i may or may not check out the new Alestorm, a friend of mine linked me a song and it was meh, and it was apparently the best song on there. i like putting on Captain Morgan's Revenge occasionally, it's a fun album, but i can't say i need more than one album like that in general.
There's certainly no "Wenches and Mead" on this album as far as I can tell, so there isn't really a best "song" per se. This effort just gives the best overall experience compared to their other two. But I'm reasonable, I understand that if you're not into that sort of thing, you only need to have one.
But moving on to other things. I have listened to the new Symphony X album 3 times now(Sample Song:
Dehumanized), and once while doing nothing else but intently listening to every detail, and I have a few thoughts:
1) They spent some money on their recording software, the production is fantastic and all home-brewed by Michael Romeo himself (The best way to do it).
2) Russell Allen is utilizing his fullest range to date on this album, he kept the grit low tenor from Paradise Lost, but also hits some soaring high notes in a few choruses and outro vocal riffs. Fantastic display of singing.
3) The music, from what I can tell with only one focused listen, is outstanding. Each players skills being showed off quickly, then moving on to the next melody, with a lot of complex rhythms, and odd time signatures as per usual.
and
4) Michael Romeo shreds to shit as usual. Symphony X is always good for hearing something on each song that you won't be able to do unless you practice it for 6-12 months.
I've also come to the conclusion that Jason Rullo is so quietly good as a drummer. He sits there, doing his thing, allowing the other members to take the forefront, but if you listen in he's doing something pretty damn cool every single time.