SYMPHONY X: New Album Revealed
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Topic: SYMPHONY X: New Album Revealed
Posted By: UMUR
Subject: SYMPHONY X: New Album Revealed
Date Posted: 13 May 2011 at 1:55am
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SYMPHONY X: New Album Revealed North America's progressive metal masterminds SYMPHONY X have revealed the details of their ninth studio album, "Iconoclast", due in Europe on June 17 and in North America on June 21 via Nuclear Blast Records. Illustrator and film concept artist Warren Flanagan ("Watchmen", "The Incredible Hulk", "2012") is the talent behind the album artwork. He states, "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 [SYMPHONY X guitarist] 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." The track listing for the jewel-cased version of "Iconoclast" is: 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 The track listing for the 2-CD special edition digipak version of "Iconoclast" is: CD 1: 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 ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
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Posted By: The Block
Date Posted: 14 May 2011 at 12:21pm
Sweet!  Definitely going to look into this one.
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