“And I listened, remembering all I heard”
It’s rare for a band to arrive as fully formed as Queensrÿche did on their self-titled debut EP. They sound absolutely world-beating, and in a year as strong as 1983 that was no mean feat. But, of the four songs on Queensrÿche, the one that sounds most like the ‘rÿche of the future is the closing track The Lady Wore Black. Geoff Tate’s high-flying yet melodic vocals and the tastefully restrained, emotive guitar solo are the stuff of metal legends and the gothic clean guitar and attacking, angular, textured riffing bear the hallmarks of the band’s best material yet to come. It’s hard to imagine a more attention-grabbing, anticipation-building career launchpad than The Lady Wore Black.
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
NICE! Snowman just covered the EP a couple weeks ago on his show. I enjoy the whistling!
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Yeah, that was with Deke right? I still need to watch that. More metal should have whistling.
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Whistling is good for metal.
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Here you go!
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There it is!
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GREAT song from the old school ‘ryche
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Absolutely! Thanks for reading, Ray.
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Keep ’em cranking!
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Classic Queensryche!
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Cool writeup. It’s been great to revisit these Ryche albums with Snowman.
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