Album Review: 'Promised Land' (1994) The only time this Seattle art-metal band doesn't hide its pretty tunes under too much pompous noise is when it's imitating Pink Floyd — in… Queensryche
EW's GRADE
C+

Details Lead Performance: Queensryche

The only time this Seattle art-metal band doesn't hide its pretty tunes under too much pompous noise is when it's imitating Pink Floyd — in the airy ''Lady Jane,'' for instance. The remainder is divided between trippy sound-effect experiments and operatically screeched melodrama. C+

Originally posted Oct 21, 1994 Published in issue #245 Oct 21, 1994 Order article reprints