Thunderor are a relatively new band from Canada. They have been founded during the pandemic. On 25th February 2022, they present their debut album, Fire It Up. I already had a listen.
Thunderor – About The Artists
Despite Thunderor is a new project, they are in fact quite well-known people in the heavy metal industry. The band is a collaboration of JJ Tartaglia and Johnny Nesta, who are members of Skull Fist, as well as Oscar Rangel, who is especially well-known as a member of Annihilator.
Thunderor – Fire It Up – Track by Track
The nine track album lasts 39 minutes.
1. Fire It Up
The title track starts in line with the cover – with some bubbling motorcycle engines. However, this sound quickly turns into rock. The high voice of JJ Tartaglia needs some time to feel familiar and at least a couple of songs to feel cozy (if at all). The song has has a lot of potential to be fun, especially with the band being on stage one day. Especially when the backing vocals shout Fire in the chorus, you simply feel like raising your fist or the devil’s horn.
2. How We Roll
The second track is very melodic and nicely works a keyboard melodic lines. A spead of classic 1980’s rock on the Fire It Up album.
3. All or Nothing
High performance by the guitar guys: the rhythmic as well as the lead guitar do a good job at All of Nothing. At the beginning I have that “I feel sorry for the drummer” feeling, when Tartaglia needs to go for the very fast rhythms at the drum kit. Nice breaks in sections with very different melodic textures.
4. Dangerous Times
Dangerous Times is a lovely illustration for the key lack of the Fire It Up album: the song is good and works nicely between the guitars and keyboards. The vocals are just too high and some notes feel too squeezy, too imprecise. If Tartaglia needs to sing on that level of notes (deeper notes might be better), he needs to be more persuasive, more powerful.
5. Thunderor
Thunderor sings Thunderor – and by that creates one of the best listens of the album to me. The vocals suit much better to the track, you feel all the fun and passion the Canadians have for their music. Good one.
6. On the Run
On the Run is a nice rocker with good work on the rhythmic guitar – but overall, there are not too many catchy elements in this composition. One of the weak spots of the album to me.
7. Into the Storm
The seventh song acts like an interlude. The 95 second Into The Storm is a rather nice listen, which is creating some atmosphere with virtuous guitar play. It may also be just sufficient time for a pee break or grab another beer for the remaining two songs.
8. We Can Make It
I prefer We Can Make It over On The Run. However, if you would have skipped these two tracks, you might have ended up with a pretty solid EP. This one does have some fun performance, though, when performed on stage
9. Cold Tears
The closing song Cold Tears adds a very different style to the album. The five minute song starts very slowly, mainly working with vocal and keyboard sounds. This part feels a bit too long, as the guitars join in for the last two minutes only roughly. Nonetheless, a good listen.
Thunderor – Fire It Up – Spotify
Here is Fire It Up on Spotify:
Thunderor – Fire It Up – My View
I feel a bit sorry for the Canadians while listening to their debut album. There is a lot of passion in Fire It Up, you also feel it while listening. However, there are some undeniable weak spots – the most present one being on the vocal side. This turns a bunch of really good tracks into the upper average, at most. The result is an at most upper average rating.
Canadian Music & Musicians
Here are all music postings related to Canada:

Cabrakaän – Aztlan

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10th November 2023)

The Joni Project – Shades of Blue

Nacht der Gitarren (14th October 2023, Reutlingen)

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 6th October 2023)

Lisa Brokop – Who’s Gonna Fill Their Heels?

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 29 September 2023)

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 22 September 2023)

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15 September 2023)

Danko Jones – Electric Sounds

Allison Russell – The Returner

The Glorious Sons – Glory

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 August 2023)

Adam Wendler – Living the Dream

Bianca James – Bianca James

Jim “Kimo” West – Of Wood and Spirit (American Guitar Stories)

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 09 June 2023)

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26 May 2023)

Flora Falls – Hidden From You EP

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 19 May 2023)

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14 April 2023)

Emm Gryner – Business & Pleasure

Jim “Kimo” West is playing the very first German Weird Al Show tonight – he is back with “Nacht der Gitarren” in Fall

Ron Sexsmith – The Vivian Line

Julian Taylor (15th February 2023, Cologne)

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Julian Taylor (February 2023)

Shania Twain – Queen of Me

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 13 January 2023)

Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2022

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 16 December 2022)

Nickelback – Get Rollin’

Dave Helgi Johan – Drumheller

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 04 November 2022)

Alexander Ludwig (2nd November 2022, Cologne)

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 October 2022)

Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Various Artists)

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 7 October 2022)

Alvvays – Blue Rev

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 30 September 2022)

Monster Truck – Warriors

Rock of Ages – International Dates of the Musical in 2023

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 23 September 2022)

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Lindsay Ell (before her Cologne Show in Aug 2022)

Lindsay Ell (with Kyle Daniel & Shy Carter, 23rd August 2022, Cologne)

