Vicious Rumors — Welcome to the Ball

𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐒 - 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 & 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋…

On this day (July 19) in 1991, Vicious Rumors released their fourth full-length studio album, “Welcome to the Ball” via Atlantic Records.

Background:

Vicious Rumors major label debut, “Welcome to the Ball” received Bay Area Music Awards nominations for "Best New Metal Album" and "Outstanding Metal Album" (other nominees included Metallica and Tesla).

Their second MTV video, "Children", went beyond the exposure normally limited to Metal bands on HeadBangers Ball, with it receiving regular daytime air play.

The band finished the year with a one-month European tour—with Savatage—and four months worth of live US performance dates.

Critical Reception:

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Rob Theakston stated;

“Following the success of their 1990 eponymous major-label debut, Vicious Rumors embarked on a grueling tour supporting several other A-level Pop-Metal acts and then returned to the studio for their follow-up. The results were less than commercially successful, but that's more of a reflection on music and cultural mainstream shifts away from heavy metal and embracing the new-to-them music that was known as grunge.

“Welcome to the Ball” pretty much treads the same water as their last album, but does it in a way that is tight and focused. "Abandoned" sounds a bit like Iron Maiden's epic anthem "Caught Somewhere in Time" and Carl Albert has never sounded more like Bruce Dickinson -- but that's a mere oversight when listening to the quality of this album as a whole. This was also the second in a series of releases reissued in 2005 on the Wounded Bird imprint, and would be worth seeking out for both die-hard fans and Metal fanatics alike.”

Links to Artists, Albums, and Music Videos:

▶ Listen to “Welcome to the Ball” via Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/welcome-to-the-ball/267998436

▶ Listen to “Welcome to the Ball” via Spotify: Welcome To The Ball https://open.spotify.com/album/2rWyVAXsfcoI4XFb7K55LB

▶ Watch the official music video for “Children”: https://youtu.be/zEkSAyRAXpQ

▶ Follow Vicious Rumors on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/ViciousRumorsThisIsMetal/

Note: The reviews shared here are for historical reference. The views and opinions expressed within are not always supported (in full or in part) by Into the Wells. — E.N. Wells

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