Brahm_K wrote:
Oh man, this album is completely amazing in every way. Its definitely become my favourite Symphony X album (which is saying a lot)- it flows perfectly, as a concept album should, and the music reflects the themes of the songs perfectly (not to mention they do a good job of turning Milton's Paradise Lost into song lyrics). So many outstanding riffs and leads... Romeo is indeed a God, not because he can play fast as shit, but because he can play fast as shit and still infuse melody and feeling into his solos, something other metal guitarists (cough, Petrucci) need to learn from. And Allen's vocals are extremely well done- I'm impressed he went in such a completely different direction, but the fit the album well. Oh yes, and their drummer does an outstanding job too.
Favourite tracks:
Set the World on Fire, Paradise Lost, Eve of Seduction, Seven, Revelation
93/100
(Oh yes, and just to confirm: The album is indeed based on Paradise Lost by John Milton, an epic poem telling first of Lucifer's rebellion against God, his subsequent banishment from Paradise, and then his corruption of Adam and Eve (Milton was among the first to present Satan in a somewhat sympathetic light). My third favourite work of epic poetry after The Iliad and The Aeneid, I very much reccomend it.
You and your history. I wish I could sit down and read The Iliad.
Yep. In the running for album of the year for me as well. I agree with everything brahm and Aleksie said about Romeo's ability to focus his solos on melody. Yay for Michael Romeo! I'll have to put this in the same light as The Odyssey, I can't decide between the two. 92/100