Adam Wendler – Motions

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12 August 2022)

Sykamore – Pinto

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 08 July 2022)

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10 June 2022)

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 20 May 2022)

Tenille Townes – Masquerades EP

Sophia Bel – Anxious Avoidant

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 08 April 2022)

Pup – The Unraveling of PUPTheBand

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 March 2022)

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11 March 2022)

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11 Feb 2022)

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Jesse Slack (1st Feb 2022)

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 Jan 2022)

jackie – Hey Angel EP

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Brittany Brodie (27th January 2022)

Kiefer Sutherland – Bloor Street

Billy Talent – Crisis of Faith

Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 7 Jan 2022)

Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2021

Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2021

Ho Ho Ho – The Flyctory.com Country Christmas Playlist 2021

Flora Falls – Ankle Deep EP

AHI – Prospect

Tenille Arts – Girl To Girl

The Hits of the Trips – My Summer 2021 in Music

Adrian Sutherland – When The Magic Hits

Danko Jones – Power Trio

Martha Wainwright – Love Will Be Reborn

Alee – Feels Like This

Alexis Taylor – Ain’t No Quittin’ You EP

The Heels – I Am

Meghan Patrick – Heart On My Glass

My Country Music Picks (22nd June 2021)

Jim “Kimo” West – Ka Honua Maluhia (Peaceful World)

Cleopatrick – Bummer

Alexander Ludwig – Alexander Ludwig EP

Allison Russell – Outside Child

JJ Wilde – Wilde EP

Jon And Roy – Know Your Mind

Brett Kissel – What Is Life?

Daniel Lanois – Heavy Sun

The Blue Stones – Hidden Gems

Jess Moskaluke – The Demos

Dustin Bird – Unscripted

Tebey – The Good Ones

Petric – Flashbacks

Songs Of My Life: Bryan Adams – Summer of ’69 (Summer of ’99)

Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2020

Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2020

Kacy & Clayton And Marlon Williams – Plastic Bouqet

My Country Music Picks – Christmas Songs 2020 (29th November 2020)

My Country Music Picks (16th November 2020)

Yukon Blonde – Vindicator

Eric Ethridge – Good With Me

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Ryan Laird (7th October 2020)

Terri Clark – It’s Christmas … Cheers!

Jim “Kimo” West – More Guitar Stories

Lindsay Ell – Heart Theory

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Jim “Kimo” West (13th August 2020)

Cory Marks – Who I Am

Alanis Morissette – Such Pretty Forks In The Road

The Reklaws – Where I’m From (Deluxe) EP

Tenille Townes – The Lemonade Stand

Neil Young – Homegrown

Matt Lang – More

High Valley – Grew Up On That EP

Lennon Stella – Three, Two, One.

The Washboard Union – Everbound

Celeigh Cardinal – Stories from a Downtown Apartment

Sykamore – California King EP

C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Main Stage

C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Side Stages

C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – The Main Stage

C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – Splitter

Country 2 Country 2020 in Berlin – A Preview

William Prince – Reliever

Tenille Townes – Road To The Lemonade Stand EP

Tenille Arts – Love, Heartbreak, & Everything in Between

Brett Kissel – Now or Never

Christmas Songs – Why not Hawaiian Style?

Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2019

My Country Music Picks – Christmas Songs 2019 (8th December 2019)

James Barker Band (20th November 2019, Zurich)

Scotty McCreery (24th October 2019, Cologne)

Meghan Patrick – Wild As Me EP

A Preview to Country Music Concerts (European Tours)

James Barker Bank – Singles Only

“Sound of Nashville” in Cologne (6th March 2019)
Flyctory.com Pictured Stories
The key contents of Flyctory.com Pictured Stories are the picture, not the text:

A Trip To Saksun (Faroe Islands, Pictured Story)

A Walk Around the Grounds of Wacken

A Short Roadtrip along Northwest Reykjanes

Inverness Cathedral (Pictured Story)

Schnoor – Bremen’s Oldest Borough (Pictured Story)

Hveradalir Geothermal Area (Pictured Story)

The (Vending) Machines of Tokyo (Pictured Story)

The Waterfalls near Seljalandsfoss (Pictured Story)

Brussels Grand Square – The Heart of the City (Pictured Story)

Walking Through Lillehammer City Center (Pictured Story)

Klaksvik and Djupumyra Stadium (Pictured Story)

Nyhavn Copenhagen (Pictured Story)

Wawel Castle Royal Gardens (Krakow – Pictured Story)

Helsinki Old Market Hall (Pictured Story)

Church of Saint Lazarus (Larnaca, Pictured Story)

Views of Wawel Royal Castle (Krakow – Pictured Story)

The Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth (Pictured Story)

Walking through Nicosia (Pictured Story)

The New Bedford (MA) Whaling District (Pictured Story)

A Walk Through Inverness (Pictured Story)

There is a single Büchting Street in Germany – and I take you there

Dyrholaey (Iceland, Pictured Story)

