-- that assemble in chapters and track the band from show to show, town to town. 'Our Own Masters' is a triumphant display of crescendo-ing riffs, rousing vocals and canyon-wide grooves and a record set to remind the world why VALIENT THORR's high voltage concoction of rock, metal and punk and formidable reputation proceeds them for a reason. The record's wild, extraterrestrial cover artwork (shown above) is taken from a 1975 painting by John Aylward, father of VALIENT THORR drummer Jason Aylward.