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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:12 pm
by Matt
Might have sent James a few tracks. Anyone else heard them? Imagine Dream theater with Bruce Dickinson

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:56 pm
by Chewi
That doesn't do them justice at all. As the name implies, there's much more orchestral stuff going on. They really are incredible and I've only heard one album.

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:39 pm
by Matt
They tend to vary but the guitar is consistant

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:24 pm
by Matt
Try Adagio, Chewi!

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:11 am
by Wulf
SymX :P my fave band..

Try the album "V" *pats chewi*

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:37 am
by Matt
Way ahead of you, Mike. You try Adagio. Seriously.

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:22 am
by Wulf
new album out june 26 called Paradise Lost

http://www.symphonyx.com/downloads/symphon...rpents_kiss.mp3

B)

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:11 pm
by Matt
I plan on buying it, got it downloaded already. Love it.

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 2:16 am
by Wulf
gief links? >>

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 10:35 pm
by Matt
Of course :)

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 1:31 am
by Wulf
Matt wrote:Of course :)
<3

Re: Symphony X

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:46 pm
by Wulf
Lead vocalist Russell Allen checks in about the new release and the upcoming shows: “I just want to say how excited I am about the new album. It's gonna kill! The songs rock and the performances by my fellow band mates are simply amazing. We can't wait to see the fans! You guys know how much we enjoy performing live. So get ready, SYMPHONY X has returned.”

SYMPHONY X are currently recording their Nuclear Blast debut and follow-up to 2007’s Paradise Lost, which has sold over 60,000 copies in North America. Allen has finished recording his vocal tracks and the band is moving on to record keyboards, bass, and guitar solos. Guitarist Michael Romeo offers the following update: "We love the fans, and we know we haven't been as on top of things with the updates this year as we should have, but when it's down to the wire and we're going 24/7 trying to wrap things up, then that's what we're focused on. We really think the fans will like this album; it has been, by far, more work (and harder work) than any other album, period."

So january or christmas maybe?

looking forward to this.

Re: Symphony X

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:23 am
by Chewi
Hell yeah. Can't wait either. Paradise Lost was amazing. I almost put it on yesterday.

Re: Symphony X

Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:57 pm
by Wulf
Well, hopefully its going to be out before christmas.. been waiting forever for this one. :?

And yeah, Paradise Lost owns, a lot of fans don't seem to like it ( on their forums at least ) I think it's one of their best.

Re: Symphony X

Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 7:41 am
by Wulf
Update on new album

"During a brand new interview with DJ JC Green of Metal Messiah Radio's "Heavy Metal Thunder" show, vocalist Russell Allen of New Jersey's progressive metal masters SYMPHONY X revealed that the band has set "Iconoclast" as the title of its eighth album, due later this year via Nuclear Blast Records.

When asked what stage of the recording/mixing process the new CD is in, Allen replied, "We are in post-production, so the album is pretty much almost done. At this point, mixes are being wrapped up and finalized and it's off to mastering and should be ready for release in a few months — definitely first quarter of 2011. We've got the artworks all done, we're taking pictures next week... all that good stuff. So everything's on track for release pretty soon."

Regarding the sound of "Iconoclast" and how it compares to that of 2007's "Paradise Lost", Russell said, "Sonically, it's in the realm of that one in a way, in terms of the sound of things; the guitar sound is a little different. Basically, the album is pretty intense — probably the most intense record we've ever done; it's chock-full of riffs — tons of great riffs. It's heavy, the music, but the singing is very melodic in terms of its... the choruses are real strong, the verses are real strong, but I'm singing aggressively — a lot of that going on — 'cause the topic is, again, very dark; you know, that's what we do. So the album's very powerful. And, of course, we do have one song that's like a little mini-epic, so to speak, and it's the lightest — a light, light, light song. So there is a contrast on the record of that one song that has that sort of 'Paradise Lost' feel to it; it's a ballad, I guess, if you wanna call it that."

He continued, "This album will contain a good body of work that harkens back to a lot of early metal — some early metal — and a lot of SYMPHONY X standards that you guys know already, and a little bit of a newer sound, too, here and there — just a newer direction. Some of the singing parts, I tried some more rhythmic things that I was hearing that sounded pretty cool, and some different things that I'm doing with my voice now that are a little more looking to the future of what we hear the music going. It's just the next progression for us, where we are as writers and stuff, but it's pretty intense — it's way more intense than 'Paradise Lost', if you can believe that."

When asked about the "Iconoclast" lyrical concept, Russell said, "It is basically just the idea of machines taking over everything and all this technology we put our society into pretty much being our demise. It's a story we were all familiar with, but we put our own spin on it. It's not a linear story in terms of... This is just the theme of the record, so all the songs are in that theme, but they're not connected in any sort of story way — there's no characters of any of that stuff — it's just a theme. Like [PINK FLOYD's] 'The Dark Side Of The Moon', it's really just a theme of the dark side of the moon — one song deals with death, the other one deals with time... You know what I mean?! So it's the same kind of thing. I'm not comparing the two albums by any means — don't misunderstand me — but in terms of the idea of a concept, so to speak, the concept is there, but it's not a story record — not like [2002's] 'The Odyssey', where the song 'The Odyssey' is that story."

The entire interview will air on "Heavy Metal Thunder" in the next couple of weeks.

SYMPHONY X will embark on a North American headlining tour in April/May. Support on the trek will come from Seattle's NEVERMORE, Sweden's SOILWORK, Boston's POWERGLOVE and Montreal's BLACKGUARD. The trek will launch on April 21 in Philadelphia and wrap on May 22 in West Springfield, Virginia.

SYMPHONY X's last album, 2007's "Paradise Lost", has sold over 60,000 copies in North America.

Formed in 1994 in New Jersey, SYMPHONY X has seven studio albums and one live album to its credit".

Ready for a musical orgasm.