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I applaud Queensryche for dialing down the high concepts a bit but still addressing some deeply pensive themes. The lyrical content on Tribe focuses on three re-occurring ideas: a discomfort with the current environment of violence and war, spiritual yearning and the serenity of a good relationship. I suppose the record, although it has its share of tasty guitar riffs shares, more with lead singer Geoff Tate’s solo record than with the last two Queensryche efforts. That's a good thing because I didn’t really care for 1997’s Hear in the Now Frontier and 1999’s Chris DeGarmo-less Q2K. DeGarmo does re-appear on the new release co-writing four tracks and adding guitar work to the album, but is not touring with the band (Mike Stone, who also contributes guitar work to the record, is). Tate’s voice is still the star and he flexes his vocal muscle on plenty of the material. It may not be as consistently heavy as older work, but it is still interesting enough to give it multiple listens. ~R. David Smola pretendcritic@aol.com
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