Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate will release the third chapter in the band's classic "Operation: Mindcrime" album series, " "Operation: Mindcrime III", on May 3.

The LP's first single, " Power\", can now be streamed below.

Geoff wrote " Power\" with his guitarist/producer Kieran Robertson and it features vocals by Tate, drums by Rich Baur, bass by DISTURBED bassist John Moyer, guitar by Dario Parente and Amaury Altmayer, and synths and strings by Tate and Robertson.

The album was mixed and mastered by Juan Urteaga at Trident Studios in Pacheco, California.

Released under Geoff Tate's own name and not under the QUEENSRŸCHE banner, " Operation: Mindcrime III\" is once again a concept album with a storyline following Nikki, a drug addictturned-assassin manipulated by a shadowy figure known as Dr.

X.

However, unlike the first two installments, " Operation: Mindcrime III\" will tell the tale from the perspective of Dr.

X, " how the story happened from his point of view," according to Geoff.

Tate stated about " Power": " It's a cool track.

' Power' is the first — I don't know — we call 'em singles nowadays.

It's the first release on the album.

And, yeah, it's a really cool song — very, very energetic, very up, and kind of says a lot in a very short time, which I like." Geoff said about writing the album: " I think you use whatever sort of way you can in order to get what you want.

And, for me, I sort of look at it as a story, and I write the story out first of what is happening, and then I kind of dissect it and create chapters, and those chapters turn into songs.

And then I kind of work to link them all together and follow a storyline that makes sense." Geoff explained about " Power": " Yeah.

Well, part of the whole writing process was keeping the music in the universe of 'Mindcrime', writing within that style, I guess you'd say.\