Thor- Only the Strong

The Knell · Post by **The Knell** » Sun May 02, 2010 3:38 pm

This and the Unchained EP are really good! The 70ies stuff is way too corny.

xr2m · Post by **xr2m** » Wed May 05, 2010 1:24 am

Great album from start to finish! The rest of his stuff is unfortunately extremely uneven in terms of quality, but "Only the Strong" is awesome.

MetalizeR · Post by **MetalizeR** » Wed May 05, 2010 2:38 am

Classic album of the god of thunder... THOR !

Witchkiller · Post by **Witchkiller** » Fri May 07, 2010 3:23 pm

Great stuff on this lp. Ride Of The Chariots ,Thunder On The Tundra ,Let The Blood Run Red

...a great lp as far as i'm concerned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Sun May 09, 2010 2:53 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMYy3Rz ... re=related

mordred · Post by **mordred** » Sun May 09, 2010 4:34 pm

Mighty footage

Sgt. Kuntz · Post by **Sgt. Kuntz** » Sun May 09, 2010 6:33 pm

Fantastic album, very catchy and surely their best, he was quite a character and a natural entertainer on stage. Which one of his other dozen LPs would you recommend? Any at all?

The Knell · Post by **The Knell** » Sun May 09, 2010 7:25 pm

Sgt. Kuntz wrote:Fantastic album, very catchy and surely their best, he was quite a character and a natural entertainer on stage. Which one of his other dozen LPs would you recommend? Any at all?

If you like corny 70ies Hard Rock then get "Keep The Dogs Away".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlEGORSKXDE

mordred · Post by **mordred** » Sun May 09, 2010 7:33 pm

Sgt. Kuntz wrote:Fantastic album, very catchy and surely their best, he was quite a character and a natural entertainer on stage. Which one of his other dozen LPs would you recommend? Any at all?

Devastation of Musculation is a real black sheep in his vast post 80's catalogue in the sense that it's actually really good. All the others are shit with one or two good songs at the most.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee6vkFyanSI

Sgt. Kuntz · Post by **Sgt. Kuntz** » Sun May 09, 2010 7:36 pm

The Knell wrote:
Sgt. Kuntz wrote:Fantastic album, very catchy and surely their best, he was quite a character and a natural entertainer on stage. Which one of his other dozen LPs would you recommend? Any at all?
If you like corny 70ies Hard Rock then get "Keep The Dogs Away".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlEGORSKXDE

Haha, very interesting what he's doing on that stage

Sounds more like TED NUGENT or so, i think i'll pass on that.

great_knuthulhu · Post by **great_knuthulhu** » Mon May 10, 2010 8:17 am

Sgt. Kuntz wrote:
The Knell wrote:
Sgt. Kuntz wrote:Fantastic album, very catchy and surely their best, he was quite a character and a natural entertainer on stage. Which one of his other dozen LPs would you recommend? Any at all?
If you like corny 70ies Hard Rock then get "Keep The Dogs Away".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlEGORSKXDE
Haha, very interesting what he's doing on that stage

Sounds more like TED NUGENT or so, i think i'll pass on that.

Nugent is pretty close, but to me it's more like The Sweet without the background harmonies. I like that kind of thing, but Only the Strong is definitely Thor's strongest moment.

Black Axe · Post by **Black Axe** » Mon May 10, 2010 9:44 am

great_knuthulhu wrote:
Sgt. Kuntz wrote:
The Knell wrote:
If you like corny 70ies Hard Rock then get "Keep The Dogs Away".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlEGORSKXDE
Haha, very interesting what he's doing on that stage

Sounds more like TED NUGENT or so, i think i'll pass on that.
Nugent is pretty close, but to me it's more like The Sweet without the background harmonies. I like that kind of thing, but Only the Strong is definitely Thor's strongest moment.

He does try to imitate The Sweet there. But the music is much too weak and simple to come close to being Sweet.

I must say I still like the 70s video more than that boring 80s video Avenger posted. And no, I don't have any Thor albums.

GJ · Post by GJ » Mon May 10, 2010 10:15 am

I believe some people here should study both Sweet and Nugent more closely. Some of their stuff might be closer to eighties Pentagram, Raven or Anvil than you would think. Yup, Sweet can be pretty sinister at times and Ted Nugent just as ADHD-ridden as Lips and Mark Gallagher. Definitely important proto-metal acts, just as Sabbath, Priest or Rainbow.

On topic: need to pull 'em out of the shelves for relistening before talking. Thor seems one of them good guys anyhow.

Black Axe · Post by **Black Axe** » Mon May 10, 2010 10:59 am

GJ wrote:Definitely important proto-metal acts, just as Sabbath, Priest or Rainbow.

Sabbath and Priest are heavy metal, mister.

GJ · Post by GJ » Mon May 10, 2010 11:09 am

Black Axe wrote:
GJ wrote:Definitely important proto-metal acts, just as Sabbath, Priest or Rainbow.
Sabbath and Priest are heavy metal, mister.

Of course you're right! Well, partly so as none of them were completely "metallic" from day one. Then again, in the seventies they were working in a pre-metal context forming musical prototypes for future acts to relate to. (bound to confuse, I am)