Official Queensryche thread: Kickstart the next album

[Samsara]

Mostly for FW:  I may have to jump on a plane for this (SFO, SMF or ABQ).  Beats trying to drag my ass up to Hollywood on a Thursday night.

P -- come up for San Fran. We'll hang. I'll even stay for QR (wasn't planning to) if you do and take in the set with ya. PM me if you decide to.

Oh, but you won't stay for QR if *I* decide to go?  I see how it is.

Hahahha. Check your email as to THAT reason for THAT particular show. You know, the one I sent you initially saying who was going.

P -- cool.

Same here. I'm mostly in for Fates Warning. They probably are my favorite band displacing DT a few years ago. 

 

[bosk1]

If our entourage grows much bigger, we are DEFINITELY going to have to get in line early to stake out enough space in that one spot in the venue.

[Samsara]

If our entourage grows much bigger, we are DEFINITELY going to have to get in line early to stake out enough space in that one spot in the venue.

Best spot in the house! We'll make it happen. I'll corner that one metal dude that is always there and make him reserve the whole row. Dude owes me for watching his spot 5x the last time we were there.

[bosk1]

I think it was more than that, so I'd get him to throw in some nacho fries too.

[T-ski]

that artwork has 80's cheese schlock written all over it.

[Chris Hinton]

I'll give them some credit for going out and touring with a contemporary band...

Fates Warning is contemporary? I never would have guessed.

I am not even sure I know where the Neptune is. If pressed I would have said it is a local movie theater.... reseaching... huh, it was a movie theater just as I was thinking, but now it is a live venue.

The Neptune is an awesome old theater.  Saw some good movies there when I was at the U, but I haven't seen a live show there.  That'll be interesting.

[wolfking]

Will be interesting how they follow up Condition Human.  Still a very long way away though.

[bl5150]

Wasn't Condition Human released in 2016? Release says 2014. They really need to proofread. 

"With the release of the band’s third album, Operation: Mindcrime, catapulted "  - they should worry less about being badass and more about making sense 

Michael “Whip” Wilton (guitar) adds, “The Verdict is the most metal and the most progressive record we have made in a long time. I couldn't possibly be more excited for everyone to hear this."

I know it is just the hype machine at work, but that sounds cool, regardless. 

And if the image I posted earlier is close to the cover art, it reminds me of a Testament cover a bit...

[jjrock88]

Cool looking album cover! 

Sounds promising that this album will be more metal and progressive. I liked the first two Todd albums but they just seemed to have too much of a mid tempo vibe and wasn’t getting out of second gear that often.

Hopefully they let loose a bit more on this one. Sure sounds like it

[bosk1]

Michael “Whip” Wilton (guitar) adds, “The Verdict is the most metal and the most progressive record we have made in a long time. I couldn't possibly be more excited for everyone to hear this."

I know it is just the hype machine at work, but that sounds cool, regardless. 

And if the image I posted earlier is close to the cover art, it reminds me of a Testament cover a bit...

Nah.  Looks more like Jelly Jam's album cover for Profit. 

https://www.amazon.com/Jelly-Jam-Profit/dp/B01D0RKAKY

[Mladen]

I find the album cover kind of icky, but still, I'll be checking out the album.

[IDontNotDoThings]

Wasn't Condition Human released in 2016? Release says 2014. They really need to proofread. 

October 2015

Anyway, I'm hyped. The cover looks really bad but I'm excited for the album regardless. :

[Peter Mc]

Album cover is pretty cheesy but it’s 10 times better than the awful Condition Human one. By the way, did that sell 100,000 copies? Not really up on the levels of album sales these days but that still seems respectable? Nowhere near their glory days obviously but not too bad considering how far they fell from those days.  Or am I way off and that’s a pitiful amount?

[Schurftkut]

steven wilson's To The Bone sold about 250.000, so it's not too bad i think? He's a lot bigger than Queensryche these days.

[jammindude]

I'll give them some credit for going out and touring with a contemporary band...

Fates Warning is contemporary? I never would have guessed.

I am not even sure I know where the Neptune is. If pressed I would have said it is a local movie theater.... reseaching... huh, it was a movie theater just as I was thinking, but now it is a live venue.

The Neptune is an awesome old theater.  Saw some good movies there when I was at the U, but I haven't seen a live show there.  That'll be interesting.

I saw Rocky Horror in that theater back in the day.   It's in the U-District.   This is going to be a fantastic show.

