The Great Southern Brainfart have issued an interview with SYMPHONY X singer Russell Allen. An excerpt follows:

Q: Let’s talk about the latest Symphony X album, Iconoclast. I’ve heard the album and it’s stellar and probably my favorite one yet. How do you feel this album measures up to the previous releases?

A: "I think it’s probably the greatest record the band has ever put out. Not only does it encapsulate everything that Symphony X is, but it’s really fresh and new and the production is really clear. We make no apologies on this album."

Q: I felt that the band really pushed themselves on this one and as a singer I felt like you were even more vocally dynamic on this one than on the previous ones.

A: "Yeah, I’m just taking what I’ve always done and stretched it a little farther. A little more soulful and a little more aggressive and heavy. I’m not a grunter and I’m not a screamo guy. I don’t knock it and I think it’s cool but it’s just not what I do. I’m a rock singer in a prog band and that’s why we’re unique. I’m a power vocalist from a long forgotten era and time that I wasn’t really old enough to be there for. I was just six or seven years old when the NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) came about."

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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. The album is now available for pre-order via iTunes.

The iTunes edition tracklisting:

'Iconoclast'

'The End Of Innocence'

'Dehumanized'

'Bastards Of The Machine'

'Heretic'

'Children Of A Faceless God'

'When All Is Lost'

'Electric Messiah'

'Prometheus (I Am Alive)'

'Light Up The Night'

'The Lords Of Chaos'

'Reign In Madness'

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'