- For fans of Symphony X who have been waiting two decades for an honest-to-goodness Michael Romeo solo album, the arrival of War of the Worlds, Pt. 1 will be cause for celebration. Michael Romeo is best known as the guitarist, chief songwriter and all-around main man behind the progressive rock titans Symphony X. Features bass player JD DeServio (Black Label Society), John Macaluso on drums (Yngwie Malmsteen) and vocals are taken care of by Rick Castellano. Michael Romeo is ranked among the top 100 on Guitar World’s 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists Of All Time [!]
Founder and Guitarist of Symphony X, MICHAEL ROMEO is here with his new solo project, "War of the Worlds, Pt. 1”, a mixture of metal, rock, prog and symphonic elements.
The lush cinematic production includes an all-star line-up of Romeo on guitar, bass player John "JD" DeServio (Black Label Society), drummer John Macaluso (Yngwie, Ark, James LaBrie) and newcomer Rick Castellano on vocals.
Enjoy the journey…. from the sci-fi "Fear the Unknown" and relentless "Black" to the multi layered "Believe" and the metal/electronic hybrid "F*cking Robots.”
TRACKLIST CD/ 2LP:
1. Introduction
2. Fear The Unknown
3. Black
4. F*cking Robots
5. Djinn
6. Believe
7. Differences
8. War Machine
9. Oblivion
10. Constellations