Queensryche Release 'Behind The Walls' Video

Queensryche will release a new album called Digital Noise Alliance in early October. One of the songs on that upcoming release is "Behind The Walls" and today the band released a video to promote the track. It's a good song, too. "Behind The Walls" gives modern vibes but also nods to the band's legacy and 80s past. Love the guitar solo too!

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[Him]

DeGarmo called form his plane. Glad you are all still trying. I mean, that Whip and Eddie are keeping the Tiki torch burning.

Rockenfileld also called. But no one could figure out what he was saying . . . he sounded a bit tweaky.

Tate smiled. Sipped a glass of his wine. Thoughtfully popped a button on his vest and went about his business. A touch smugly? Sure.

La Torre reminded people that he is great, that he played drums on the last album. Then he sneezed. Then he kept talking, as Whip and Eddie were busy and no one was particularly interested in what Stone and Grillo had to say (though, to be fair, they are fine salaried employees).

I've seen some variation pf this version of the band three times. They sound great. They play the classics well. Their new stuff? It just doesn't grab me by the mind. Which is a crime. Perhaps I need an operation?

I think they, and Tate, can eke out a fair enough living on the bones of the past. And I also am sure that the diehards will love this more than I do. So, that's great!

But all empires fade. And, for me, this one is now solely a live one.

[stu]

i dig it. very retro sounding, and that’s cool - though i’ll never get why concept videos are made these days. but the song suffers the same fate as most other new tracks from legacy bands - overly long for no reason.

[Gogmagog]

Serious question ... what are the traits of "modern" metal? Sludgy guitar sound and drop-D tuning? Autotuned vocals and and computer "editing" to make every single note come exactly on the downbeat? (Okay, those last two were rhetorical questions, because I already know the answer is yes.) I swear, the guitars here (and in most stuff released lately) sound as if I'm holding my head in a bathtub filled with mud. And (I think) the guitars here are in standard tuning. My kingdom for good sounding guitars! Perhaps that's the problem ... my kingdom isn't nearly big enough.

[Him]

Gogmagog, the answer to your plaintive plea about your kingdom is simple: Thunder! They keep bringing it, perhaps because they never broke big, never had petty squabbles, and also focus on doing what they know how to do. Dopamine is a killer double LP. Have you heard it? Do you like them? I know they really aren't metal. But they certainly do rock.

To my mind, modern metal is to music what Flavortown is to food, but with click tracks and brickwalling. On the other hand, old metal is to music what nostalgia is to old codgers, though now with backing tracks (when played live, in our modern age) and problematic vocals (again, when live, though smoothed out in the studio when it is being recorded by virtue of modern metal techniques).

But you can move around the pylons, given that what counts as old or modern are relative to your place in time. I mean, for those yet born, what is modern to us will sound hopelessly déclassé (until it is retrieved, and found to be smart and edgy).

[Gogmagog]

"Love Walked In" is one of my top five favorite power ballads. Don't know a whole lot else about them, but I'm going to rectify that immediately. Just got Dopamine and I'll give it a good listen this weekend.

[Him]

I hope you like the new album, Gogmagog. For guys their age, they continue to crank out quality music (and Dopamine arrived just after they released the also strong All the Right Noises). I also find the interviews that Bowes and Morley do to be a fascinating look into a band that, despite some issues, has soldiered on with a decided amount of good humor, taken stock of their place in the industry, and remained dedicated to their craft and their friendships. Rare, I think.

The one thing I have noticed in recent years (and it is certainly not a criticism) is that Bowes voice now has more and more of a Fogerty-tinge to it). Like I said, not a criticism. Interested to hear your take on the album.