Queensryche

On August 9, 2007, the band announced that it would release a new greatest hits album, entitled Sign of the Times. The album was released on August 28, 2007, and a special collector's edition featured a bonus disc including various demos and a new song, "Justified," featuring Chris DeGarmo on guitar.

On November 13, 2007, the band released an album of covers entitled Take Cover. The album contains covers of songs by U2, The Police, Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd, and was the band's second release for Rhino Records.

It was announced that the title of the band's new album would be American Soldier, a concept album about war from the perspective of those on the front lines of wars from World War II through the present.