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Valient Thorr (2016)
Chapel Hill, NC
Valient Thorr’s kinetic, driving rhythms and riff-heavy approach to rock ‘n’ roll mixes space-wizard lyrics, late ‘70s British metal and southern rock-inspired blues. It makes for a pretty potent cocktail of fuel-injected mayhem and badassery.