Thor: You know you’re guilty baby, yeah…. so how do you plead?
Sexy Sounding Chick: Guilty as charged.
Thor: You can’t escape justice… ‘Cause you’re a bloodsucker! You’re a centipede!!
Sexy Sounding Chick: (moaning) Ooohhhh
Thor: B-L-O-O-D!!!

You gotta love Thor…

Even more bizarre is that “Hail Steve Reeves” almost sounds like Thor singing over an old Chili Peppers riff… and somehow it works!!! Go figure. The Pilotpriest remix of “Stormbringer” harkens back to the techno-metal of Dogz II but is really the only thing in that style on the album. There are also remakes of the classic Thor chestnut “Anger” (not as good as the original) and the rare gem “Thunderhawk” (better than the original!) to satisfy hardcore fans. The album ends with a three-song trilogy called “The Guardians Flame” that is pure over the top prog-rock mixed with good ol’ fashioned hard rock and should please even the pickiest of Virgin Steel fans (for all you flame guardians out there). Yeah, it’s metal alright… and metal is metal is metal, right?

Yes, the mighty one is back. Wielding his lexicon of Norse mythology and sci-fi fantasies and blending his Conan style image with a two-ton guitar attack and double kick drum battering ram, Thor challenges all who doubt him to step up to the plate and beat him in a test of strength. Will you choose to blow up the hot water bottle with your lungs, bend a steel rod with your teeth, have concrete smashed off your chest with a jackhammer or challenge him to a test of rock justice? Triumphant is his entry into the contest. Where yours?