Legendary Symphony X guitarist Michael Romeo recently released his new album ‘War of the Worlds, Part II,’ on March 25th, 2022, on InsideOutMusic.
Today, you can see the video for “Hybrids,” the third single to be released from the new album.
Watch the video here:
The album is being hailed as a triumph of epic metal. You can see some of the critical praise below.
“War of the Worlds, Pt.2″ is every bit as eccentric, explosive and packed with classy and thunderous prog metal anthems as its predecessor.”
Prog Magazine
“Crank the stereo up to an ear-splitting level and dive head first into this musical spectacular.”
Fireworks Magazine
“A stellar work of epic metal music – 10/10”
Metal Wani
WAR OF THE WORLDS PT. 2 is available as:
•180g 2LP Gatefold / Ltd. 2CD PocketPak (incl. Instrumental version of the album)
•Digital Album
Order the album here: https://MichaelRomeo.lnk.to/WarOfTheWorldsPt2ID
Tracklisting:
1.Introduction – Part II (2:37)
2.Divide & Conquer (4:46)
3.Destroyer (5:34)
4.Metamorphosis (5:53)
5.Mothership (2:23)
6.Just Before the Dawn (5:01)
7.Hybrids (6:14)
8.Hunted (4:32)
9.Maschinenmensch (9:03)
10.Parasite (4:33)
11.Brave New World (Outro) (3:36)
Bonus tracks:
12.The Perfect Weapon (7:41)
13.Alien DeathRay (4:31)
Watch the video for the previously released singles:
“Divide & Conquer”
“Metamorphosic”:
In his groundbreaking work with Symphony X, Romeo established himself as one of heavy metals most exciting maverick guitarists. Influenced by the likes of axe gods Randy Rhoads, Yngwie Malmsteen, Dimebag Darrell and Uli Jon Roth, he’s also steeped in the works of Beethoven, Ravel and Stravinsky. But there’s yet another side to the New Jersey axe wizard and composer, one who’s enamored of film score giants such as Bernard Herrmann, John Williams, Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer. Romeo put it all in a Cuisinart for his first musical homage to H.G. Wells, and with War of the Worlds, Part II, he’s flipped the switch to infinity and beyond.
“The title feels a little more prophetic than usual”, he says. “Just by taking a look around at what’s going on in the world. For the most part, there’s a strong sci-fi element to the album, but on a few songs I’m kind of like, ‘Maybe the aliens can just sit this one out while we fight among ourselves…ha.'”
For WOTW2, Romeo welcomes a couple of returning players – drummer John Macaluso and bassist John “JD” DeServio – but the album marks the first time he worked with Croatian singer Dino Jelusick. “I go way back with John and JD, so they were the obvious choices, but this time I wanted to try something different with the vocals”, Romeo says. “Dino came highly recommended, and he totally nailed it! He really brought an exciting element to the music.”
Summing up the album, Romeo says, “It takes the first record deeper into the journey. It’s H.G. Wells with modern-day sci-fi, and there’s a lot of super-heavy cinematic music and, obviously, lots of guitars. Put it on and forget where you are. Let’s go somewhere else. The real world will still be here.”
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