Music Capsule Review

Hear in the Now Frontier (1997)

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Lead Performance: Queensryche; Genre: Metal

By Chuck Eddy

QUEENSRYCHE Hear in the Now Frontier (EMI) The tastiest moments on Frontier -- the most down-to-earth music these pretension-metal stalwarts have managed -- recall '60s British rockers like the Who and Moody Blues who took stabs at psychedelia. Flitty harmonies prevent the chunky riffs from sustaining their punch, but the arrangements rarely feel overblown: At least Geoff Tate doesn't holler like he's auditioning for operas anymore. B

Posted Mar 28, 1997

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