THE WARNING

Like their self-titled EP, Queensryche's debut album finds them mainly influenced by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, though with a few more of their more progressive instincts beginning to shine through than on the EP. Geoff Tate's vocals are uncannily like a mix between Bruce Dickinson's and Rob Halford's, and that's a good a shorthand for the musical style as any - a mingling of the then-current approach of Iron Maiden with the classic sound of Judas Priest's Sad Wings of Destiny or Sin After Sin. The group would move in a proggier direction on subsequent albums, but this album is still a decent listen for fans of classic NWOBHM groups.