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Geoff Tate unveils new single “Power” from “Operation: Mindcrime III”
On May 3, the third installment of the band’s iconic “Operation: Mindcrime” album series, “Operation: Mindcrime III,” will be released by former Queensrÿche singer Geoff Tate, as per Blabbermouth. You can now stream “Power,” the album’s debut song, below. Geoff wrote “Power” with his guitarist/producer Kieran Robertson. Tate sings, Rich Baur drums, Disturbed bassist and co-producer of “Operation: Mindcrime III” John Moyer plays the bass, Dario Parente and Amaury Altmayer play the guitar, and Tate and Robertson handle the synths and strings. Juan Urteaga mixed and mastered it at Trident Studios in Pacheco, California.
Album tracklist:
- The Scene Of The Crime
- You Know My Fu@king Name
- The Answer
- Vulnerable
- I’ll Eat Your Heart Out
- Do You Still Believe?
- The Devil’s Breath
- Ascension
- Set You Free
- Descension
- Power
- You Can’t Walk Away Now
- A Monster Like Me
Singer and composer Geoff Tate is from the United States. He became well-known with the progressive metal group Queensrÿche, whose albums “Operation: Mindcrime” (1988) and “Empire” (1990) were commercially successful. On Hit Parader’s list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time, Tate comes in at number fourteen. On That Metal Show’s choice of the top 5 hard rock vocalists of the 1980s, he came in at number two. He won the Vegas Rocks in 2012! “Voice in Progressive Heavy Metal” won the Magazine Music Award. On OC Weekly’s 2015 list of the Top 10 High-Pitched Metal Singers, he came in at number nine. He renamed his band Operation: Mindcrime in honor of the Queensrÿche album of the same name following his final tour as Queensrÿche.
Tate was born to American parents in Stuttgart, West Germany. New Orleans is home to his mother’s side of the family. His family moved to Tacoma, Washington, shortly after he was born. From a young age, Tate was interested in music. Symphonic compositions particularly piqued his interest. After graduating from high school in 1977, he enrolled at Tacoma Community College but left after just one year.