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| SYMPHONY X |
| Written by Magnus Florin |
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Vocals - Russell Allen
Guitars - Michael Romeo
Bass - Thomas Miller
Keyboards - Michael Pinnella
Drums - Jason Rullo |
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The first line-up of Symphony X was founded in New Jersey, USA. Michael Romeo's solo debut "The Dark Chapter"
can be seen as an introduction to the band. One big difference from those old days and today was that Russell
Allen hadn't stepped into the band yet. Instead, the first album featured Rod Tyler on vocals. You can read in the
booklet that it was written, rehearsed and recorded in 3 months(!). In the beginning of 1995 Rod had to leave
the band and Russell became the new singer and front man. Russell was originally introduced to the band thru Rod.
Some irony there.
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Symphony X has, with their dominion sound combining Malmsteen, Dream Theater and Pantera, put the band
on the big map of progressive music. There is talent in each and every member and they obviously have
something in their music that attracts fans all over the world.
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The release of "The Damnation Game" was what introduced me and many others to the band. When "The Divine
Wings of Tragedy" came the world was amazed and Symphony X immediately got another kind of status, well known
by progressive fans. After this album, Jason Rullo left the band. It was the lack of concentration on
the band that forced him to do this. He simply didn't give all that he had for the others. New drummer was
Thomas Walling and instead of going on tour with him the recordings for "Twilight In Olympus" started. When
it was released, Jason Rullo came back after some jamming with the band, and Symphony X went on tour.
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The next release would come to be the collection "Prelude To The Millenium", which can introduce a non X'er to the band in a good way. There were also a re-recorded track from the first album, "Masquerade", but of course this time with Russell doing the vocals. New studio plans are ahead.
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