{"id":18479,"date":"2019-06-14T01:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T05:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18479"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:48:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:48:21","slug":"album-review-sweet-oblivion-sweet-oblivion-feat-geoff-tate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18479","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Sweet Oblivion \u2013 Sweet Oblivion (feat. Geoff Tate)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sweet Oblivion \u2013 Sweet Oblivion (feat. Geoff Tate)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Release Date: June 14, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Italian modern metal icon Simone Mularoni (guitarist\/bassist of DGM fame), drummer Paolo Caridi and keyboardist Emanuele Casali joined forces to create an album that Mularoni envisioned as a tribute to one of his favorite, most iconic progressive metal bands of all time; Queensryche.\u00a0 Now before you go throwing knives and spitting, it has been stated in black and white that this is not a Geoff Tate solo album.\u00a0 This is an album that Mularoni wrote and had hopes of Tate being interested.\u00a0 Obviously, Tate loved what he heard because he jumped on board to release the album Sweet Oblivion (featuring Geoff Tate).<\/p>\n<p>Sweet oblivion is nothing short of stunning and in a lot of ways it sounds like a homecoming of sorts for Tate.\u00a0 The opening song, \u201cTrue Colors\u201d sounds like it could\u2019ve jumped right off of the Rage for Order album and has Tate sounding so powerful and emotive.\u00a0 This song literally gave me goosebumps just hearing him pushing himself and challenging himself as a vocalist.\u00a0 \u201cSweet Oblivion\u201d is a beautiful piece of songwriting mastery that showcases Tate\u2019s versatility as a singer kicking off with a soft lower register only to take it to a whole other level with a chorus that is very reminiscent of \u201cBreaking the Silence\u201d from the Queensryche album Operation: Mindcrime.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sweet Oblivion (feat. Geoff Tate) - &quot;True Colors&quot; (Official  Music Video)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HYsLG2VtTN0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The stand out track for me is \u201cMy Last Story.\u201d\u00a0 The beauty yet painful emotion behind Tate\u2019s vocals makes this song one of the best Queensryche songs never recorded.\u00a0 Mularoni obviously has deep love, admiration, and respect for Tate and Queensryche because if I didn\u2019t know any better, I would swear that Tate wrote these lyrics.\u00a0 It\u2019s almost as if Mularoni knows Tate on a whole other level that he was able to get into his mind a bit and produce a song that sounds as if it was Geoff\u2019s own story.<\/p>\n<p>Sweet Oblivion may be one of the most sadly overlooked albums of 2019 but as we all know, some of the greatest treasures are the ones we have to unearth and find for ourselves.\u00a0 In a lot of ways, Sweet Oblivion sounds like a very cathartic album for Tate.\u00a0 Sweet Oblivion captures the essence of albums such as Rage For Order, Operation: Mindcrime with the melodic approach of Empire and Promised Land.\u00a0 With all of the tired and worn out Tate vs. Queensryche bullshit, I can only hope people will hear this album for what it is and remember that Geoff Tate was not just the voice of Queensryche but that he was \u00bd of the heart, soul, and passion of that band.<\/p>\n<p>Sweet Oblivion is an album that will complete you as a Queensryche fan and\/or a Geoff Tate album. \u00a0After hearing this album, it almost makes me wish that Tate would take this further but as we know, Tate is an eccentric artist who is never comfortable just keeping the same hand of cards.\u00a0 With that being said, Sweet Oblivion scratches that itch that I\u2019ve had for so long to hear Geoff Tate be a part of something that sounds like a classic Queensryche lineup making an album in 2019. \u00a0Do not pass on this album.\u00a0 If you do you are sadly missing out on something truly remarkable, beautiful, and timeless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweet Oblivion \u2013 Sweet Oblivion (feat. 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