Queensryche Release Video For “Fallout” With New Vocalist
Queensryche Release Video For “Fallout” With New Vocalist
July 13, 2013
Legendary Seattle rockers Queensryche launch the official music video for their self-titled album’s first single “Fallout” via YouTube. The video was filmed in Gelsenkirchen, Germany during the annual Rock Hard Festival this past May and features footage from the band’s set and some behind the scenes shots.
Topping the charts last week with the new record ‘Queensryche’, released via Century Media, the band’s first release with new vocalist Todd La Torre debuted on Billboard’s Top 200 chart by landing at #23 and selling 13,659 copies its first week. The album also impacted the Amazon charts where it hit #2 on the Hard Rock and Metal chart and also hit #6 on the iTunes Top Rock Albums chart. ‘Queensryche’ was produced by Queensryche and James “Jimbo” Barton.
‘Queensryche’ has gotten critical acclaim including Billboard magazine’s review stating, “From the moment Rockenfield’s drums and Wilton and Parker Lundgren’s guitars go on the attack in “Where Dreams Go to Die,” the traditional Queensryche sound is back. The hooks are arresting, and the rhythm section packs unmitigated fire power.” Sites such as Sleaze Roxx proclaim, “the production work of James ‘Jimbo’ Barton is beyond perfect, in that it steers Queensryche away from all the metal sub-genres that may have held them back in the past”, Metal Underground praises, “…banished is both the dull lifeless musical direction and wretched vocal performances. The band has brought back much of the direction that made it one of the most revered in progressive/power metal history,” and BraveWords.com exclaims, “this self-titled slab of faith-restoring metal boasts the return of the almighty riff, twin guitar leads, and brazen in-your-face melodies.” From the opening sound of the intro of “X2” to the final notes of the closer, “Open Road,” it is apparent that the signature sound that captivated fans for over 30 years is alive and well.
Queensryche first burst onto the music scene in 1982 with the release of their self-titled 4 song EP ‘Queensryche’. They very quickly gained international recognition and performed to sold out audiences around the world. With the follow-up first full-length album ‘The Warning’ in 1984, and the ground breaking 1986 release of ‘Rage For Order’, Queensryche continued to prove their worldwide dominance as one of the most respected and creative bands of the 1980s. In 1988 the band turned out yet another monumental album, ‘Operation: Mindcrime’, which would go on to become one of the top 10 best selling concept records of all time, and set the stage for continued sold out performances around the world. With the release of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful ‘Empire’ in 1991, the band earned multiple Grammy Award nominations and won the MTV “viewer’s choice” award for the #1 chart topping hit “Silent Lucidity”. During the next ten years, the band continued to release albums and tour the world to sold-out audiences. Queensryche has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and have continued to break new ground and push their creative process.
Queensryche consists of Todd La Torre (vocals), Michael Wilton (guitars), Parker Lundgren (guitars), Eddie Jackson (bass) and Scott Rockenfield (drums).
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