{"id":10604,"date":"2013-08-12T15:59:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T22:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=10604"},"modified":"2013-08-15T22:52:46","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T05:52:46","slug":"queensryche-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/08\/queensryche-2\/","title":{"rendered":"QUEENSR\u0178CHE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><b><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10653\" alt=\"Queensryche-update-M-Review-No28\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Queensryche-update-M-Review-No28.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Queensryche-update-M-Review-No28.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Queensryche-update-M-Review-No28-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>QUEENSR\u0178CHE<\/b><b> <\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><b><i>Queensr\u00ffche\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>[Century Media]<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s taken Seattle prog-metal stalwarts Queensr\u00ffche more than 30 years to release a self-titled album, but with original singer Geoff Tate absent, this marks the debut of a new lineup. Today\u2019s group comprises three co-founders (bassist Eddie Jackson, rhythm guitarist Michael Wilton and drummer Scott Rockenfield), latter-day guitarist Parker Lundgren, and rookie singer Todd La Torre. Instrumental opener \u201cX2\u201d launches the album with the ominous sound of a clanging bell and pouring rain, and what follows is classic \u201980s-style twin-guitar metal. Unfortunately, the band\u2019s reliance on formula\u2014melodramatic verse, anthemic chorus, spiraling guitars and either a limp pulse or rhythmic pummel\u2014makes for an album lacking in Queensr\u00ffche\u2019s typical texture and sophistication. And that\u2019s not all that\u2019s missing. Whereas Tate once \u201craged for order\u201d on songs about social concerns, La Torre fails to match his indignation. \u201cWhen did it all go wrong? \/ When will it all go right?\u201d he asks on \u201cIn This Light,\u201d more annoyed than anguished. \u2013Linda Laban<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUEENSR\u0178CHE \u00a0 Queensr\u00ffche\u00a0 [Century Media] It\u2019s taken Seattle prog-metal stalwarts Queensr\u00ffche more than 30 years to release a self-titled album, but with original singer Geoff Tate absent, this marks the debut of a new lineup. Today\u2019s group comprises three co-founders (bassist Eddie Jackson, rhythm guitarist Michael Wilton and drummer Scott Rockenfield), latter-day guitarist Parker Lundgren, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,6448,6978,2419],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10604"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10655,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10604\/revisions\/10655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}