{"product_id":"queensryche-the-warning","title":"Queensrÿche - The Warning","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Warning is where Queensrÿche first stretched out to full-album length, and their 1984 debut still crackles with the ambition that would soon make them progressive metal pioneers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bellevue, Washington band had already turned heads with a self-released EP, catching a major-label deal on the strength of Geoff Tate's operatic vocals and the twin-guitar firepower of Chris DeGarmo and Michael Wilton. For their first full-length they travelled to London to work with producer James Guthrie, and the result pushed well past the leather-and-studs metal of the day. Dystopian themes, intricate arrangements and a cinematic sense of drama all pointed toward the concept-album heights of Operation: Mindcrime a few years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title track opens with a sense of creeping paranoia before the riffs come crashing in. \"Take Hold of the Flame\" is the fan favourite, a galloping anthem with a chorus that lets Tate soar to stratospheric heights, while \"NM 156\" goes full science fiction, its mechanical rhythms and cold atmosphere imagining a world run by machines. Closing epic \"Roads to Madness\" stretches into nearly ten minutes of brooding, multi-part storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor collectors tracing the roots of progressive metal, The Warning is essential listening. It is a debut that already sounded like a band thinking several albums ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57478823674161,"sku":"600574218896","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Queensryche-The_Warning.jpg?v=1794395391","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/queensryche-the-warning","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}