Forum Home Forum Home > Progressive Music Lounges > Prog Polls
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Queensryche - Empire
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedQueensryche - Empire
 Post Reply Post Reply
Poll Question: what is your favourite song
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
1 [7.69%]
0 [0.00%]
2 [15.38%]
1 [7.69%]
0 [0.00%]
5 [38.46%]
1 [7.69%]
1 [7.69%]
0 [0.00%]
0 [0.00%]
2 [15.38%]
This topic is closed, no new votes accepted

Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
Icarium View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: March 21 2008
Location: Tigerstaden
Status: Offline
Points: 34050 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: Queensryche - Empire
    Posted: July 29 2012 at 08:36
I really like this album for its tight songs, heavy riffs, strong melodies, and atmosphere. there is some magic on this album on songs like Silent Lucidity and Anybody Listening

i would call this a crossover progressiv metal album, as it melts perfectly down the sound of heavy metal and progressive metal, and dare I say some tiny tiny bits of AOR metal into a fine mix of heavy hard hitting, but also gentel and symphonic metal.

A great passage of heavy progressive metal with heavy neo prog and AOR falvours, good album
Back to Top
infocat View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: June 10 2011
Location: Colorado, USA
Status: Offline
Points: 4671 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2012 at 11:02
Haven't listened to this in a while, but I think "Anybody Listening?" is my favorite.

Promised Land is a better album, though.
--
Frank Swarbrick
Belief is not Truth.
Back to Top
b_olariu View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: March 02 2007
Location: Romania
Status: Offline
Points: 5531 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2012 at 11:30
great album, one of thie best for sure, I think Della Brown, Silent Lucidity or Anybody Listening< ="text/" ="" ="/B1D671CF-E532-4481-99AA-19F420D90332etdefender/huidhui.js?0=0&0=0&0=0">
Back to Top
Icarium View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: March 21 2008
Location: Tigerstaden
Status: Offline
Points: 34050 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2012 at 11:57
would anyone call Empire to be more neo prog then progressive metal, it is bit similar to Marillion in someplaces, and the heavyness of Arena 
Back to Top
aapatsos View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: November 11 2005
Location: Manchester, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 9226 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2012 at 12:21
^ more like standard mainstream melodic hard/heavy than prog, still a very good album in my books, title track is probably the most epic, followed by Anybody Listening
Back to Top
zravkapt View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: October 12 2010
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 6446 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2012 at 12:38
Not very proggy at all but still the only album I ever really liked from them. Voted title track. You can hear some Wall-era Floyd and 80s Rush influences. (In the album, not the song I mean).

Edited by zravkapt - July 29 2012 at 12:39
Magma America Great Make Again
Back to Top
Say'en View Drop Down
Forum Newbie
Forum Newbie
Avatar

Joined: June 21 2011
Location: Merced CA
Status: Offline
Points: 8 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2012 at 13:45
Silent Lucidity would be the track you could point to as proggy; but for me Jet City woman still makes into my playlist on a regular basis. 
Back to Top
Say'en View Drop Down
Forum Newbie
Forum Newbie
Avatar

Joined: June 21 2011
Location: Merced CA
Status: Offline
Points: 8 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2012 at 13:48
"it is bit similar to Marillion in someplaces, and the heavyness of Arena" 
You say that as if being a bit Marillion is a bad thing.
Back to Top
Wanorak View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 09 2006
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 4574 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2012 at 14:11
Silent Lucidity.
A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
Back to Top
Icarium View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: March 21 2008
Location: Tigerstaden
Status: Offline
Points: 34050 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2012 at 14:22
Originally posted by Say'en Say'en wrote:

"it is bit similar to Marillion in someplaces, and the heavyness of Arena" 
You say that as if being a bit Marillion is a bad thing.
no i am not
Back to Top
Roland113 View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: March 30 2008
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Points: 3841 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2012 at 18:49
Great album, though as infocat said above, I prefer Promised Land.

With that being said, I was surprised that I cast the first vote for the opener.  "Best I Can" is such a fantastic song and opens this album beautifully.
Back to Top
sleeper View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: October 09 2005
Location: Entropia
Status: Offline
Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2012 at 18:57
The title track, its the only one I can come back to repeatedly.
Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005

Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.203 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.