VICIOUS RUMORS — Welcome To The Ball (review)

VICIOUS RUMORS — Welcome To The Ball album cover Album · 1991 · US Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Stephen
The fourth release of Vicious Rumors, "Welcome To The Ball", is a real deal of what we called a true American power metal, slicing between the melodic edge of British heavy metal with some furious thrashy edge, while Carl Albert's screaming voice is purely a great blend of Rob Halford and Sebastian Bach. This album was their best selling release and the style is probably not new if you're already with their previous releases, but what makes this album is more interesting than the rest is it contained a necessary commercial element but generally most of the songs are still idealistic and brutally fast.

"Abandoned" is my first fave track of the album. A superb slab of heavy metal with an intense screamer and dense riffs. "You Only Live Twice" is faster, and the thrashy and violent riffs reminds me of Skid Row's "Slave To The Grind". "Raise Your Hands" introduced a double pedal assault, melodic riffs, dynamic drumming, and a beautiful harmonic chorus. This is quite similar to "Six Stepsisters", another wonderful track to love. "Children" is a decent ballad and I think "When Love Comes Down" is much better. The song is a reminiscent of Whitesnake's style and Albert's powerful vocal at the end of the song is outstanding.

Of course the album is not without flaw. I see a string of fillers such as "Savior From Anger", "Strange Behaviour", or "Ends of The Earth" but all of them are still acceptable. The strength of the album, beside what I've stated above, is also on the musical variety of each track which prevented the album from being monotonous and enjoyable for repetitive spins. "Welcome To The Ball" is one of the great legacies of the late Carl Albert, he has such a volcanic pipes and his vocal is definitely one of the valuable point on the album. For fans of heavy metal, Vicious Rumors had done such a monstrous job and this release deserved at least four-stars.
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Time Signature wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Great album. Interestingly, I really like the fillers you mention, and "Abandoned" f*cking rocks! :-)

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