This again Queensrÿche !!!

After Geoff Tate disappointed with his version of Queensrÿche in March all along the line, my expectations were at the musical response of the three remaining original members Michael Wilton (guitar), Eddie Jackson (bass) and Scott Rockfield (drums) still streaky than before.

And to come straight to the: Yes, it is here a genuine Queensrÿche album, which is why I like to call only "Taterÿche" the Tate version in future, to save text. ;)

Reinforced had you already the middle of last year with the much younger singer Todd La Torre, which sounds similar to its predecessor Geoff Tate to shudder. The latter took care of his solo album "Kings & Thieves", which was released last November, and so decided the rest of the band members, also to earn a bit of money and playing - as a side project under the name "Rising West," a passage of debut "The Warning" - a couple of shows with La Torre, where the band had only classic Queensrÿche songs of the 1980s on the setlist. Even Mike Stone's successor Parker Lundgren, since 2009 on board, part of the current line-up. Unlike Taterÿche So a well-rehearsed band with firm roots.

And so the album sounds then. Let's go in the Player Ratings:

The album starts gets going in a rhythm with crescendierenden orchestral brass section, before it then really starts with "Where Dreams Go to Die" with a one-minute intro, the QR-typical heruntergepitchte votes. In Shuffle the band is based on their musical themes before then in acoustically gerägten mid-tempo going in the first verse. Todd La Torre mimics its predecessors in such accurate that one thinks Geoff Tate actually stood still at the microphone, and the whole farce is just a bad April Fool's Day to the fans. Enriched is the Diversified opener with QR-typical two-voice guitar runs. A very clear throwback to the early works of the band. Hammer!

Continue with "Spore", which also gets going in 6/8 time. A rough reef, filled with great guitar harmonies, Edbass' ingenious game and rock Fields differentiated Drums. Another treat for the ears with endless power! Atonalitäten Man affords as a matter of course, without that it would sound disturbing. The Spirit Chris DeGarmos is omnipresent in this track.

"In This Light" is again a nice mid-tempo number with genre typical Tritonussubstitutionen. In particular, the driving drums and the catchy vocal melody bring the song great forward. This song has hit potential real. Would not be surprised if this number would be released as a single (if the new label can afford something and wants).

Immediately afterwards follows the official teaser song "Redemption", which lays down the old Queensrÿche sound a little more modern. Just The opening two-part guitar playing can swoon Altfans the band. The chorus, however, is the mainstream brand "Empire" and fits perfectly into the composition. Lovely, too, how the chorus at the end dissolves in a small variation before it ends with the main riff. Enjoyable can arrange a song about four minutes hardly.

With "Vindication" follows another pound on his ears. "Exhausting" as "The One and Only" from the successful album "Empire". I personally like the number is not quite as good as most others, because it is a little too cluttered, but still the song goes by a solid track that has at least a catchy chorus with a double to oktavisch ends La Torre.

Track 7 is again a musical interlude of kanpp one minute duration, titled "Midnight Lullaby". Here resound bat-like sounds to Ennio Morricone-Memorial Harp and lulling sounds of bells, the passing in the Sabbath-esque "A World Without". A slow track in "Promised Land" style with opulent synth-strings, which reminds the listener to better times.

"Do not Look Back" then turns back to powerful. Power Rock at its best with top form musicians and old bandwidth covering Todd La Torre, two-part solo included. Quick and dirty on your tongue. Just great!

In "Fallout" it goes back to the past, though not for three minutes. Here was once noted that Queensrÿche not make the expected error, to arrange each song opulent.

The final "Open Road" (probably not coincidentally, a namesake of the 1986 classic "Road to Madness") then ends the disc after only 35 minutes. The relatively short total running time is then already the only weak point of this album.

Conclusion: Queensrÿche deliver with the self-titled album and a new singer from an album that can be regarded as one of the best after the era Chris DeGarmo. Personally, I am very surprised at the ease with which the band has revived their very own style, without sounding "retro". One can only imagine how much the remaining band members have zurückgesehnt after the sacking of Geoff Tate for their roots, who have fallen into oblivion since Kelly Gray and Mike Stone.

With this album Queensrÿche latched seamlessly onto their successful times, also when I personally less successful albums such as "Promised Land" and "Hear in the Now Frontier" also liked it very much. Here the guys deliver any case a reminiscence of the years 1982 to 1990 from - and in the current outfit with fresh sounds and perfect production by veteran James "Jimbo" Barton, who was allowed to be involved already in "Promised Land" almost twenty years earlier.

On a personal note: I am not one of those people who need emotional for one of the two existing versions of the band take sides. What the boys may have with each other for problems, I am interested not and does not concern me also nix. I just want to hear good music, one of my favorite bands. However, after many disappointing releases in the past, I have come to the realization that a Queensrÿche in the occupation of gambling here that's again what I know by that name and wants to hear. The three live recordings "Queen of the Reich" from the 1983 EP and "En Force" and "Prophecy" on the bonus CD are a decorative accessory of Limited Edition.

And even if I call the technical production published in March "Frequency Unknown" as a total failure in particular, has nothing to do with the fact that I here now judge this album in exuberance. No, this shortest Queensrÿche album of all time is a real highlight and musically the best thing I've heard under the label since 1997 for me. Sad but true. And I feel comfortable with that damn!

Thank you very much for your attention!