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Valhalla was created by Bassist J J Skull and Guitarist Andre Laneir. "We wanted to form a band that mirrored our musical heroes," says Andre. Heavily influenced by hard rock/metal greats Iron Maiden, Dio, Manowar, and Kiss, Skull and Laneir embarked on a journey to find two members that shared their passion and vision. They found those members in Brain Shadows-(lead guitarist) and Erik "The Redd"-(drums). The four together have forged a musical brotherhood that legendary groups are made of. "Adding Shadows and Redd to the band has taken us to another level musically," says Skull. And Thus the Journey Begins...(3/2006)

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Member Since: 3/25/2006
Band Members: Andre Laneir - Guitar & Vocals J. J. Skull - Bass & VocalsBrian Shadows - Rhythm/Lead Guitar Erik "The Redd" - Drums

Influences:Manowar, Kiss, Ronnie James Dio, Iron Maiden, Dream Theater (John Petrucci), Sabaton, DreamEvil, Buckethead, Iced Earth, Guns N' Roses, Type O Negative, Nightwish, and Black Sabbath. Rush (Neal Peart), Slayer (Dave Lombardo), Megadeth (Nick Menza), Iron Maiden (Niko McBrain),
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Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Next Tour Stop The HARD ROCK Cafe

The Kings of Rock Tour Continues. Saturday July 11th at the Hard Rock Come witness the Power and Might of Memphis' own VALHALLA. Showtime is at 10pm and doors open at 9:30pm. $5 gets you in and you mu...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 19:03:00 GMT

MARCH 21 AT THE STAGE STOP

The Kings of Rock Tour starts MARCH 21, 2009 at The Stage Stop in Raleigh. To all New Fans, The Invaders(Valhalla fan club) and those fans yet conquered, we are back and have chosen the city of Memphi...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:42:00 GMT

Studio Time

Hail Brothers!!! We are back in the studio to finish up the CD. We have 3 more songs to mix and master. We are planning to release snipets of the tracks once they are complete, so that you our loyal f...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:52:00 GMT

The Hard Rock Cafe

First, I would like to thank Julien and the Hard Rock Cafe for helping set up a concert at their venue.  It was an amazing experience.  There was some awesome crowd response; so, I would als...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:09:00 GMT

The New Daisy Show And More

First, I would like to extend a huge thank you to everybody who attended the show and to the bands. All the bands sounded awesome! It has deffinately been a wonderful experience playing some shows a...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:39:00 GMT

New Song

Hello to all of our loyal fans!! First we want to thank everybody for being so patient.  We have been in recording mode for quite some time, so that is why you have not seen us playing any shows....
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:47:00 GMT

Recording

We are in the middle of recording at the moment.  We are making very good progress.  We should be done by the end of June.  There will be a total of six songs on the CD, so I suppose yo...
Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 21:24:00 GMT

Coming together

Things are coming together with Valhalla.  We are now in the process of producing a setlist to see what we need to work on, what we need to add, etc.  We ran into a little bit of a speed bum...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 19:24:00 GMT

small delay

We have run into a small delay; however, not to fear, we will be in the recording studio in late May to early June.  Our goal for our first show has been pushed back to June 21.  Kick summer...
Posted by on Sat, 13 May 2006 20:04:00 GMT

New Drummer Confirmed

It has been confirmed!  We now have a new drummer, Erik Anderson.  Our new line-up is as follows: Andre Lanier (lead/rythm guitar, vocals), J. J. Skull (bass, vocals), Brian Shadow...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 22:03:00 GMT