Metal Anarchy

It looks like Geoff Tate (ex-Queensrÿche) is almost done with “Operation: Mindcrime III.” The singer’s guitarist, Kieran Robertson, says they are currently putting the “finishing touches” on the album.

Robertson told Border City Rock Talk the following:

“Yeah, super finishing touches. It’s me, Geoff, [DISTURBED bassist] John Moyer [who is producing the effort] and then obviously all the other amazing musicians who have played on it. But right now it’s just me, Geoff and John going over the final, final touches of the mixing and stuff. So we were a couple of days in Texas. We were just adding some new stuff. And then we have two days off at the end of this tour, [and we’re] going to San Francisco to finalize it. So I’m fairly confident within the next month we’ll have a… I mean, I’ve got the songs. It’s really minimal things now. It’s, like, ‘That snare drum needs to come out or [be] turn[ed] up.’ But in terms of listening to the album, yeah, it’s killer.”

He continued when asked if the album is closer to “Operation: Mindcrime” or “Operation: Mindcrime II”:

“That’s a good question, man. I really like ‘Operation: Mindcrime II’ as well. What we tried to do, and me and John spoke about that, is we wanna bring you back to the ‘Mindcrime I’ universe with a modern feel — just modern as in the drums sound bigger. ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ is a very sort of tinny-sounding album. It’s an incredible album, but just [by] today’s standards, now this album’s gonna have some bottom end and some punch. But I think definitely ‘Operation: Mindcrime I’ would be, from my standpoint of writing it and production, that’s where my head was.”

He also added the following about the length:

“Right now we’re still sort of deciding that. Right now, in a Dropbox folder, I have about 10 songs. That’s what we’re kind of working with right now. It could be more, could be less. That’s up to the big boss man to decide. I just submit them.”

[via Blabbermouth]