(June 29, 2015 at 12:25 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(June 29, 2015 at 10:59 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: I liked some Queensryche back in the day, even saw them in LA in 1995, but they just weren't gritty enough for me. They were great at finesse, but I like my metal to have an element of bulldozer in it at times, and they couldn't do that that I've heard.
Queensryche circa 1985 was considerably grittier. They really went progressive-metal after that.
Sure, Rage for Order was the last album of theirs I bought, and even then they were pretty slick and polished.