QUEENSRŸCHE Is Already Working On Follow-Up To ‘Digital Noise Alliance’, Says TODD LA TORRE

During an appearance on the October 11 episode of SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Todd La Torre, who joined the band a decade ago as the replacement for original vocalist Geoff Tate, was asked if he feels like has been fully accepted as the singer of QUEENSRŸCHE after all these years. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We do feel that way; I feel that way. You’re not going to please everyone. There are the purists that will only accept the original lineup. But if you take the biases aside and you just listen to the band now and judge the work, I think it stands on its own merit. The people that are not on board are a very small minority when you consider how many people really have gotten on board, how many people dropped off many years ago that have come back into the fold and are just supporting everything that we’re doing and they understand that life happens; people have different desires and paths in life. But this is QUEENSRŸCHE now, and this is how it’s been for 10 years.

“The new record [‘Digital Noise Alliance’] is getting a lot of great reviews,” he continued. “Me personally — maybe it’s that artist in me, and probably the [other] guys would say the same thing — our best, since I’ve been in the band, has yet to be written. The best, what I would consider the ‘Holy Grail.’ But we’re really proud of the new record. And honestly, we’re already writing new ideas for the next one, and I kind of feel like the next one’s gonna be the summit of what I’ve done so far. But I do believe that each record, there is a progression.

When host Eddie Trunk noted that La Torre‘s addition to QUEENSRŸCHE coincided with a return to the band’s classic progressive metal sound, which is something that QUEENSRŸCHE had been moving further away from in its final years with Tate, Todd said: “I think there’s a couple of parts to that. Briefly, with all due respect, there were no longer outside writers. So just by the fact that Geoff was no longer in the band, I think the band was able to submit ideas to whoever the next singer would be, to be, like, ‘Hey…’ They’re free to write and create whatever and not have maybe something that would be deemed as quote[-unquote] too heavy pushed aside.

“Digital Noise Alliance” was released on October 7 via Century Media. The record was once again helmed by Chris “Zeuss” Harris, who previously worked with QUEENSRŸCHE on 2015’s “Condition Hüman” and 2019’s “The Verdict” LPs.

Guitarist Mike Stone, who rejoined QUEENSRŸCHE last year, contributed guitar solos to the band’s new studio album.

Stone originally joined QUEENSRŸCHE for the 2003 album “Tribe” and stayed with the band for six years before leaving the group.

For the past five and a half years, drummer Casey Grillo has been filling in for QUEENSRŸCHE‘s original drummer Scott Rockenfield, who stepped away from the band’s touring activities in early 2017 to spend time with his young son.

Source:  www.blabbermouth.net