Great album by Mr Romeo, awesome riffs and spectacular solos. Songs are very enjoyable, this could've been another Symphony X album.

Yes it's great, and Michael Romeo is a fking great guitarist, but his style is so recognizable and so all over the place that for me it starts to get a bit repetitive.
It would be a nice change of scenery if he could team up with another guitarist even if it's only for a couple of songs.

Don't get the love for this. It's pretty good, but it's by far Romeo's most generic album.

Who is playing/singing with Romeo?

Written by yeah1980 on 03.08.2018 at 17:29

Who is playing/singing with Romeo?

Rick Castellano - vocals
Michael Romeo - guitars, keyboards, orchestrations
John DeServio - bass guitar
John Macaluso - drums

Impressive: at first, i thought Zaher Zorgati was singing the last chorus on 'Djinn'!

"Black" has a quality that we don't hear nowadays...!
This album is great, there is no doubt about it.
Michael Romeo is indeed a great musician and it's another masterpiece done by him. "8.7"

Wow much better than expected and blows the last SX album out of the water!

By the way Pt. 2 is coming soon as well

Written by qlacs on 16.08.2018 at 22:27

By the way Pt. 2 is coming soon as well

Oh yeah, let's help and complete his MS page, as you can see it's a inactive page and it's not in top 20 because of that...!

How did this become #2 of the year? A few days ago it wasn't even in the top 20 and now it's suddenly #2? That's odd...

Written by Nicko's Nose on 16.09.2018 at 09:11

How did this become #2 of the year? A few days ago it wasn't even in the top 20 and now it's suddenly #2? That's odd...

Michael Romeo is no longer a "hidden" artist.

This is better than I expected, also liked the vocalist a lot.

Written by qlacs on 16.08.2018 at 22:27

By the way Pt. 2 is coming soon as well

Haha what's the source? Are you talking in terms of a typical album released by a typical band, because it certainly hasn't been in any way soon in any other way

Written by bloodwrage on 12.05.2020 at 02:54

Haha what's the source? Are you talking in terms of a typical album released by a typical band, because it certainly hasn't been in any way soon in any other way

I honestly don't remember... I usually do my best not to push wind out of my backside based on rumors but I genuinely don't know where that came from.

Edit: it could've been a FB post from J Mac but in retrospect I'm not sure
Edit 2: also if you check their Wikipedia: "According to Romeo, a sequel, War of the Worlds, Pt. 2, is already at the final stages of recording, but will take a while to be released [...] "

Written by qlacs on 12.05.2020 at 17:19

Written by bloodwrage on 12.05.2020 at 02:54

Haha what's the source? Are you talking in terms of a typical album released by a typical band, because it certainly hasn't been in any way soon in any other way

Edit 2: also if you check their Wikipedia: "According to Romeo, a sequel, War of the Worlds, Pt. 2, is already at the final stages of recording, but will take a while to be released [...] "

I checked 3 sources cited on Wikipedia - Blabbermouth, one Fanbase YT channel, and Guitar World. As of now, it becomes official once musician(s) start quoting on new album recordings.

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 12.05.2020 at 18:38

I checked 3 sources cited on Wikipedia - Blabbermouth, one Fanbase YT channel, and Guitar World. As of now, it becomes official once musician(s) start quoting on new album recordings.

You do realise we're talking about a vague comment I made 2 years ago? Official is when you see it in the news feed...
Also I'm pretty sure now that I saw J Mac post a picture of the recording session.

My 2nd fav guitarist of all time, one of the greatest, and apart from the technicality, he is a brilliant songwriter and composer. I listened to it when it came out and was hooked to several tracks but when I revisited it this year, man I love it even more.

I was really impressed with this piano cover of "Fear Of The Unknown" which is my fav song on this record.

I am checking this out for the first time before listening to the newly released Pt.2.

And damn! This is impressive! I'm usually not a big fan of this lighter prog style, but some Symphony X albums count as the exception. And since the exquisite musicianship and the phenomenal vocalist here together sound like Symphony X's good ol' days, this gets a big from me!

Not bad. Actually this is pretty damn good. Since SX isn't the most active band this is the next best thing for us SX junkies. The singer is good but listening to this I can't stop to imagine how much better it would be with Russels booming voice over it. Anyway, it's very solid and lots of signature guitar riffs and melodies by Romeo. Best by far is Believe.