V: The New Mythology Suite
Album |
Name = V: The New Mythology Suite |
Type =
Album | Artist =
Symphony X |
Cover = VThenewmythologysuitealbumcover.jpg |
Background = Orange |
Released =
October 10,
2000 | Recorded =
Trax East Studios,
Mix-o-lydian Studios and
Symphony X Dungeon | Genre =
Progressive Metal |
Length = 62:48 |
Label =
Metal Blade | Producer =
Eric Rachel &
Michael Romeo | Reviews =
Allmusic (3/5) [
1] |Last album =
Prelude to the Millennium(1998) |This album =
V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) |Next album =
Live on the Edge of Forever(2001) |}}
V: The New Mythology Suite, a
concept album, the fifth studio album from
progressive metal band
Symphony X. The album deals with the myth of
Atlantis, ancient
Egyptian mythology and
astrology.
The album includes music from
Verdi's Requiem,
Mozart's Requiem and
Bach's
Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052.
V was the first album to feature new bass player
Michael Lepond, who was chosen out many other bassists to replace Thomas Miller. With the addition of Lepond, 3 of the 5 band members now answer to the name Michael.
Jason Rullo rejoined the band, after being absent on
Twilight in Olympus.
#"Prelude"
â€" 1:07#"Evolution (The Grand Design)"
''(Allen, Pinnella, Romeo, Rullo) â€" 5:20#"Fallen"
''(Allen, Lepond, Pinnella, Romeo, Rullo) â€" 5:51 #"Transcendence" (Segue)
''(Romeo) â€" 0:38#"Communion and the Oracle"
''(Pinnella, Romeo, Rullo) â€" 7:45 #"The Bird-Serpent War" / Cataclysm
''(Pinnella, Romeo) â€" 4:02 #"On the Breath of Poseidon" (Segue)
''(Romeo) â€" 3:01#"Egypt"
''(Allen, Lepond, Pinnella, Romeo, Rullo) â€" 7:04#"The Death of Balance / Lacrymosa"
''(Romeo, Rullo) â€" 3:42 #"Absence of Light"
''(Allen, Pinnella, Romeo) â€" 4:58 #"A Fool's Paradise"
''(Allen, Pinnella, Romeo) â€" 5:48#"Rediscovery" (Segue)
''(Pinnella, Romeo) â€" 1:24#"Rediscovery" (Part II) - The New Mythology
''(Allen, Pinnella, Romeo, Rullo) â€" 12:01An Argentinian label released the album with a fourteenth track
Masquerade '98 in
South America. This bonus track was apparently included without authorization from the band. As "retaliation", the band then skipped
Argentina in its South American Tour.
There is some remarkable similarity with the cover of this album and the cover of
Spock's Beard's album
V. The latter is also the fifth album of the respective band and was released earlier in the same year. Both bands perform progressive music (Spock's Beard performs
progressive rock) and both are signed to
InsideOut Music. Also, both albums are nearly as long (their lengths differ by 11 seconds). Both bands have said that these similarities are a complete coincidence.
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Russell Allen -
vocals*
Michael Romeo - all
electric and
acoustic guitars,
backing vocals*
Michael Pinnella -
keyboards,
backing vocals*
Michael Lepond -
bass*
Jason Rullo -
drums and
percussion*
Official site*
The story behind V
