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V: The New Mythology Suite, a concept album
Concept album

In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical". Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being musical improvisation or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing to narrative....
, is the fifth studio album by progressive metal
Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a Fusion ; a mixture of progressive rock and Heavy metal music. Progressive metal blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing of progressive rock....
 band Symphony X
Symphony X

Symphony X is an American progressive metal band founded in New Jersey in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo. Their 1997 album The Divine Wings of Tragedy and their 2000 release V-The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community....
. The album deals with the story of Atlantis
Atlantis

Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias .In Plato's account, Atlantis was a naval power lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC....
, ancient Egyptian mythology
Egyptian mythology

Ancient Egyptian religion encompasses the various religious beliefs and rituals practiced in ancient Egypt over at least 3,000 years, from the Predynastic Egypt until the adoption of Coptic Christianity in the early centuries Common Era....
, and astrology
Astrology

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V: The New Mythology Suite, a concept album
Concept album

In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical". Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being musical improvisation or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing to narrative....
, is the fifth studio album by progressive metal
Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a Fusion ; a mixture of progressive rock and Heavy metal music. Progressive metal blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing of progressive rock....
 band Symphony X
Symphony X

Symphony X is an American progressive metal band founded in New Jersey in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo. Their 1997 album The Divine Wings of Tragedy and their 2000 release V-The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community....
. The album deals with the story of Atlantis
Atlantis

Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias .In Plato's account, Atlantis was a naval power lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC....
, ancient Egyptian mythology
Egyptian mythology

Ancient Egyptian religion encompasses the various religious beliefs and rituals practiced in ancient Egypt over at least 3,000 years, from the Predynastic Egypt until the adoption of Coptic Christianity in the early centuries Common Era....
, and astrology
Astrology

Astrology is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs which hold that the relative positions of astronomical object and related details can provide useful information about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial matters....
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Track Listing

  1. "Prelude" – 1:07
  2. "Evolution (The Grand Design)" (Allen, Pinnella, Romeo, Rullo) – 5:20
  3. "Fallen" (Allen, Lepond, Pinnella, Romeo, Rullo) – 5:51
  4. "Transcendence (Segue)" (Romeo) – 0:38
  5. "Communion and the Oracle" (Pinnella, Romeo, Rullo) – 7:45
  6. "The Bird-Serpent War / Cataclysm" (Pinnella, Romeo) – 4:02
  7. "On the Breath of Poseidon (Segue)" (Romeo) – 3:01
  8. "Egypt" (Allen, Lepond, Pinnella, Romeo, Rullo) – 7:04
  9. "Death of Balance / Lacrymosa" (Romeo, Rullo) – 3:42
  10. "Absence of Light" (Allen, Pinnella, Romeo) – 4:58
  11. "A Fool's Paradise" (Allen, Pinnella, Romeo) – 5:48
  12. "Rediscovery (Segue)" (Pinnella, Romeo) – 1:24
  13. "Rediscovery (Part II): The New Mythology" (Allen, Pinnella, Romeo, Rullo) – 12:01


Personnel

  • Russell Allen
    Russell Allen

    For the Aztecs linebacker, see Russell Allen Russell Allen is the singer of the American Progressive metal band Symphony X....
     – vocals
  • Michael Romeo
    Michael Romeo

    Michael James Romeo is an United States guitarist and a founding member of the progressive metal group Symphony X....
     – guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
    s, backing vocals
    Backing vocalist

    A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. In some cases, a backing singer may sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry....
  • Michael Pinnella
    Michael Pinnella

    Michael Pinnella is a Keyboard synthesizer player, most notably for the band Symphony X. He has also released a solo album: A mixture of European classical music and Progressive rock styled music entitled Enter By the Twelfth Gate on the InsideOut Music label in 2004....
     – keyboard
    Keyboard instrument

    A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
    s, backing vocals
    Backing vocalist

    A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. In some cases, a backing singer may sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry....
  • Michael Lepond
    Michael Lepond

    Michael Anthony LePond III is the bass guitar player of the North American progressive metal band Symphony X, and also is the bassist for Dead on Arrival, a heavy metal music band from New York....
     – bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
  • Jason Rullo
    Jason Rullo

    Jason Rullo, born on July 17, 1972 in Hackensack, New Jersey, is the drummer for the progressive metal band Symphony X. He has been featured in the Modern Drummer readers' polls and is considered to be one of the top 5 Rock music drummers of all-time ....
     – drums
    Drum kit

    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
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