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Queensrÿche - The Warning



8.3 | 322 votes |
Release date: 7 September 1984
Style: Heavy metal

Owners:

353 have it
21 want it


01. Warning
02. En Force
03. Deliverance
04. No Sanctuary
05. NM 156
06. Take Hold Of The Flame
07. Before The Storm
08. Child Of Fire
09. Roads To Madness
10. Prophecy [2003 remaster bonus]
11. The Lady Wore Black [live] [2003 remaster bonus]
12. Take Hold Of The Flame [live] [2003 remaster bonus]

Top 20 albums of 1984: 19

Additional info
The album's correct track order is said to start with tracks 5-9, but so far it has not been released in this state.

Guest review by
Syk
Rating:
7.8
I'll admit, I'm not that experienced in the genre of Progressive Metal - in fact I had never heard any of Queensrÿche's music before buying this album. However the legacy of this band, review scores around 9/10, and a price tag of $20 (fairly cheap in my country) prove a combination hard for me to resist. Given the factors above, my expectations for this album were quite high and that was probably a mistake on my part, as now when I play this record I can't help feeling disappointed.

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published 24.02.2007 | Comments (5)

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Comments: 14   Visited by: 373 users
02.12.2012 - 22:20
Rating: 8
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
One of Tate's best performances vocally throughout this album. Great stuff!
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Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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02.03.2013 - 13:45
Aristarchos

Roads To Madness is the best track on the album
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12.03.2013 - 15:10
Rating: 5
Kuroboshi

Tate has a good singing voice hear. But seldom have I heard such safe music as the one Queensryche presents. Absolutely no bite at all, and in the end, just boring.
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09.04.2016 - 21:29
Rating: 7
Joppe
Steelemeister
For me this is a good album, but I get the feeling that these songs could generally be a bit faster and/or heavier. As it is, the album does have some remarkably good songs: "Before The Storm" (catchy as fck), "NM 156" (a bit faster than most here) and "Roads To Madness" (boring start, but gets better later). Still I prefer the EP.
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09.04.2016 - 21:56
LuciferOfGayness
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Written by Joppe on 09.04.2016 at 21:29

For me this is a good album, but I get the feeling that these songs could generally be a bit faster and/or heavier. As it is, the album does have some remarkably good songs: "Before The Storm" (catchy as fck), "NM 156" (a bit faster than most here) and "Roads To Madness" (boring start, but gets better later). Still I prefer the EP.


This is their best for me. The band and the hardcore fans probably dont agree, but the production (Guthrie) on this album isnt as bad as stated. And its way more epic than the other albums.
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05.07.2016 - 22:14
Rating: 9
majormalfunction

Lots and lots of great riffs here and some insane vocals by Tate. USPM at it's finest!
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Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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15.09.2016 - 14:17
LuciferOfGayness
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Written by majormalfunction on 05.07.2016 at 22:14

Lots and lots of great riffs here and some insane vocals by Tate. USPM at it's finest!

The vocals are indeed great, and its a skill to show off those vocals so hard without being cheesy. One of few hm albums I still listen to, its still as good as it was back then.
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17.09.2016 - 15:39
Rating: 7
Joppe
Steelemeister
Written by Guest on 09.04.2016 at 21:56

Written by Joppe on 09.04.2016 at 21:29

For me this is a good album, but I get the feeling that these songs could generally be a bit faster and/or heavier. As it is, the album does have some remarkably good songs: "Before The Storm" (catchy as fck), "NM 156" (a bit faster than most here) and "Roads To Madness" (boring start, but gets better later). Still I prefer the EP.


This is their best for me. The band and the hardcore fans probably dont agree, but the production (Guthrie) on this album isnt as bad as stated. And its way more epic than the other albums.


Of their full lengths I must say that this is my favorite as well of their albums.
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19.05.2020 - 23:22
Rating: 8
Mountain King
K i K o
This is who inspired Fates Warning. I haven't read it or don't know if it's true but I believe so.Queensryche's early days were way better than Fate Warning of course.
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19.05.2020 - 23:26
JoHn Doe

Written by Mountain King on 19.05.2020 at 23:22

This is who inspired Fates Warning. I haven't read it or don't know if it's true but I believe so.Queensryche's early days were way better than Fate Warning of course.

early FW was visibly influenced by Iron Maiden, more than Queensryche.
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19.05.2020 - 23:31
Rating: 8
Mountain King
K i K o
Written by JoHn Doe on 19.05.2020 at 23:26

Written by Mountain King on 19.05.2020 at 23:22

This is who inspired Fates Warning. I haven't read it or don't know if it's true but I believe so.Queensryche's early days were way better than Fate Warning of course.

early FW was visibly influenced by Iron Maiden, more than Queensryche.

I guess most bands were influenced by Maiden. I have been listening to Queensryche for years and although I've heard of Fates Warning and was familiar with their first 3 record only, I never heard the later albums. What I also meant to say is that if you would play me 80's Fates Warning then I would say it sounds like early Queensryche.

The latest Fates Warning record is my favorite so far and I would say they don't sound like Queensryche as much anymore.
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23.05.2020 - 09:32
Maco
Pvt Funderground
An amazing power metal album and also, the best performance by Tate is during the last song.

on the roads TO MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSS
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Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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29.09.2022 - 21:15
Rating: 9
Metal Rasputin

Highly ambitious and years ahead of its time. Around this time progressive metal wasn't even a thing and they were already making a concept album with top notch songwriting and stuff. Roads To Madness is obviously the number one classic song on the album, the live version of Take Hold Of The Flame also a killer in itself, Geoff Tate was insanely good around this time. Allegedly the record label attempted to cut the costs by hiring some less experienced folk to finish the production and mixing, and the band felt they ruined the album. I wish they'd someday release a reworked edition or something the way it was originally meant to be.
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You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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16.11.2023 - 17:30
Rating: 10
DarkWingedSoul

Just got the vinyl press, sounds amazing...even decades after...
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