Pasteis de Belem – Home of the Famous Pastry (Pictured Story)

Trafford Palazzo – Posh Shopping in Manchester (Pictured Story)

A Walk Through Valletta Old Town (Pictured Story)

Rock of Ages Opening Night – Red Carpet Impressions

Nice Upgrades to Manchester Airport (MAN) Terminal 2 (Pictured Story)

Big Mac Museum (North Huntingdon PA, Pictured Story)

A Look Inside Palma Cathedral (Pictured Story)

Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (Orlando, Pictured Story)

Al Majaz Park & Waterfront Sharjah (Pictured Story)

Hambach Surface Mining – The Largest Man-Made Hole in the World

Leadenhall Market in London (Pictured Story)

ICE 3neo High-Speed Rail First Class (Pictured Story)

Phantasialand Wintertraum on the Evening (Pictured Story)

Asam Chruch Munich (Pictured Story)

Advent Time at Skanderbeg Square Tirana (Pictured Story)

Carlo’s Bakery Hoboken NJ – The Heart of a Cake Empire (Pictured Story)

Limassol Marina and Harbor (Pictured Story)

Gullfoss – Iceland’s Most Famous Waterfall? (Pictured Story)

Walking Along Castle Ruin Hohensyburg (Dortmund – Pictured Story)

Sunderland Empire Theatre Guided Tour with Rock of Ages Stage

Nashville Mural Art in the Broadway District (Pictured Story)

Exploring Hamburg with the HADAG Public Ferries – Line 61

Exploring Hamburg with the HADAG Public Ferries – Line 73

Exploring Hamburg with the HADAG Public Ferries – Line 72

Exploring Hamburg with the HADAG Public Ferries – Lines 62 & 64 & Overview

View Over Akureyri from Hlidarfljall

Khorfakkan – Amphitheatre and Waterfall (Pictured Story)

3,337 Waffle Houses Away – A Walk through Paola, Kansas

A (Partial) Trip along F899 (Flateyjardalsvegur – Pictured Story)

Exploring the City Center of Woodstock, NY (Pictured Story)

Helgoland Dune Ferry (“Dünenfähre” – Pictured Story)

UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex (Pictured Story)

Akureyrarkirkja – Akureyri Church

Oodi Helsinki – The Modern Library (Pictured Story)

The Historic District of Streetsville, Ontario (Pictured Story)

A Walk Through Greetsiel in East Frisia (Pictured Story)

Sharjah Central Souq (Pictured Story)

Al Madam Ghost Town (Pictures Story)

Austrian Sculpture Park Graz (Pictured Story)

A Walk Through Gdansk Old Town (Pictured Story)

Riding the Swan Adventure Pedal Boat in Dubai – A Special Ride and Posting

Cuvillies Theater (Cuvilliéstheater) Munich (Pictured Story)

Souk Madinat Jumeirah Dubai (Pictured Story)

Walking Through Historic Remscheid-Lennep (Pictured Story)

Ottawa ByWard Market (Pictured Story)

Geysir Hot Spring Area (Iceland – Pictured Story)

Urridafoss – The Highest Flow Waterfall in Iceland (Pictured Story)

Hverir Geothermal Area (Pictured Story)

Walking the Ulica Florianska in Krakow to Market Square (Pictured Story)

The Bridge Between Europe and North America (Pictured Story)

A Walk Through Westerland (Sylt – Pictured Story)

BlueBrixx Megastore (Loop5 Weiterstadt) – The World Largest Brick Bar

Walking around Pilsum Light Tower (Pilsumer Leuchtturm, Pictured Story)

Walking in the London Docklands (Pictured Story)

A Walk Through Berlin’s Government District

The Eschede Derailment Memorial

A Walk Through Cologne / Bonn Airport Terminal at Covid-19 Times (Pictured Story)

A Walk Through Zeche Zollverein (Pictured Story – Essen, Germany)

Yas Mall Abu Dhabi

Al Seef – A Historic District at Dubai Creek

Paseo de Canarias & Paseo de Gran Canaria in Firgas (Pictured Story)

Views of London from One New Change (Pictured Story)

Aviation Monuments on Gran Canaria (Pictured Story)

Namco Funscape London (Pictured Story)

The train to Hogwarts? King’s Cross, Platform 9 3/4 (Pictured Story)

Rossfeld Panoramic Route

Watching Cologne from Europa Rad Ferris Wheel

Elbphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic Hall) Hamburg

Hangar 7 (Salzburg, Austria – Pictured Story)

Milan Cathedral (Pictured Story)

Herbertstrasse Hamburg – A Covid-19 Vacuum in the Red Light District

Fujairah Fort (Pictured Story)

St. Helier (Jersey) Markets (Pictured Story)

Cologne/Bonn Airport during Covid-19 Times (Pictured Story)

Clarke Quay (Singpore) by Night (Pictured Story)
