Well, I’ve had the album now for a couple weeks and,
it’s a letdown, pure and simple. This year has been a great year in music for
me, from Steven Wilson to Iron Maiden, damn near all of my favorite bands and
musicians have, or are, releasing new material. When I heard Symphony X finally
had a new album coming out, I was excited. The hype train fully took off when I
read that Michael Romeo stated they were going to try to focus on the more
symphonic/neo-classical elements that the band had been known for, while, of
course, keeping with the faster/heavier style they’d taken since 2007’s
Paradise Lost. However, despite this claim, the album is even more streamlined
and heavy than both Paradise Lost and Iconoclast.
