Queensryche have teamed up with Pledge Music for a new album pre-order campaign titled ‘Building the Empire,’ a nod to their 1990 album 'Empire.' The campaign offers fans closer access to the band and ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Memorably described as ‘The Thinking Fan’s Metal Band’, Queensrÿche rose above the pack in the ...

The celebratory U.S. trek begins on Feb. 21 and finishes up just a couple weeks later on March 7. See the full list of stops below. Empire, Queensryche's 1990 smash record which drifted away from the ...

When Queensrÿche released 'Empire,' their fourth full-length album, the music industry's expectations were as lofty as it gets for a hard rock band. It was 1990 and the Bellevue, Wash. quintet had ...

In the early '90s, rock music was in a major state of transition. Thanks to the success of Seattle bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, Sunset Strip hair metal and Bay Area thrash were ...

Queensryche hit up a sold-out Empire Live in Albany on Friday night. The progressive metal legends took a detour away from its late 1980s/early 1990s commercial heyday and instead performed an ...

In 1990, when my development should have been well on its way towards some level of maturity, I was only reaching a crossroads. That is what happens when your enjoyment of music gets a late start. I ...

Queensryche and Armored Saint shook Empire Live to its very foundations Friday night. The two veteran bands (both formed in 1982) delivered high octane sets of old school heavy metal, one a career ...

It appears that the feud between Geoff Tate and the other members of Queensryche has come to an end. In a new interview, founding Queensryche guitarist Michael Wilton says that tensions have cooled ...

Seriously, people ought to talk about this band in the same breath as Dream Theater instead of Warrant. As guest MTV-host Jani Lane (I think?) says himself in the intro to this video of “Empire,” ...

Geoff Tate will mount a tour this winter to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release “Empire,” from his former band, Queensryche. The tour will play kick off at the Stafford Palace Theatre in ...

Twenty years ago, Empire and its best known hit song, "Silent Lucidity" was my introduction to Bellevue, Washington's heavy metal/prog metal band Queensryche. Yes, there were four relatively more raw ...