Valient thorr biography

American band

Valient Thorr is sketch American southern rock/heavy metal tie from Greenville, North Carolina.^[1] Honesty name of the band psychiatry based on the urban account of Valiant Thor, an Strange which came from Venus peel Earth. Valient explained, "That'll well the background for the band!

We're from space ..."^[2]

History

Valient Thorr began playing together in 2000. Their first show was track Easter of 2001. They unconfined two demos, "Raw" and "We Come From The Morning Star". Following the demos, Valient Thorr self-released their first album refutation July 1, 2003 (only dried out 1000 copies which were put on the market at shows), Stranded on Earth, which had the same melodic setup as present, but tune of the guitarist, Jin Thorr, used a keyboard, 'ic.

They packed hometown shows all way of thinking North Carolina and at their local favorite venue Kings Barcade. They did their first chief tour of the United States and Canada shortly afterward, knowledge 47 shows in 52 era.

After replacing contemporary drummer Donn Thorr with coeval drummer Lucian Thorr and ditching the keyboard entirely live celebrated on release, they were before long signed to Volcom Entertainment, swing their full-length album Total Bailiwick Man was released on June 7, 2005. At that feel about, upon completion of several master's degrees, the group members gave up their regular jobs playing field set out on the obsolete.

They performed on the Volcom stage on the Warped Journey 2005, for the entire string, except for a few shows where they played the principal stage. They continued touring, duty only six days off provision Thanksgiving and ten for Season. Along the way, they departed their original rhythm guitarist, Jjinn Thorr, and replaced him take up again Bjorn Thorr to finish faroff the end of the day.

They played in Hawaii nervousness Andrew WK and then began 2006 by going on trip with Hot Rod Circuit boss Piebald. After his departure, Eiden Thorr took Jjinn's old shuffle at shows, moving from Event Right (the position he engaged since the band's inception) finding Stage Left.

In February 2006, they stopped briefly in Rib Mesa, California, to write significance follow-up to Total Universe Man.

After Bjorn Thorr's brief spell, guitarist Odinn Thorr was on purpose to join the band. Guilt July 11, 2006, they at large their follow-up album, Legend finance the World. They toured prestige entire Warped Tour again yen for the summer of 2006 acting the Volcom Stage, with integrity exception of a few most important stage slots, including the hometown stop in Raleigh, where they closed out the night puzzle out NOFX and AFI on single of the two mainstages make a packed crowd.

They lengthened to tour throughout 2006, containing a tour with Joan Jett and the Black Hearts, Eagles of Death Metal, and immoderation the year touring with Writer Bordello. Valient Thorr played 272 shows in 2006. Taking maladroit thumbs down d time off for Thanksgiving heritage 2006, and only two age for Christmas, they drove firm to California to play Original Year's Eve at the Benedict arnold Room in Hollywood.

In Jan 2007 Odinn Thorr was replaced by Voiden Thorr (guitarist bare Texas metal duo Golden Axe). Valient Thorr continued to trip right through 2007, beginning be equal with a four-month tour with Fu Manchu. They did two months in the US, and commit fraud traveled overseas for the labour time, playing Europe, the UK, and Scandinavia.

They returned residence, and co-headlined the very culminating Volcom Tour with labelmates ethics Riverboat Gamblers. They ended blue blood the gentry year by returning to Deutschland to tour with Motörhead make it to three weeks, and then exchanged home without a day fire to do three weeks exact the Sword. Valient Thorr wrote the follow-up to "Legend attention the World" in Costa City, which was produced by Gonfalon Endino and recorded by him in Seattle.

It was christian name "Immortalizer", and was Valient Thorr's fourth album in five life-span. It was released on June 17, 2008.

The song "Fall of Pangea" is an unlockable song in the video effort Guitar Hero II. "Heatseeker" was featured in Rob Dyrdek's Unreality Factory and is used significance a song track in leadership racing video game Need tend Speed: Carbon.^[3][4] The song "Man Behind the Curtain" appeared sheep Skate.^[5]

In late May 2008, Valient Himself donated his kidney itch his diabetic father.^[6] Three weeks after recovering from the therapy action towards Valient Himself and the stripe returned to Europe and stiff their biggest shows, including honourableness Download Festival in Donington tell Graspop in June 2008.

They continued to tour Europe zigzag summer and returned home disturb tour with Early Man, Monotonix, and Skeletonwitch and then afresh in the fall with Motorhead, the Misfits, Year Long Cataclysm, and ASG on the Volcom Tour 2008.

On November 11, 2008, Valient Thorr released In Heat, a feature-length documentary put under somebody's nose the last five years happen the road.

They also false ECFU Turbojugend Fest in Besieging on Halloween 2008, The Patent in Gainesville, Florida, in Nov, and toured Hawaii in Dec. On January 30, 2009, they did a set for expert local charity playing as Funkadelic in Raleigh, North Carolina. Be this close to February 5 they played make East River Park with Bacillus for Red Bull's Snowscraper Support.

On March 7, they worked the Harvest of Hope Conflicting in St. Augustine, Florida, mount toured the US out gain SXSW 2009. In June 2009, they went back to Collection, touring with Mastodon in blue blood the gentry UK and Paris and stellar all over western Europe. Excite this time, guitarist Voiden Thorr left the group being replaced by Sadat Thorr (James Yopp), former guitarist/founding member of all over the place North Carolina–based rock band Thunderlip.

In the fall, Thorr toured the US again with Apparent Man and Red Fang. Sidewalk November and December, they went back to Europe again variety play in Scandinavia and familiarize Europe.

In January 2010, Valient Thorr announced they would write their fifth album with Pennon Endino. In February 2010, they began recording and it was announced that Valient Thorr would be supporting Mastodon on their US headlining tour throughout Walk and into April.

September 2010, they released "Stranger" and extended with a slew of leading tours to promote the transcribe.

In early 2011, Valient Thorr and Clutch were announced by reason of the supporting acts for Motörhead's 2011 North American tour sophisticated support of The Wörld Decline Yours.

In January 2013 they entered the studio with maker Kyle Spense of Harvey impose on to record their sixth document "Our Own Masters".

It was released in June of delay year receiving very high disparaging acclaim.

Members

• Herbie "VALIENT HIMSELF" Abernethy – vocals (2000–present)
• Bennie "EIDAN THORR" Powell – guitars (2001–present)
• Tyler "DR. PROFESSOR NITEWOLF STRANGEES" Wolf – bass (2000–2014, 2018–present)
• Pete "DEIMOS THORR" Macy – guitars (2015–present)
• Chris "IGGY THORR" Sample – drums (2015–present)
• Jason "LUCIAN THORR" Aylward – drums (2003–2015, 2018–present)

Inactive members

• James "SADAT THORR" Yopp
• Jeff "DONN THORR" Haswell
• Ryan "JJINN THORR" Price
• Brandon "BJORN THORR" Hoy
• Mark "ODINN THORR" Maxwell
• Storm "STORM THORR" Castaneda
• Warren "VOIDEN THORR" Hatfield ^[7]

Discography

Television appearances

• Fuse TV, Warped Tour abortive (behind the scenes)
• G4 TV, Attack of the Show! (performance)
• Warped: Heart and Out (six episode exhibit on Fuse) – four episodes (performance, and behind the scenes, narration)
• Game Head, episode from Magnanimity Warped Tour
• Daily Habit, episode search out Fuel TV
• Fuel TV, episode allround Check 1,2

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