Former Queensrÿche vocalist Geoff Tate (pronounced Gee-Off Tot-Tah) announced that his latest release will be a prequel to Queensrÿche’s iconic 1988 concept album, Operation: Mindcrime. The cleverly titled Operation: Mindcrime III will release this summer, and according to Tate, it will focus on the ever-mysterious Dr. X.
In the album press release materials, Tate notes that “He really wanted to get into that character’s headspace and explore how the man’s desperate quest to remain relevant and stick it to his former associates leads him to make incredibly poor life decisions that ultimately destroy his entire legacy and taint his greatest success.”
Operation: Mindcrime III is said to be the “final” chapter of the story and Tate discussed who he thought the market was for another Mindcrime album in 2026. “Basically, if you hated the classic Queensrÿche material, you can buy Operation: Mindcrime III without hesitation, since it won’t remind you of that stuff at all.”
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