Symphony X launched 9 albums between 1994 and 2015, although 2025 will mark 10 years with out a new file. So what is going on on within the Symphony X camp? In accordance with guitarist and essential songwriter Michael Romeo, the brand new stuff is coming – it is simply taking some time. Romeo mentioned in an interview with Espresso With Ola that he is received roughly three hours of latest Symphony X sitting round, however he is largely been derailed by touring a lot now that album gross sales do not pay the payments.
“With us it isn’t like, ‘oh yeah we’re simply going to put in writing one single after which simply have a bunch of filler,’ you realize? It is like, all the things’s received to be nearly as good because it may very well be,” mentioned Romeo as transcribed by Metallic Injection. “So yeah, it will get more durable and it takes longer. You then’re throwing COVID and a bunch of different issues after which it is identical to, ‘oh shit. Now it is like, I do not know eight years or one thing.’ I misplaced monitor.”
Romeo continued: “Now we have been [working on the record], too. It is simply that now what’s totally different now than previously is that we might take a bunch of time without work. There can be some royalties from CDs again within the day coming in to sort of float the downtime, and [we could] actually get the file completed after which come again out, have a brand new file, and tour. So now it is like, ‘effectively that cash is gone’ so we’ve to tour a bit of bit preserve issues going, then work on the file, return on tour, you realize? It has been like that for some time.
“For me I imply, you realize I do a lot of the writing. So for me it is exhausting since you’re sitting within the studio for no matter, a month, [and you’re like] ‘I received this concept’ and also you’re attempting to place these items collectively and it is like, ‘oh we received to go on tour now, do our factor.’ You then come again and it is like ‘what the fuck was I engaged on once more?’ Like, was this riff right here? So that you’re attempting to rearrange all these things. So you may have all these new concepts, so you then preserve including. Now there’s loads of materials. Like three hours of stuff proper now, however now it is truly making sense of it.”
Romeo later famous that he is completed writing new Symphony X and desires to maneuver on to arranging as soon as the band is off the street.
“I imply it should take a while to arrange all the things. It isn’t like there’s nothing there. It isn’t like, ‘oh man we’ve to begin from scratch.’ There’s fairly a bit. It is truly overwhelming. I by no means bear in mind being this overwhelmed by the quantity of stuff, ‘trigger you realize over final 12 months and a half or no matter, each time there was a break it is like ‘okay I am going to write one thing’ or you realize it is like, ‘oh I did not cease’ and ‘oh, let me end this. It was like, increase –I received all these concepts they usually simply stored going. So now it is like, ‘all proper no extra writing. Now extra arranging.'”
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