The Warning is the debut studio album by American progressive metal band Queensrÿche, released on September 7, 1984, and reissued on May 6, 2003, with three bonus tracks. The Warning shows the band in an early stage of development, playing straight heavy metal songs unlike later albums in which more experimentation was expressed. The album's lyrics explore themes such as mysticism and the occult. It was a moderate commercial success in the United States, although none of the singles charted domestically. However, "Take Hold of the Flame" was an international hit, particularly in Japan. In 2019, Metal Hammer ranked it as the 13th best power metal album of all time. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)