QUEENSRŸCHE are hard at work on their follow-up to 2022's "Digital Noise Alliance," with singer Todd La Torre revealing the band has "a ton of songs" in demo form, even as relentless touring makes concentrated studio time elusive.
Appearing on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk," La Torre and guitarist Michael Wilton provided an update on the band's progress. "There's a ton of songs that I have to write lyrics and melodies for, which I've been doing some of that at home, tracking ideas, showing the guys some stuff," La Torre said. "We've got songs in demo forms. Really good stuff, really exciting stuff."
The challenge, as both musicians acknowledged, is simply finding time. "The days where you could take a year off and just focus on an album, those don't exist anymore," La Torre explained. "You're trying to write in these little pockets of time and then have a home life and decompress your ears and chill out for a little bit."
Guitarist Wilton added that modern metal economics demand constant live activity: "You have to tour to stay alive. These days the situation with the media and everything — you're always touring. We're trying to write a record. But we're so busy."
La Torre did tease "lots of fly dates" and a European tour scheduled for later in the year. QUEENSRŸCHE, formed in Bellevue, Washington in 1982, remain one of progressive metal's defining bands. "Digital Noise Alliance" was the band's 16th studio album.