[Peter Mc]

A couple of song clips now on their official YouTube included in a promo video for the album and tour. Hard to tell completely but sounds promising to me.

[Phoenix87x]

The sample clips sounded pretty decent

[Cruithne]

Yeah, clips sound good 

[TAC]

Yeah, clips sound good 

[jjrock88]

sounds good to me too

[King Postwhore]

So I'm going to the Ryche/Fates tour in Worcester, Ma.

[Samsara]

I'll be at a couple shows. Not sure if I am staying for QR yet. Will depend on the setlist.

[?]

Not sold on the album cover (looks like generic metal artwork), but the last clip in the video sounds promising.

Clearly the stuff with Todd is not on a par with QR in their prime which I would say just about includes PL, that’s some of the greatest metal ever released. I will argue with anyone however who says that it’s not miles better than anything they’ve released since, including HITNF with Tate and DeGarmo and the album DeGarmo came back to contribute on, was that called Tribe?

Honestly, if HITNF had better production and the crappiest few songs like Get a Life and Anytime/Anywhere were thrown out, the resulting album would be easily better than CH IMO.

[Peter Mc]

Not listened to it in a loooooong time but I listened to it a lot when it came out, desperately trying to convince myself it was good as they were probably my favourite band in the world at that point having bought PL and then worked my way back.  It's not a terrible album by most band's standards but, compared to what came before, it's like they fell off a cliff in terms of quality imo.  Seem to remember Spool was quite a decent song but not much else.  I think Condition Human has a few duds also but has Arrow Of Time, Guardian, Hellfire, Eye9 and Bullet Proof at least which are better than anything on HITNF imo.  I think I even preferred Q2K to HITNF but it's so long since I listened to either of them that I wouldn't want to totally stand behind that opinion!

[Samsara]

Honestly, if HITNF had better production and the crappiest few songs like Get a Life and Anytime/Anywhere were thrown out, the resulting album would be easily better than CH IMO.

I absolutely agree. Those are the two main problems with HITNF -- too much filler, and flat, lifeless production. People love to label stuff, and saying that HITNF was QR doing the grunge or alternative thing may not be wrong. But the direction wasn't what the problem was with the album. HITNF had a lot of good songs. It just got bloated with too many throwaways and a misstep in dialing back the production.

Frankly, there is a ton of ear candy on there for guitarists.

[TAC]

I look at it completely opposite. I liked their approach and what they were trying to do. I just think there's a ton of junk on it.



Oh, and I LOVE Anytime/Anywhere!

[bosk1]

Well, sure.  But it is well documented that your opinions on music are generally rubbish.

[TAC]

[cfmoran13]

Just took a look at the Irving Plaza show.  I wonder what the difference is between the $29.50 GA and $35.00 GA tix.  It'd be nice if they made that distinction on the Live Nation web page.

[MoraWintersoul]

Fates Warning is contemporary? I never would have guessed.

You need to listen to their latest album.

[T-ski]

track listing per QR Facebook page...

1. Blood of the Levant
2. Man the Machine
3. Light-years
4. Inside Out
5. Propaganda Fashion
6. Dark Reverie
7. Bent
8. Inner Unrest
9. Launder the Conscience
10. Portrait

teased a major announcement tomorrow as well.

[Samsara]

teased a major announcement tomorrow as well.

Are they FINALLY going to tell people that Todd played drums? Or perhaps that Ed Bass is going on parental leave this year?    (kidding)

[Setzer]

teased a major announcement tomorrow as well.

Are they FINALLY going to tell people that Todd played drums? Or perhaps that Ed Bass is going on parental leave this year?    (kidding)

Todd will take over drums, and Geoff the vocals. Or maybe the other way around

[Samsara]

teased a major announcement tomorrow as well.

Are they FINALLY going to tell people that Todd played drums? Or perhaps that Ed Bass is going on parental leave this year?    (kidding)

Todd will take over drums, and Geoff the vocals. Or maybe the other way around

We laugh, but now a couple years down the line, I can see a scenario where Geoff returns, and both he and Todd sing, with Todd on drums. I don't think it'd ever happen, but given everything else that happens with this band, you can't rule it out. 

Song titles are cool. Hopefully the record is good.

[bosk1]

Wow.  This long a wait.  For 10 songs.

Eh, I don't know why I even bother being annoyed, honestly.  I just need to resign myself to the fact that QR is perhaps the most underachieving band in history, given their potential, and they live to give the least possible effort in anything they do.