Saturday, June 7, 2008

Valient Thorr - Immortalizer (Mean Street, June 2008)












Immortalizer
(Volcom)

This is a sign that there is definitely life on planet rock. If these guys’ mission was rock ‘n’ roll, then they were on target and blew it way off of the map. Valient Thorr brought back that big 1970s riff rock sound that many have attempted and few have succeeded. Falling somewhere between AC/DC, Thin Lizzy and High On Fire, Immortalizer packs in walls of memorable guitar licks that do that era justice, while offering guitar rock fans of all ages something they could get into. For any cynics that say rock ‘n’ roll is dead, they need to give Immortalizer a few spins and see if they still believe that.

Grade: A

REI NISHIMOTO

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