Queensryche's biggest hit, like a lot of bands of the era, was a ballad. 'Silent Lucidity' is a gentle, acoustic driven song with orchestration to powerfully back the mood. Hey, even hardened ...

After charting one of the most intriguing career evolutions in '80s metal, Seattle's Queensryche reached for the brass ring of mainstream heavy metal with their hit-laden, aptly titled Empire. And the ...

Call it PBS, or Power Ballad Syndrome; Queensryche are yet another band whose biggest hit was a soft acoustic number — the haunting “Silent Lucidity” — and who were subsequently written off by many ...

Queensryche released their fifth album, Promised Land, on Oct. 18, 1994. The effort arrived in a much different musical landscape than its predecessor, the group’s 1990 landmark album Empire. By 1994, ...

After departing the band after 1997’s “Hear in the Now Frontier,” original Queensryche guitarist Chris DeGarmo appears for a cameo and adds some old-school prog-metal beef and texture to “Tribe.” ...