Rhino
2009
1. Sliver
2. Unafraid
3. Hundred Mile Stare
4. At 30,000 Ft.
5. A Dead Man's Words
6. The Killer
7. Middle Of Hell
8. If I Were King
9. Man Down!
10. Remember Me
11. Home Again
12. The Voice
Queensryche greatly surprised me with Operation: Mindcrime II. It was pretty remarkable how they could come back after so many years of progressive/ alternative rock lameness and really make something metal again. Certainly, that album did bring a lot of renewed interest back to the band from fans who had long ago left Queensryche for dead.
Lose all such expectations for American Soldier right away. This is nothing at all like the metal on OM2 and the band shows it's true colors again immediately. Queensryche may have once been a metal band, but that ship has sailed. Really, I think the only reason they went back to that well at all is to try to renew interest in the band with what the fans wanted. This album however is probably more of what the band wants.
What American Soldier gives the listener is a lack of heaviness, any good wails Geoff Tate once became popular for, and gag worthy conceptual/political drivel. If you want to hear annoying voice overs coupled with chuggy riffs than Unafraid is the song for you. If it's more annoying shouts and alt rock that you want then Sliver stacks up right next to something like POD - Youth Of A Nation in terms of pure suck. With lyrics like 'I'm gonna tell ya what's up now' and 'this shit is for real' I wanted to bang my head against my desk and pray for sweet unconsciousness to save me. This is only a sample of the horrible music contained within but really it doesn't get any better. The rest of this album just drags on with no metal heaviness. This is simply put not a heavy or metal album and it drags on without a single good moment.
There is nothing good about this. Nothing at all. In trying to come up with a rating for this album I kept trying to logic how low the rating should be and what I came up with is this. There is nothing worthy of even adding a half point to the rating. About as awesomely bad as that Geoff Tate solo album.
Highlights: None
Rating - 0/5
2. Unafraid
3. Hundred Mile Stare
4. At 30,000 Ft.
5. A Dead Man's Words
6. The Killer
7. Middle Of Hell
8. If I Were King
9. Man Down!
10. Remember Me
11. Home Again
12. The Voice
Queensryche greatly surprised me with Operation: Mindcrime II. It was pretty remarkable how they could come back after so many years of progressive/ alternative rock lameness and really make something metal again. Certainly, that album did bring a lot of renewed interest back to the band from fans who had long ago left Queensryche for dead.
Lose all such expectations for American Soldier right away. This is nothing at all like the metal on OM2 and the band shows it's true colors again immediately. Queensryche may have once been a metal band, but that ship has sailed. Really, I think the only reason they went back to that well at all is to try to renew interest in the band with what the fans wanted. This album however is probably more of what the band wants.
What American Soldier gives the listener is a lack of heaviness, any good wails Geoff Tate once became popular for, and gag worthy conceptual/political drivel. If you want to hear annoying voice overs coupled with chuggy riffs than Unafraid is the song for you. If it's more annoying shouts and alt rock that you want then Sliver stacks up right next to something like POD - Youth Of A Nation in terms of pure suck. With lyrics like 'I'm gonna tell ya what's up now' and 'this shit is for real' I wanted to bang my head against my desk and pray for sweet unconsciousness to save me. This is only a sample of the horrible music contained within but really it doesn't get any better. The rest of this album just drags on with no metal heaviness. This is simply put not a heavy or metal album and it drags on without a single good moment.
There is nothing good about this. Nothing at all. In trying to come up with a rating for this album I kept trying to logic how low the rating should be and what I came up with is this. There is nothing worthy of even adding a half point to the rating. About as awesomely bad as that Geoff Tate solo album.
Highlights: None
Rating - 0/5
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