By Andrew Bansal
One of the pioneers of American power metal, Vicious Rumors are still going as strong as ever, touring actively and releasing new albums prolifically. Their eleventh studio effort ‘Electric Punishment’ came out via SPV Records in North America on May 7th, and in all honesty, it does complete justice to that title because on this album Vicious Rumors are sounding just about as vicious as they’ve ever done. Preceding this release was a massive world tour in support of the previous album ‘Razorback Killers’, which culminated at the 70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise. Just before the release of Electric Punishment, I had a chat with guitarist Geoff Thorpe about that cruise, the new album, touring plans and more. Listen to the 14-minute interview below, and visit the band online using the links at the bottom.
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