New Jersey’s progressive metal masters, SYMPHONY X, released their new masterpiece, “Underworld”, via Nuclear Blast recently. This ninth studio album reached great chart results worldwide:

Switzerland:     #10
Finland:           #12
Netherlands:    #20
Germany:        #23
Sweden:          #31 (Hard Rock #2)
USA :              #36 (current chart, Top Hard Rock #6, Billboard 200, #89)
France:            #39
Japan:             #46 (International #7)
Austria:           #59
Belgium:          #71
UK:                  #80 (Rock #7)
Canada:           #103 (Hard Charts #14)

“The band are excited to see that people are enjoying the record and can’t wait to get on the road this fall”, commented bandleader Michael Romeo.

Today, SYMPHONY X presents a new lyric-video for the track ‘Kiss Of Fire’,which can be seen below:

“Underworld”, was crafted at Michael Romeo’s tricked out studio, The Dungeon. For the albums cover art, the band went with their established illustrator Warren Flanagan (Watchmen, The Incredible Hulk, 2012), who similarly tapped into the “secret knowledge” vibe Michael and the band embedded in the record.

SYMPHONY X live 2015:
w/ OVERKILL
18.09. USA     Worcester, MA – The Palladium
19.09. USA     Clifton Park, NY – Upstate Concert Hall
20.09. USA     Niagara Falls, NY – Dome Theater
22.09. USA     Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom
23.09. USA     Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
24.09. USA     Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
25.09. USA     Milwaukee, WI – Rave
26.09. USA     Minnesota, MN – Mill City Nights
27.09. CDN     Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre
29.09. CDN     Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall Ballroom
30.09. CDN     Edmonton, AB – Union Hall
01.10. USA     Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
02.10. USA     Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
03.10. USA     Seattle, WA – Showbox At The Market
05.10. USA     San Francisco, CA – The Grand Ballroom At The Regency Center
06.10. USA     Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater
07.10. USA     Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
09.10. USA     San Antonio, TX – 210 Kapones
10.10. USA     Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory
11.10. USA     Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
13.10. USA     Tampa, FL – The Ritz
14.10. USA     Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
15.10. USA     Charlotte, NC – The Filmore
16.10. USA     Silver Springs, MD – The Filmore
17.10. USA     New York City, NY -Terminal 5

New Jersey-based kings of progressive metal, SYMPHONY X, release their new masterpiece, “Underworld”, today via Nuclear Blast.

For “Underworld” ’s cover art, SYMPHONY X went with their established illustrator Warren Flanagan (Watchmen, The Incredible Hulk, 2012), who similarly tapped into the “secret knowledge” vibe Michael and band embedded in the record. “Warren went with the masks, similar to the first record,” explains Romeo. “But when I discussed with him Dante and the underworld, he did his own research and designed a little symbol for each of the nine circles of hell. So there are these little geometric symbols that mean something. That’s just what he does. He gets in there and finds these things that maybe no one really besides us knows what it means and yet it has meaning.”

The track list for “Underworld”:

 
01. Overture
02. Nevermore
03. Underworld
04. Without You
05. Kiss Of Fire
06. Charon
07. Hell And Back
08. In My Darkest Hour
09. Run With The Devil
10. Swansong
11. Legend

SYMPHONY X live 2015:

