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SoundGarden - THOR IS COMING THIS FRIDAY!!!

THOR - TRIUMPHANT - THORTOEN/PHD
Thor the Rock Warrior has been kicking around the heavy metal scene since the late �70s and by the amount of albums he�s been unsheathing in recent years shows no signs of letting up anytime soon. From the glam rock sounds of 1977�s Keep The Dogs Away to the classic heavy metal thunder of 1984�s Only The Strong to last year�s cyber metal comeback album Dogz II, Vancouver, Canada�s own resident bodybuilder/B-movie star/comic hero/rock frontman has delivered the goods to his adorning fans time and time again.


Canada's master of metal-physique Thor is back and, as a matter of fact, quite active. Central to his activities is the new album Triumphant which clocks in at 65 minutes. The album kicks off with Call Of The Triumphant and for those who are not familiar with Thor, it sounds akin to Manowar's fountainhead. It is quite catchy really. Intercessor follows, a track culled from the film The Intercessor: Rock N' Roll Nightmare 2, which sounds thematic. Thor sounds uncannily close to Axl Rose on this one. Viking's Funeral is a tale of Valhalla and slower in pace to allow for the narration. Back For Blood is a little heavy rock dittie with female backing vocals towards the end. This is followed by Fubar Is A Super Rocker which is another song culled from a movie. This one comes from Fubar: The Movie (I have to see these!) and sounds more like a army training cassette than anything else. Everybody Needs A Hero follows next and sounds quite close to a certain Marilyn Manson hit single. It is catchy and abetted by multiple vocal tracks. Is that Neil Young on guitar? It sure sounds like him. Anger is a popish song with more catchy guitar rhythms ('Anger is my middle name') and Stormbringer is even more pop in its intentions. Imagine a 1979 chart-topper. Thunderhawk is a return to hard rock and picks up the pace. This one will probably fuel Manowar's inspirations for another ten years. Fight For You and Hail Steeve Reeves (a bodybuilder) lead to the last song on the album entitled The Guadian's (sic) Flame. The hidden tracks here are classic Thor material in the form of We Accept The Challenge, Lightning Strikes (new version?) and Search & Destroy


Drink specials all weekend...Get into the scene - Support Live and Local Music...BE THERE Friday Nov 8. 9pm @ the SoundGarden. - Tue, 5 Nov 3:47am - Tue, 5 Nov 2002 5:48am
Jake Z. I saw THOR back in the early 90's I think it was.. what a cheeser! Funny as hell.. does he still bend steel? - Tue, 5 Nov 2002 12:01pm
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I'm not sure.. I was just told his stage show has only gotten better. - Tue, 5 Nov 2002 10:40pm
ROSS B AY
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last year I saw them at Legend's and he passed out trying to blow up a hot water bottle. No that was 2 years ago. - Wed, 6 Nov 2002 2:40am
RAZOR yeah he still bends "steel". thor sucks. - Wed, 6 Nov 2002 7:51pm
Mr. Hell
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Y'know, what? Thor does suck, and he sucks really bad. But I'm going to the show to support the bar...not the act. - Wed, 6 Nov 2002 10:40pm
matt t
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he came on before gwar. i felt sorry for the old guy with the burden of having that spot before them. i cant really say anything nice other than he does have a lot of energy for those first 10 minutes. - Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:39pm
Bryn Anybody out there bent steel with their bare hands and blown up a hot water bottle? I didn't think so. - Thu, 7 Nov 2002 1:56pm
Anonymous Why would anyone want to do that? Dumbass! - Thu, 7 Nov 2002 6:38pm
Ray the Re Ive bent my cock with my bare hands and it was hard as steel - Fri, 8 Nov 2002 12:14am
YIKES OUCH - Fri, 8 Nov 2002 12:13pm
Goddess
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Hey Mr. Hell, I guess you wrote that before you knew I'd be on with him (the part about it sucking) ;) - Sun, 10 Nov 2002 6:48pm
Mr. Hell
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I stand by my assessment of his music. It has nothing to do with your presence on the stage, Goddess.
See show reviews for details. hehe. - Sun, 10 Nov 2002 7:15pm
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