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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Queensryche - Queensryche + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Sep-24-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2013 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........14 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.queensrycheofficial.co ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Queensryche Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Queensryche Label : Century Media ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ I think I speak for a lot of Queensr che fans ║ │
│║ when I say we wish that the last 25 years simply ║ │
│║ did not happen. Against a backdrop of steadily ║ │
│║ worsening albums, erratic, egotistical and ║ │
│║ cuntish behaviour from frontman Geoff Tate and ║ │
│║ the near disappearance of Metal from their sound ║ │
│║ the legacy of one of Metal's most unique ║ │
│║ underground sounds that had translated to the ║ │
│║ mainstream with such integrity had been ║ │
│║ completely shat over. The departure of main ║ │
│║ songwriter Chris DeGarmo seemed to spell the ║ │
│║ spiritual end for the band but since ditching ║ │
│║ Tate in 2012 leading to the present situation of ║ │
│║ two bands claiming the Queensr che name, a legal ║ │
│║ dispute which Tate would have already lost if it ║ │
│║ was being judged on album quality, even before ║ │
│║ this answer to his awful Frequency Unknown was ║ │
│║ released. Now with the former frontman of the ║ │
│║ resurrected Crimson Glory, Todd LaTorre, at the ║ │
│║ helm of the band they can go about undoing some ║ │
│║ of the damage done to their reputation in the ║ │
│║ last 3 decades and this album goes a hell of a ║ │
│║ way towards achieving that. ║ │
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│║ As well as LaTorre the band have made a wise ║ │
│║ choice in hiring new guitarist Parker Lundgren, ║ │
│║ formerly of Geoff Tate's solo project, who now ║ │
│║ freed from under the thumb of the arch lord ║ │
│║ shiny bellend himself has injected the band with ║ │
│║ a new sense of songwriting vigour by ║ │
│║ contributing the fantastic album opener ôWhere ║ │
│║ Dreams Go To Die.ö His presence seems to have ║ │
│║ reinvigorated the remaining original members of ║ │
│║ Jackson, Rockenfield and Wilton as their ║ │
│║ songwriting here is the freshest its been in ║ │
│║ decades, particularly on the Tool/A Perfect ║ │
│║ Circle-like riffs on ôSporeö and ôVindicationö ║ │
│║ which show they are clearly more in tune with ║ │
│║ what is genuinely progressive these days than ║ │
│║ Tate's forays into Groove Metal and Pop Rock ║ │
│║ dross. By 3 tracks in with ôIn This Lightö the ║ │
│║ self-proclaimed ôThe Voiceö is being annihilated ║ │
│║ at his own game by LaTorre- not only sounding ║ │
│║ more like classic Tate than Tate himself, but ║ │
│║ bringing in some rawness and edginess that Geoff ║ │
│║ has been unable or unwilling to inject for ║ │
│║ years. ║ │
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│║ ôRedemptionö is aptly titled for the shining, ║ │
│║ rite of cleansing feeling that this whole album ║ │
│║ has. This picks up perfectly from where the band ║ │
│║ went with Operation: Mindcrime, and limited ║ │
│║ modern influences aside this is really want ║ │
│║ Empire and Promised Land should have sounded ║ │
│║ like if the onset of Tate's madness hadn't ║ │
│║ started to affect the band already by those ║ │
│║ days. Aside from the slightly more up-tempo ║ │
│║ ôDon't Look Backö there's not an awful lot on ║ │
│║ here that draws on Queensr che's pre-Mindcrime ║ │
│║ material, which fans of all their 80's output is ║ │
│║ a bit of a shame, but that cinematic, emotional ║ │
│║ and dystopian feel of their 1988 conceptual ║ │
│║ classic is nailed almost perfectly. Pamela ║ │
│║ Moore, the voice of Sister Mary on Operation: ║ │
│║ Mindcrime, returns to make tasteful ║ │
│║ contributions to ôA World Withoutö, and ║ │
│║ ôFalloutö has a heartwrenching opening guitar ║ │
│║ lead that is one of the album highlights. The ║ │
│║ closing track of ôOpen Roadö is really the only ║ │
│║ lacklustre song on here, but this late dip in ║ │
│║ quality aside this album is a short but succinct ║ │
│║ 35-minute display that there's still life in ║ │
│║ Queensr che yet. Geoff who??? Exactly! ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - X2 [01:09] │
│ 02 - Where Dreams Go To Die [04:26] │
│ 03 - Spore [03:26] │
│ 04 - In This Light [03:24] │
│ 05 - Redemption [04:17] │
│ 06 - Vindication [03:26] │
│ 07 - Midnight Lullaby [00:56] │
│ 08 - A World Without [04:11] │
│ 09 - Don't Look Back [03:13] │
│ 10 - Fallout [02:46] │
│ 11 - Open Road [03:56] │
│ 12 - Queen Of The Reich (Live) (Bonus Track) [04:35] │
│ 13 - En Force (Live) (Bonus Track) [04:22] │
│ 14 - Prophecy (Live) (Bonus Track) [04:10] │
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│ Total Length : [48:17 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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