1/14/2024 0 Comments Symphony x paradise lost![]() Let me answer that in the simplest possible terms: HELL YES. I had to wonder: could it possibly be worth that much of a wait? After seemingly interminable and innumerable delays and scads of speculation about the direction the band was taking with rumors flying they were going for a \”darker\” sound, PARADISE LOST…a title they\’d been bandying about in various news snippets since early 2004…is finally here. Distractions and delays dominated, however: vocalist Russell Allen recorded and released a solo album entitled ATOMIC SOUL, keyboardist Michael Pinnella recorded and released a solo album entitled ENTER BY THE TWELFTH GATE, the band was invited to play on Dave Mustaine\’s 2005 Gigantour and accepted…then decided they should focus on finishing the new album first…then changed their minds AGAIN and went on the tour after all, Allen decided to collaborate with Jorn Lande (Masterplan, Yngwie Malmsteen, Ark, Vagabond, solo vocalist, etc etc etc) in a dual-vocalist effort and released two albums under the Allen-Lande moniker entitled THE BATTLE and THE REVENGE, bassist Michael Lepond was diagnosed with Crohn\’s Disease but was fortunately able to recover after surgery, and when the band finally got into the studio to record in late 2006, they were beset with numerous technical problems. Momentum was gathering, and as early as September of 2004, news was beginning to trickle out that the group was working on writing a new album, originally with a hopeful release date of Spring of 2005. Inside Out, being the intelligent folks they are, also acquired the rights to the band\’s first four albums from the now-defunct Zero Corporation Japanese label and re-released them in North America in 2004. ![]() After that single release on Metal Blade Records, the band signed a new deal with the prog-metal-heavy Inside Out Music and then released a double live album in 2001 and a brilliant 2002 disc entitled THE ODYSSEY, the latter of which featured an epic 24-minute title track based on the Homeric myth of the same name. Like the Biblical prophets, Symphony X was a group unwelcome in their own land for many years – though the band was founded and the first album was recorded in 1994 and the group quickly built up a major following in Europe and Japan, they did not land a North American distribution deal until their fifth album (V-THE NEW MYTHOLOGY SUITE) in 2000. Not so in the case of the 2007 release from New Jersey\’s progressive-power metal giants Symphony X. The most obvious problem with long delays between releases is the fact the longer the wait, the more listeners will place high…perhaps unreasonably high…expectations on its contents, and often times, they wind up being disappointed. My apologies in advance…this is a long review.įour and a half years is an awfully long time to wait between albums for any band.
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