Geoff Tate

Tygers of Pan Tang – Ritual Review

Tygers of Pan Tang – Ritual Review

By Huck N Roll on November 20, 2019 in 2019, British Metal, Heavy Metal, Mighty Music, NWOBHM, Reviews, Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, 12 comments

“Three years ago, Tygers of Pan Tang’s self-titled twelfth album made me feel good about old NWoBHM bands, and their ability to craft enjoyable-enough songs. I hadn’t revisited it until it was time to review their new album, Ritual. In fact, I even went and revisited the referred-to review above. I mean, there’s always a chance that, because I was still in my rookie year as a member of the AMG Conglomerate, I was taking it easy on some bands. But I’ve been around for a long time now, and having a warm place in my atrophying heart for a band is not only unacceptable, it is now unheard of.” Tales from an overrating bastard.

Tony Mills – Streets of Chance Review

Tony Mills – Streets of Chance Review

By Huck N Roll on September 5, 2017 in 2017, Battlegod Productions, British Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Reviews, Hard Rock, 16 comments

“Back in the ’80s, before a little thing called the World Wide Web came along, we got our metal news from magazines like Circus and Hit Parader. In a pathetic attempt to be hip and now amongst my fellow teenage metalhead pals, I was always on the lookout for any obscure band that got a decent review in those rags. One such band in 1985 was a British act called Shy. I’ll be honest: Brave the Storm was probably the worst album I bought based on these old reviews. The songs were bad, it was dated and sounded old a week after I bought it, and the vocals — by one Tony Mills — were screechingly awful.” 32 years will change a man.

Blind Seer – Apocalypse 2.0 Review

Blind Seer – Apocalypse 2.0 Review

By GardensTale on July 22, 2017 in 2017, Belgian Metal, Massacre Records, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Progressive Metal, 92 comments

“Just like some albums are growers, you occasionally encounter one that takes time to reveal itself as garbage. It may seem like a potentially good time, but repeat listens magnify all the flaws to the point you can no longer fathom what attracted you in the first place. Not so with Apocalypse 2.0, an ostensibly progressive metal album by Blind Seer. I knew for a fact this was garbage after exactly nine seconds.” Seer the ear.

Operation: Mindcrime – Resurrection Review

Operation: Mindcrime – Resurrection Review

By Dr. Fisting on October 4, 2016 in 2016, Frontiers Records, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Labels, Progressive Rock, Rating, Reviews, Uncategorized, 64 comments

“Barely a year after their debut record The Key, Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime project is back with Resurrection, part two of what threatens to be a trilogy of concept albums. Backed by a large cast of supporting musicians, the former Queensrÿche vocalist is aiming to beat his former band at the conceptual-metal game.” Tate v. the Rÿche: Round II. Place yer bets.

Operation: Mindcrime – The Key Review

Operation: Mindcrime – The Key Review

By Dr. Fisting on September 5, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Frontiers Records, Hard Rock, Reviews, Hard Rock, 126 comments

“Geoff Tate cannot be stopped. Getting fired from Queensryche barely slowed him down, and a lengthy court battle over the band name just made him mad. Hell, we even begged him to show us mercy, but he denied us. Instead, Tate has delivered The Key, the debut outing by his creatively-named new project Operation: Mindcrime.” Someone, somewhere deserves this.

Queensrÿche vs. Queensrÿche: Trial of the Century

Queensrÿche vs. Queensrÿche: Trial of the Century

By Dr. Fisting on March 27, 2013 in Blog Posts, 19 comments

During the past year or so, I’ve found myself in a situation where I work from home, and generally don’t venture out much. Typically, people like this are called “housewives” and watch daytime television to keep them from focusing on their own miserable lives. Unfortunately, I don’t fit that description, and I demand a little more from my daily distractions. You see, I have a need within me to see good things happen to good people, and more importantly, to see really bad things happen to people who are assholes. And the thing that’s been getting me through the day for the past 10 months is the endless drama of Queensryche vs. Geoff Tate.” Join Mr. Fisting as he runs you through the drama, the diva and the saliva. Basically, it’s like the whole O.J. Simpson thing, but with more guyliner.

Kobra and the Lotus – Kobra and the Lotus Review

Kobra and the Lotus – Kobra and the Lotus Review

By Angry Metal Guy on August 5, 2012 in 2012, 3.5, American Metal, Canadian Metal, Heavy Metal, Reviews, Spinefarm, Heavy Metal, Power Metal, 8 comments

Metal has been doing some collective soul searching for a while. The retro-thrash and retro-death movements – along with the ever-growing vest metal movement – have been built on a longing back to the simple, the original, the true. In this push, a lot of bands have been making the claim to the true metal legacy and Kobra and the Lotus are no exception.