Symphony X - New Album Details
Iconoclast, the new album from US progressive metal band Symphony X, will be released on June 17th in Europe and June 21th in North America through Nuclear Blast Records.
The cover artwork was created by illustrator and film concept artist Warren Flanagan (Watchmen, The Incredible Hulk, 2012). He stated: "The idea was to create imagery that was a little darker in tone to previous Symphony X albums and to represent the overall theme of Iconoclast into the artwork. The whole concept came from Mike Romeo, who had a strong idea of what the cover should represent based off the music. I just ran with it. When the album's title was decided on, I focused the image based on the meaning of it. I also wanted to use the band's signature 'masks' but present them in a way that connected to the new album."
Symphony X founder and lead guitarist Michael Romeo has the following to say about Flanagan's art: "We worked with Warren on the last CD, Paradise Lost, and have a good relationship with him. When I talk to Warren about artwork ideas, a lot of times we end up making comparisons to films and movies. With the new CD, Iconoclast, the music and lyrics have a darker mechanical/technological theme, and I remember us talking about scenes from films like The Matrix and Terminator. From there, we sent him some songtitles and lyrics (songs like "Dehumanized", "Bastards Of The Machine", "Electric Messiah") and just let Warren run with the ball. He has a great imagination and style, and he totally gets what we are trying to convey with the music."
Russell Allen also talks about the new album in this new interview.
Iconoclast tracklist:
01. Iconoclast
02. The End Of Innocence
03. Dehumanized
04. Bastards Of The Machine
05. Heretic
06. Children Of A Faceless God
07. Electric Messiah
08. Prometheus (I Am Alive)
09. When All Is Lost
Iconoclast Special Edition digi-pak [cover art] tracklist:
CD1:
01. Iconoclast
02. The End Of Innocence
03. Dehumanized
04. Bastards Of The Machine
05. Heretic
06. Children Of A Faceless God
07. When All Is Lost
CD 2:
01. Electric Messiah
02. Prometheus (I Am Alive)
03. Light Up The Night
04. The Lords Of Chaos
05. Reign In Madness
The cover artwork was created by illustrator and film concept artist Warren Flanagan (Watchmen, The Incredible Hulk, 2012). He stated: "The idea was to create imagery that was a little darker in tone to previous Symphony X albums and to represent the overall theme of Iconoclast into the artwork. The whole concept came from Mike Romeo, who had a strong idea of what the cover should represent based off the music. I just ran with it. When the album's title was decided on, I focused the image based on the meaning of it. I also wanted to use the band's signature 'masks' but present them in a way that connected to the new album."
Symphony X founder and lead guitarist Michael Romeo has the following to say about Flanagan's art: "We worked with Warren on the last CD, Paradise Lost, and have a good relationship with him. When I talk to Warren about artwork ideas, a lot of times we end up making comparisons to films and movies. With the new CD, Iconoclast, the music and lyrics have a darker mechanical/technological theme, and I remember us talking about scenes from films like The Matrix and Terminator. From there, we sent him some songtitles and lyrics (songs like "Dehumanized", "Bastards Of The Machine", "Electric Messiah") and just let Warren run with the ball. He has a great imagination and style, and he totally gets what we are trying to convey with the music."
Russell Allen also talks about the new album in this new interview.
Iconoclast tracklist:
01. Iconoclast
02. The End Of Innocence
03. Dehumanized
04. Bastards Of The Machine
05. Heretic
06. Children Of A Faceless God
07. Electric Messiah
08. Prometheus (I Am Alive)
09. When All Is Lost
Iconoclast Special Edition digi-pak [cover art] tracklist:
CD1:
01. Iconoclast
02. The End Of Innocence
03. Dehumanized
04. Bastards Of The Machine
05. Heretic
06. Children Of A Faceless God
07. When All Is Lost
CD 2:
01. Electric Messiah
02. Prometheus (I Am Alive)
03. Light Up The Night
04. The Lords Of Chaos
05. Reign In Madness
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675  |
The artwork does look very modern and futuristic, but I like it!  You really will need the 2 disc edition to get the full album and experience, so I'll definitely be getting that one. Can't wait! Wish the release wasnt as late as June though... 
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| Vikcen Metálico Posts: 971  |
Nice cover =) . The last album Paradise Lost was awesome, will see how is this =).
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
Written by Crazy Booduh on 25.03.2011 at 20:14 Well, Russell said the full concept album was the double album. So if you get the regular edition, part of the album's concept will be missing. It's not like the extra tracks on disc 2 are not part of the concept, cos they are. The cover of the 2 disc edition is definitely inferior to the single disc edition, which sucks, but I'm still getting it anyways. lol
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| CyberSymphony Ollie Posts: 673  |
This looks very promising and i really like album cover. I hope to hear some epic orchestra and powerful progressive stuff, just like their last album.
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| Kingface Posts: 335  |
You have to buy a special, more expensive edition of the album to essentially get the proper full album? That's really poor in my opinion. Reminds me of the modern trend with Video Games, where for a lot of games to essentially get the "full" experience you not only have to buy the full game but you also have to buy additional download content to access more content etc. Granted it's not as expensive as that in this case and I'll still probably get the special edition, but it's still wrong in my opinion. On the plus side, the three songs they played from this album when I saw them last night sounded brilliant!
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| Crème fraiche Posts: 706  |
Hmm sounds liek their going into Fear Factory/cyberpunk territory. I kinda wish they stuck with the more classic themes of their previous albums, but I'm sure it will still be amazing  These guys never seem to dissapoint!
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
Written by Kingface on 26.03.2011 at 00:30 Exactly, I couldn't agree more. It's not as if the "special edition" contains actual bonus tracks, because the other tracks on disc 2 are part of the concept and actual album itself. So essentially, the regular edition is not the full proper album. Which is crappy, and a poor decision on whoever's part who made it.
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| Yasmine Posts: 1485  |
Written by Angelic Storm on 26.03.2011 at 01:31 LOL, Very true, but alas I want it anyway.
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| LeChron James Helvetesfossen Posts: 3561  |
The regular cover vaguely reminds me of Dimmu's Abahadabra cover. But this one is way, WAY worse. the special edition cover reminds me of it more and is much better. i'll still get this though.
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