Vicious Rumors

Vicious Rumors (support acts: Broken Wings, Inner Enemy)Wednesday, 3 June 2026Velden am Wörthersee / Bluesiana Rock Cafe / Austria Vicious Rumors are a cult old-school American heavy metal outfit from the San Francisco Bay Area…

Vicious Rumors, the cult Bay Area speed and thrash heavy metal veterans from the US, have announced that new drummer Wyatt Cooper is now in the fold. You can check out the original Facebook post below. Wyatt replaces longtime original…

"The Bay Area legends don't do surrender. Quite the opposite. They radiate fire, wildness and a frighteningly bestial commitment, delivering one of this year's strongest, most charismatic and, in the end, most beautiful and truest-to-form…

Location: Balingen / Messegelände / GermanyDate: Saturday, July 15, 2017 The third day also brought a heap of metal subgenre deviations to Balingen, though the emphasis was clearly on traditional old-school craft and power metal, which…

Day three brought a heap of metal subgenre deviations to Balingen too, though the emphasis was clearly on old-school traditional craft and power metal, which the closing stretch of the program confirmed with a set from Sweden's HammerFall

"This Dirkschneider show on the »Back to the Roots« tour was the only confirmed date on Czech soil. But it was special for another reason too: the band picked this very gig to film, since they plan to release a live DVD next year."

Two hours of phenomenal communion with the legacy of the mighty Accept, courtesy of Udo Dirkschneider and crew. If you miss Udo fronting Accept these days, you got your fix.

"Concussion Protocol" is another triumphant move from the legendary Vicious Rumors. It's at least on par with "Razorback Killers" (2011), if not better: the band's new "post-Warball" studio album!

»Electric Punishment« is exactly what Thorpe wanted: a slightly different record that's still the real Vicious Rumors deal.

»Live You To Death 2 – American Punishment« is a great educational primer for anyone who doesn't know the band yet and has a soft spot for the old school of American speed/thrash metal.

Tilen Hudrap is without a doubt the Slovenian musician living the dream of everyone in this country who has fallen under the spell of metal. Three years ago he joined American speed/thrash metal icons Vicious Rumors, he recently became a…

Location: Tolmin / Sotočje / SloveniaDate: July 23, 2013 On day two, Calling of Lorme! kicked things off on the second stage. The band cultivates a kind of alternative metal spiked with industrial, and their "cyber" pecking made it clear…

Day two of the festival served up a genre-hopping lineup that wowed crowds on both the main stage and the small one.

"Still, we can safely say that the handful of Slovenes who caught Vicious Rumors at Balingen with Tilen Hudrap in the lineup witnessed a whole new baptism by fire for Slovenian heavy metal"

This year's warm-up show was called »Milestones Of Rock 'N' Roll History«. It served up five bands from different eras in the evolution of rock, or more precisely, metal.

Since 1979, Vicious Rumors, legendary champions of the old school of American speed metal, have been fighting for metal honor and for their lineup! And here at last is their third officially released live document!

The first day of this year's Metalcamp was all about the California double assault of Testament and Machine Head!

Performing: Death Destruction, Amaranthe, Vicious Rumors, HammerFallLocation: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / SloveniaDate: 03.12.2011 HammerFall is that musical outfit that hit the scene at the right time, in the right place. Back…

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Nina Grad Location: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / SloveniaConcert date: 03.12.2011Attendance: 700Ticket price: €25.00 HammerFall is the kind of musical enterprise that hit the scene at exactly the right time,…

Vicious Rumors are having their renaissance moment too! The wickedly destructive "Razorback Killers" is a manifesto of the band's most authentic return to its golden era, rounded off by excellent modern production.

Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Ljubljana / Orto bar / SloveniaConcert date: 20.05.2011Attendance: 70Ticket price: 12,00€ / 15,00€ Vicious Rumors is a band that, by every measure, should be counted among the greats.…

The new record from old school speed metal legends Vicious Rumors is always a hotly anticipated affair for anyone familiar with the band's eighties output, with the album "Digital Dictator" standing out above all. After