THOR: Video Footage From NORTHWEST METALFEST Available

Video footage of Canadian rock warrior THOR's triumphant headlining performance at the Northwest Metalfest — which was held near Vancouver between Chilliwack and Hope, British Columbia, Canada on Aug. 10-12 — can be viewed below. The clip features rabid fan reaction at both the Metalfest (including fans that trekked over 3,000 miles to see THOR!) and THOR's current 2007 tour.

THOR's appearance at the Northwest Metalfest celebrated the release of THOR's new album, "Into the Noise", on SDR Records.

"'Into the Noise' is basically a concept album where the band goes on a journey to the center of the mind, of noise," said THOR. "They come across all these alternate characters and creatures like The Sound King. It's a quest. Like in the song 'Back For More', it's about coming back to rise up again and do battle again. Sometimes you have to retreat when you get overwhelmed or defeated, but then you regain your strength and go back in. So we're heading back 'Into the Noise'."

This album will be an all-digital release (although some actual limited edition collectors CDs will be released as well).

THOR has long been a champion of environmental causes, before the industry as a whole jumped on the bandwagon with events such as the Live Earth series of concerts. With the success of recent albums "Thor against the World" and "Devastation of Musculation", THOR is very proud to be associated with Smog Veil — the label is currently converting to an all-green, environmentally friendly office for its HQ.

THOR will utilize various technologies available to promote "Into the Noise", such as YouTube and some free downloads from the album on his MySpace page.

"Into the Noise" track listing:

01. Warrior's Reprise
02. Into the Noise
03. Evil Twin
04. No Guts, No Glory
05. Escape or Die
06. Fight for You
07. Sound King
08. If Tomorrow Never Comes
09. Forever & After
10. Back for More

Songs 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 were produced by Mike Kischnick, songs 6,9 were produced by THOR, song 3 was produced by Steve Price, KC Crawford, Arthur Genquist, and song 10 produced by Ben Frith.

"The song 'Forever And After' is from a movie that's been in the works for a long time," THOR shared. "I wrote the song back in 2002. It's an acoustic number — you hear THOR sing acoustically which I don't usually do. It's for a movie coming out called 'Forever & After'. It's a sci-fi movie."

Videos are being filmed for the title track and the song "Evil Twin".

THOR will be featured on an ongoing segment for MTV Canada in August and September. It features THOR answering letters from fans who need advice on topics such as love and sex amongst other things. MTV Canada is also working on a THOR animation called "Thor Road Stories".

Jon Mikl Thor recently starred in the Lifetime network feature movie "A Family Lost" to rave reviews.