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Michael Romeo Interview – A Perfect Symphony Part One: 1970's to 2000.

Back in the mid 1990's Symphony X surfaced from the fertile breeding ground for virtuoso rock and shred/metal guitarists that is New Jersey, USA. One of those very rare bands whose signature sound and approach was pretty much fully formed from day one, Symphony X emerged with a stunning blend of precision metal riffing, soaring melodies and show stopping solo passages from guitarist Michael Romeo and keyboardist Mike Pinella that provided the previously unchallenged Dream Theater with a viable contender for the throne of the ultimate prog metal band.

Dominici - O3 A Trilogy Part Three

Charles Dominici has forever been known in metal circles as Dream Theater's 'lost' vocalist, having appeared on their debut album 'When Dream And Day Unite' and then disappearing when that album failed to live up to commercial expectations. Petrucci and gang went back to the drawing board and drafted in Canadian James Labrie, who has fronted the prog metal leviathans ever since, and Dominici was seemingly consigned to history.

Marco Sfogli - There's Hope

There has been much debate in the pages of All Out Guitar recently as to who are the hottest players in the world right now and who is the future of shred. Some of the names to pop up in these discussions have been Michael Romeo, Andy James, Guthrie Govan and older names such as Andy Timmons, Greg Howe, Steve Vai and of course Yngwie. Youtube is also a constant source of clips of the latest bedroom shredder or guitar show clinician.

Outworld - Outworld

I know it’s been a while since Outworld’s self-titled debut, but having listened to it a lot recently and baring in mind that a band of this calibre with such high critical praise are without a record deal, I thought that a review won’t do any harm.

Songs That Sound Too Close For Comfort

I am sure that all of us are forever hearing songs (new and old) and thinking “Hmmmm, what does that remind me of…” The other day I heard John Waite’s ‘Encircled’ and thought that I was actually listening to the beginning of Alice Cooper’s ‘Poison’.

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