Frequency Unknown
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| Studio album by Queensrÿche | ||||
| Released | April 23, 2013 (U.S.) June 3, 2013 (U.K.) |
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| Recorded | January and February 2013 A&D Studios, Sunnyvale, CA |
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| Length | 63:57 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Deadline | |||
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Jason Slater Anthony Focx (track 1) |
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| Music Enthusiast Magazine | (positive reaction) |
| Pitriff | 39/100 |
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| Ultimate Guitar Archive | 5.7/10 |
Frequency Unknown is an album released by Geoff Tate's temporary version of the American progressive heavy metal band Queensrÿche. It was released as the thirteenth studio album under the Queensrÿche moniker in a time no settlement or juridical decision determined whether Tate or the other band members were entitled to use the name Queensrÿche. The album was released on Cleopatra Records' sub label, Deadline Music, on April 23, 2013 as music download and on CD and limited edition vinyl LP in the United States, and on May 21, 2013 as audio cassette which excludes the re-recorded classics, and on June 3, 2013 on CD in the United Kingdom.
It was co-written, and originally produced and mixed by Jason Slater, who has previously also produced Queensrÿche's albums Operation: Mindcrime II (2006), American Soldier (2009) and Dedicated to Chaos (2011).
It was revealed to the public on 28 April 2014 that Geoff Tate lost the rights to the Queensrÿche trademark. After the settlement was announced, Tate changed the name of his version of Queensryche to Operation: Mindcrime.
Queensrÿche's twelfth album, Dedicated to Chaos, was released in 2011 to a mixed reception, with some critics giving positive reviews, and others panning the album due to great stylistic differences to previous albums.
Furthermore, it became apparent that there were tensions between lead vocalist Geoff Tate and the rest of the band. These tensions openly manifested themselves at a concert on April 14, 2012 in São Paulo, Brazil, when Tate, who was irate over the firing of his wife and stepdaughter as the band's manager and fanclub manager, respectively, allegedly physically assaulted and spat on drummer Scott Rockenfield and guitarist Michael Wilton. After hoping to reconcile with Tate, the other founding members Rockenfield, Wilton and bassist Eddie Jackson decided to fire him. Meanwhile, Jackson, Rockenfeld, Wilton and guitarist Parker Lundgren had been working with another vocalist, Todd La Torre, under the name "Rising West", playing material from the first five Queensrÿche albums. Following Tate's expulsion from the band, La Torre was officially announced as Tate's replacement.
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