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Originally Posted by Blarobbarg
Operation Mindcrime is a fantastic album. I don't know if I would call it metal, per se, but it is amazing. And a great example of how a super polished album can still sound good, for those of us who like raw, unpolished production.
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Bands like Van Halen and DEF Leppard were putting out polished metal back in the early 80`s and even bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest followed suit for a while. Bands like Queensryche just continued from where these bands left off and also added additional prog elements to the mix. They basically made metal albums with production values normally associated with bands like Journey etc.
Is it metal? Most definitely so! Just because it sounds polished, there is no reason to say its not metal.