Former Queensrÿche singer Geoff Tate is engaged on Operation: Mindcrime III, the “remaining chapter of the Operation: Mindcrime collection.”
Tate mentioned the undertaking in a brand new podcast interview, likening the album to “early Queensrÿche.” Ostensibly, it will be launched below Tate’s personal identify, as he parted methods with Queensrÿche in 2012.
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Relating to his deliberate third a part of the trilogy, Tate known as the brand new songs “tremendous heavy, and a few of ’em are extremely technical.”
“They’re like algebra,” the singer advised “Rock of Nations with Dave Kinchen And Shane McEachern” [as transcribed by Blabbermouth]. “You want a calculator once you’re listening to the track. [Laughs] And, in fact, a few of them are very emotional.”
He continued: “It’s the final chapter within the ‘Mindcrime’ collection. So it’s following the exploits of Dr. X and Nikki and Sister Mary, and picks up at a specific level of their story and sort of does the microscope of what’s occurring at that exact time with them. And I’m simply in love with it. I’m so pleased with every part up to now, and I can’t look forward to individuals to listen to it.”
The unique Operation: Mindcrime was launched in 1988 and lauded for its darkish political aspects, a component that can even be current within the lyrics for the brand new document.
“Yeah, I feel that individuals will be capable to detect little bits of what’s occurring round them,” Tate stated when requested if there could be “political interplays.” “And it’s an fascinating time proper now — very fascinating. Particularly subsequent week [after the 2024 US presidential election], it’s gonna be actually fascinating [laughs] what occurs. So, we’ll see.”
Operation: Mindcrime II arrived in 2006 to combined opinions. Whereas it debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 chart, it got here nowhere close to matching the platinum slaes of the primary Operation Mindcrime album.
In the meantime, Tate is about to embark on a US tour within the spring, performing the unique Operation: Mindcrime in its entirety for the final time. You may get tickets right here.
Tate acrimoniously cut up from Queensrÿche in 2012, as beforehand talked about, although he has displayed a willingness to reconnect along with his previous bandmates, who proceed to stay energetic with Queensrÿche (that includes singer Todd LaTorre). As of 2019, he was nonetheless “open” to reuniting along with his former band.
Stream the interview with Geoff Tate under.