V - THE NEW MYTHOLOGY SUITE

This is a good, solid album. The musicianship is very good and the tracks well composed, performed and mixed. But I don't think they measure up to comparisons I have seen that match them with Dream Theater. Symphony X are much more symphonic (as I guess their name suggests) and whilst the guitar-work of Michael Romeo is very impressive I feel it lacks the range displayed by John Petrucci. And this is perhaps true of the album as a whole - not quite enough variety amongst the tracks.

That said, this is the only Symphony X I have, so I can't compare it with others but I do like this one enough to think it'd be worth checking out what else they have to offer.

Ratings-wise, I can't honestly be as enthusiastic as some of the other reviewers and that's why I give it 3 stars.