Something Burning

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title: "Something Burning" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1996-albums", "vicious-rumors-albums", "groove-metal-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Burning" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Something Burning
type	Album
artist	Vicious Rumors
cover	Somethingburning.JPG
released	September 16, 1996
genre
length	40:00
label	Massacre Records
producer	Geoff Thorpe
prev_title	A Tribute to Carl Albert
prev_year	1995
next_title	Cyberchrist
next_year	1998
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Something Burning is the sixth album by heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1996. It introduces a notable change in the band's musical direction, with the power metal sound being replaced by groove metal; the music is also more aggressive and slower.

This is the first album not to have lead vocalist Carl Albert, who died in 1995 from a car crash and instead, guitarist Geoff Thorpe (who's also the producer for this album) handles the vocals, The song "Perpetual", included on the album, was the last track written with Albert. This is also the first album to feature guitarist Steve Smyth, who replaced Mark McGhee when the latter left shortly after Albert's death.

Track listing

1. "Ballhog" – 3:38
2. "Mouth" – 3:11
3. "Out of My Misery" – 4:00
4. "Something Burning" – 3:41
5. "Concentration" – 4:07
6. "Chopping Block" – 4:10
7. "Perpetual" – 3:54
8. "Strip Search" – 3:35
9. "Make It Real" – 4:45
10. "Free to Go" – 4:59

Personnel

• Geoff Thorpe – guitars, vocals
• Steve Smyth – guitars
• Tommy Sisco – bass
• Larry Howe – drums

References

References

1. "VICIOUS RUMORS // The Official Website".

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