Listened to it a few times now. I had lost my respct for Mr Tate due to his actions towards his band while on stage, that said I'm giving it a go.

It does have some Rychey elements in some of the guitar work but not overly. Also has some nice proggy keyboard bits in it. Clearly Mr Tate on vocals save for the guest vocals. Not quite the bombastic vocal production of the Mindcrime record but then again it's not Queensryche its Operation:Mindcrime. The production outshines anything Tate and Ryche have put out in recent years and makes it adibly nice to listen too without you pulling your face! I need now to dicipher the story and see where it goes. Good effort, Mr Tate still needs to work to redeem himself tho!