Track Listing
1. Sign of the times 2. Cuckoo's nest 3. Get a life 4. The voice inside 5. Some people fly 6. Saved 7. You 8. Hero 9. Miles away 10. Reach 11. All I want 12. Hit the black 13. Anytime/Anywhere 14. Spool Year: 1997 Label: EMI - Official Site |
Queensr�che - 'Hear in the now frontier' - By J. Korkiam�ki
The previous Queensr�che album, The Promised Land, was great and the heaviest album the band has done. While �Damaged� and �One More Time Around� are still ringing in the back of my head, I listen to this crap and my humming stops like it has hit a brick wall. Just what the hell is this supposed to be? Grunge influenced slow rock, that doesn�t seem to be interesting at all, despite the quite cool opening track �Sign Of The Times�. I should have guessed. The threesome Geoff Tate, Chris DeGarmo and Scott Rockenfield have all cut their hair short, while Michael Wilton and Eddie Jackson still could wipe their arses with their hair. Queensr�che is now a �grown up and civilized band�. In the band photo, Tate is drinking tea smiling, while the rest of the band leans against the walls and lies on the floor in an empty room, which could very well be the band�s gig site, according to the musical material on the album. Think back to the year 1984, when the band released their debut full length The Warning. Would the band have done songs named as stupid as �Cuckoo�s Nest� or �Spool� with their foreheads swimming in sweat back then? I think not. And have the band�s musical abilities at some point dropped off or something? Geoff�s voice used to be great, now it�s only annoying, DeGarmo has broke his pencil, the one which he used to use for writing incredible songs, and Rockenfield, who became famous for the merciless beating of his drum set, is now only slapping his f*cking toms. There�s no use trying to circle this around: this record SUCKS! I despise Queensr�che, they did the best metal album ever in the 80�s, for God�s sake! And what is this? I can�t realize, how all of the criticism, due to this album, hasn�t influenced the band at all. They still put out the same shit. Almost all of the old fans disappeared after Hear In The Now Frontier, so did I. This is my advice: if you�re partying with friends, I suggest you put The Greatest Hits into your stereo and put the Frontier CD under your beer tankard. Oh my God, this stinks. Metal Obsessive Grade: 30% |