Who knows? Maybe that’s what I’ll do today,” Symphony X guitarist Michael Romeo surmises at the end of his chat with Prog as he talks about finding inspiration for the band’s next album. “I’ll maybe look at some Poe and Lovecraft. If I find it, I’ll know. Or I could just write about Star Wars. That’d be easy.”
It has been seven long years since the prog metallers’ last album, Underworld. Some restless fans have grown impatient, but there are valid reasons behind the wait – not least singer Russell Allen being injured in a serious road crash in 2017. But during this time Romeo has been simmering away in his home studio in New Jersey, affectionately known as the Dungeon. New solo record War Of The Worlds, Pt. 2 follows up his 2018 first-parter, and with the customary epic grandeur interlaced with cinematic orchestration, Symphony X fans should get their fill.
