Total Universe Man

Top 20 Albums of the 2000s (20 items)
list by Rad Redstar

Chapel Hill, NC's Valient Thorr have been described as "equal parts swaggering cock rock, speed metal and thrash punk, sci-fi kitsch meets Iron Maiden meets MC5" as well as "a snake handling James Brown fronting Black Sabbath." "Valient Thorr sound like they came from Bon Scott's Australia and/or Sweet's 'Ballroom Blitz' Britain, but they've come all the way from Venus!"--Willamette Week, Portland, OR. Recorded and produced by John Plymale (Meat Puppets, Superchunk, Squirrel Nut Zippers). Look for them on the Van's Warped Tour this summer.