[1] The name of the band is based on the urban legend of Valiant Thor, an Alien which came from Venus to Earth.

They packed hometown shows all over North Carolina and at their local favorite venue Kings Barcade.

After replacing original drummer Donn Thorr with current drummer Lucian Thorr and ditching the keyboard entirely live and on release, they were soon signed to Volcom Entertainment, where their full-length album Total Universe Man was released on June 7, 2005.

At that point, upon completion of several master's degrees, the group members gave up their regular jobs and set out on the road.

In February 2006, they stopped briefly in Costa Mesa, California, to write the follow-up to Total Universe Man.

Taking no time off for Thanksgiving in 2006, and only two days for Christmas, they drove back to California to play New Year's Eve at the Viper Room in Hollywood.

Valient Thorr wrote the follow-up to "Legend of the World" in Costa Mesa, which was produced by Jack Endino and recorded by him in Seattle.

"Heatseeker" was featured in Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and is used as a song track in the racing video game Need for Speed: Carbon.

[6] Three weeks after recovering from the surgery Valient Himself and the band returned to Europe and played their biggest shows, including the Download Festival in Donington and Graspop in June 2008.

In February 2010, they began recording and it was announced that Valient Thorr would be supporting Mastodon on their US headlining tour throughout March and into April.