Previewing SYMPHONY X’s San Antonio show this Sunday, May 15th, at Backstage Live, music journalist Gonzalo Pozo of the San Antonio Current recently spoke with guitarist extraordinaire Michael Romeo about the band’s new album, Iconoclast:

“A lot of the ideas [for the new album] came from the 300 and Matrix soundtracks. They have cool, mechanical textures. So we started layering different keyboard textures and sound effects to what we’d already written, and added some weirder rhythms. Lyrically, the album considers the growing conflict between man and machine. ‘Children Of A Faceless God’ takes a look at how we interact these days, with all these kids texting and Facebooking all day. It’s part sci-fi, part commentary on the darker side of how technology has changed our lives. It’s subtle, like the orchestras and choirs on the song ‘Iconoclast’, much like our previous album, Paradise Lost — it’s big, epic, and thematic, but with clanky metal stuff underneath it. It’s not overbearing or industrial. We didn’t want to overdo it.”

Read the entire San Antonio Current interview at this location.

Symphony X' ninth studio album and Nuclear Blast debut, Iconoclast, will be available in Europe on June 17th and in North America on June 21st. A new song, 'Dehumanized', is currently streaming on the band's Facebook page.

The tracklisting for the jewel-cased version of Iconoclast is:

'Iconoclast'

'The End Of Innocence'

'Dehumanized'

'Bastards Of The Machine'

'Heretic'

'Children Of A Faceless God'

'Electric Messiah'

'Prometheus (I Am Alive)'

'When All Is Lost'

The tracklisting for the two-CD Special Edition digi-pak version of Iconoclast is:

CD 1:

'Iconoclast'

'The End Of Innocence'

'Dehumanized'

'Bastards Of The Machine'

'Heretic'

'Children Of A Faceless God'

'When All Is Lost'

CD 2:

'Electric Messiah'

'Prometheus (I Am Alive)'

'Light Up The Night'

'The Lords Of Chaos'

'Reign In Madness'

Symphony X Is currently wrapping up their North America tour. Remaining dates are as follows:

May

13 - Trees – Dallas, TX
14 - Scout Bar – Houston, TX
15 - Backstage Live – San Antonio, TX
17 - The Club at Firestone – Orlando, FL
18 - Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
19 - The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
20 - Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
21 - Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
22 - Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA