Q2k: Remastered & Expanded - Queensryche

q2k caught millenium bug? (309 words)
by mpeh - written on 26/04/01, updated on 26/04/01 (Useful, 95 readings)
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I got this album after listening to Promised Land which really impressed me and one of the most satisfying things about this is that you can hear the progression the band have made from one album to the next. With 12 tracks the album plays for about 45 minutes but isn't so much an album as the last one. Each song, on it's own , stands up and is good but as a collection other than similar style (due more to the fact that they're all by the same musicians recorded at a simialr time I guess than anything else) the songs don't fit together in teh same way some albums do. This isn't a very harsh criticism as there are very few albums by anyone in any genre that are ...

Promised Land - Queensryche

Delivers it's promises (522 words)
by mpeh - written on 26/04/01, updated on 26/04/01 (Very useful, 68 readings)
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The first Queensryche album I came across I think it may be the best although rage for order may run it close. 12 tracks, one of which is an intro with modern day noises on which sets the scene for the album. Queensryche have achieved a signature electric guitar sound which distinguishes them immediately. What I really like about this album is the originality, it doesn't really sound like anything else. Queensryche have been called the thinking mans metal but I think this is a dangerous name to apply, as soon as metal is mentioned a very large proportion of the people who may have been interested immediately discard the idea. The thing which usually distinguishes ...