w/ OVERKILL

18.09.  USA     Worcester, MA                                  – The Palladium
19.09. USA     Clifton Park, NY                                 – Upstate Concert Hall
20.09. USA     Niagara Falls, NY                               – Dome Theater
22.09. USA     Cleveland, OH                                    – Agora Ballroom
23.09. USA     Grand Rapids, MI                               – The Intersection
24.09. USA     Chicago, IL                                         – House Of Blues
25.09. USA     Milwaukee, WI                                  – Rave
26.09. USA     Minnesota, MN                                  – Mill City Nights
27.09.  CDN     Winnipeg, MB                                    – Park Theatre
29.09.  CDN     Calgary, AB                                        – MacEwan Hall Ballroom
30.09.  CDN     Edmonton, AB                                    – Union Hall
01.10.  USA     Spokane, WA                                      – Knitting Factory
02.10.  USA     Vancouver, BC                                   – Vogue Theatre
03.10. USA     Seattle, WA                                        – Showbox At The Market
05.10. USA     San Francisco, CA                              – The Grand Ballroom At The Regency Center
06.10. USA     Los Angeles, CA                                 – The Regent Theater
07.10. USA     Tempe, AZ                                         – Marquee Theater
09.10. USA     Dallas, TX                                           – The Bomb Factory
10.10. USA     San Antonio, TX                                  – 210 Kapones
11.10. USA     Houston, TX                                        – Warehouse Live
13.10. USA     Tampa, FL                                          – The Ritz
14.10. USA     Atlanta, GA                                        – The Masquerade
15.10. USA     Charlotte, NC                                     – The Filmore
16.10. USA     Silver Springs, MD                             – The Filmore
17.10. USA     New York City, NY                              – Terminal 5

New Jersey’s progressive metal masters SYMPHONY X are set to release their brand new, ninth studio album called Underworld on July 24th via Nuclear Blast Records.

SYMPHONY X have triumphed, creating a panoramic “album rock” experience in an era cursed with diminishing attention spans. “This new one is about the song, really crafting each one on its own, to be as strong as it could be” says Michael Romeo, chief writer in the band, and proprietor of The Dungeon, the tricked-out studio in which the album was crafted, newly equipped with the latest in technology required to execute the band’s famous symphonic and orchestrated touches.

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“Musically, Underworld has things reminiscent of the bands previous albums but this one definitely has its own individuality,” stated Michael. “Every element added was in service of the song, so the album flows and becomes a total listening experience from start to finish. Every song is to-the-point and fine-tuned, with us paying a lot of attention to the hooks, voices, riffs, and keeping the interest and the energy high for the entire record. It is heavy and aggressive as fuck when it needs to be, yet soaring and emotional at other times. I think the balance is just right. It had to have all the elements of what we normally would do, just tweaked up a notch and really fine-tuned. You know, industry people have talked about how we’ll never see a complete album again, and that idea. I wanted to defend the reputation of the album, and really try to make »Underworld« worth listening to as a whole record. It’s what I love about great individual songs, but still an album experience. I don’t want to sound like I’m preaching, but it was a point we wanted to make. It was about the progression of the whole record. It speeds up here and then it dips down here. It all makes sense together, it all works together and it all flows together.”

Although Underworld is not a concept album, Michael stated “like the last couple of records, there’s a theme that carries through, without it being storytelling. We try to find something to key in on and get the juices flowing, and here the goal was to find something a little dark but with emotional content. I started looking at Dante, and Orpheus in the underworld, where he’s going to go to Hades or hell to save this girl. So there’s the theme of going to hell and back for something or someone you care about.” Heavily inspired by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, »Underworld« draws on the themes from »Divine Comedy« most notably the part on »Inferno«. As homage to Dante’s use of the number 3 and its multiples, the band utilizes this motif in its music either in a lyrical or melodic context. The first song on the album is a three syllable, three note melodic phrase, and in the verses there are three references to three songs on the bands third album, The Divine Wings Of Tragedy. “There’s cool shit like this all over the record,” Romeo reports.

For »Underworld’s cover art, SYMPHONY X went with their established illustrator Warren Flanagan (Watchmen, The Incredible Hulk, 2012), who similarly tapped into the “secret knowledge” vibe Michael and band embedded in the record. “Warren went with the masks, similar to the first record,” explains Romeo. “But when I discussed with him Dante and the underworld, he did his own research and designed a little symbol for each of the nine circles of hell. So there are these little geometric symbols that mean something. That’s just what he does. He gets in there and finds these things that maybe no one really besides us knows what it means and yet it has meaning.”

Track list for Underworld:

01. Overture
02. Nevermore
03. Underworld
04. Without You
05. Kiss Of Fire
06. Charon
07. Hell And Back
08. In My Darkest Hour
09. Run With The Devil
10. Swansong
11. Legend