SYMPHONY X – Underworld

New Jersey, USA-based Symphony X has released their 9^th studio album entitled Underworld, which is topically influenced by the literary masterpiece: Dante’s Inferno. This album is one of those albums where there’s plenty going on behind already good songs. Notes and sounds, peaks and valleys, energy and melody are all strategically written and carefully placed within each of the tracks of Underworld.

It’s an “odd” album because at first blush the songs sound awesome and are attention-getting. However, upon listening again and again, you pick up more and more underneath the surface, making for a truly great Progressive Metal album.