Knights of the New Thunder

Knights of the New Thunder is the second studio album by the Norwegian rock band TNT. It was the first TNT album recorded with their new vocalist Tony Harnell, who had replaced their original singer Dag Ingebrigtsen.^[2] It was their last album playing traditional heavy metal, as their later releases have a more commercial/glam metal style.

Most of the songs on the album had been written and recorded as demos while Ingebrigtsen was still in the band, but most of the lyrics were rewritten by Harnell. Some of the song titles were also changed; "Toys for Boys" and "Black Sheep of Valhalla" became "Break the Ice" and "Knights of the Thunder", respectively.^[3] Two songs from TNT's self-titled first album, "USA" and "Eddie", were re-recorded and included on the album, though "Eddie" was an exclusive bonus track on the CD edition in Europe,^[2] and replaced "Tor with the Hammer" on U.S. editions. "Eddie" also came on the single American Tracks bundled with the LP in Europe.^[4]

The album's original cover art featured an illustration of half-naked women and caused controversy in Norway. A new cover was made and used for the national and international editions, except for Japan where the album was released with its original cover.^[2]^[5]

Track listing

Personnel

TNT

Tony Harnell – vocals (credited as Tony Hansen)
Ronni Le Tekrø – guitars
Morty Black – bass guitar, synthesizer
Diesel Dahl – drums, percussion (credited as Diesel Scan-Dahl)

Additional personnel

Bård Svendsen – keyboards, background vocals

Production

Bjørn Nessjø – producer
Rune Nordahl – engineer

References

^Allmusic review
^ ^a ^b ^c"Øresus: Knights of the new Thunder – Pondus.no". Pondus.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
^Dahle, Jan (2007). "Tordenbrak". Scream Magazine (in Norwegian). No. 117.
^Discogs' page about the bundle
^"NRK P3 – Pyro » Ukens albumcover: TNT med brystproblem". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 21 July 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2011.

Sources

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1268101/a/Knights+Of+The+New+Thunder.htm
http://www.ronniletekro.com/discography-album-9.htmlArchived 13 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Allmusic review

[Pondus.no_Mar._12,_2009-2] "Øresus: Knights of the new Thunder – Pondus.no". Pondus.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.

[Scream_Magazine_117-3] Dahle, Jan (2007). "Tordenbrak". Scream Magazine (in Norwegian). No. 117.

[4] Discogs' page about the bundle

[NRK.no_Jul._21,_2008-5] "NRK P3 – Pyro » Ukens albumcover: TNT med brystproblem". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 21 July 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2011.

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