Digital Noise Alliance
CENTURY MEDIA
Queensrÿche are a long way from metal's cutting edge today. This and find the band trudging where they once soared. Vocalist Todd La Torre hits the big notes, but he lacks the range and control of the mercurial Tate. The stately Forest is a high point, largely because it sounds like it's been beamed in from 1990. But unfortunately any good work is undone by a grisly, dads-at-the-wedding-receptionstyle cover of Billy Idol's . Maybe it's unfair to compare 'Digital Noise Alliance' to albums 30 years old, but they're the benchmark to which Queeensryche will forever be held. They’ve fallen way short here.
