Tag Archives: Operation Mindcrime

Operation: Mindcrime, The New Reality. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

It was once a cry of exasperation that would be uttered by a spouse or a parent, that the almost degrading verbal punch to the senses of “You need to live in the real world” is often the last resort of an argument from those who have jealousy in their heart because they have forgotten how to dream of a better life, that they want you to be as miserable as them. Now it seems that more people are finding ways to make their lives better, not by dreaming and succeeding but by hiding away, a virtual authenticity on every corner, a world where you can be the hero without leaving the house.; welcome to The New Reality and despite the allure, it is not a pretty sight.

Operation: Mindcrime, Resurrection. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound And Vision Rating * * *

It is a feeling of bewilderment, of pained intrigue to find an album that can leave you with mood of utter calm when what you know the prescription should have supplied was rage, anger at the system and the sense of incredulous outrage. It is the calm that comes after the storm and everything is hiding away, barely poking its nose out to sniff for any electrical residue that might be lurking in the mist.

Operation: Mindcrime, The Key. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

Many people have an opinion on Geoff Tate, the siren with a voice of silk former lead vocalist of Queensryche, some wandering through the lands of the idyllic and the muse, some disdainful of his achievements, especially away from the band that he was such a big part of for virtually all his adult life and certainly in the album Frequency Unknown for which there appeared two Queensryche’s upon the glistening sands of Progressive Metal.

Iron Maiden, Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son. 25th Anniversary Retrospective.

Can Progressive Rock and Heavy Metal coexist? It may be a question that vexes the purists of either genre, in modern day crossovers everything is nearly acceptable and certainly possible but in the late 1980s two bands from opposite sides of the Atlantic embarked on producing albums that embraced the concept and rich diversity that the amalgamation of two distinct entities could bring them. Queensryche’s Operation Mindcrime would come out towards the end of April in 1988, the honour though of bringing out arguably the first Progressive Metal album would belong to Britain’s Iron Maiden with their most ambitious record at the time, the sensational Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.