Michael Romeo, the Glossary

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1. 111 relations: Adrenaline Mob, Al Di Meola, Anders Johansson (drummer), Atomic Soul, Ayreon, Beautiful Tragedy, Bernard Herrmann, Blabbermouth.net, Black Sabbath, Blizzard of Ozz, Bolt-on neck, Boss Corporation, Caparison Guitars, Clarinet, Deep Purple, DGM (band), Diary of a Madman (album), DiMarzio, Dino Jelusick, DragonForce, Earthsblood, Eidolon (band), Emerson, Lake & Palmer, EMG, Inc., ESP Guitars, Evergrey, Fender (company), Fender Stratocaster, Film score, Floyd Rose, God Forbid, Gracia (album), Guitar World, Gustav Holst, Hans Zimmer, Herman Li, Humbucker, Ibanez, Ibanez Tube Screamer, Igor Stravinsky, In This Moment, Inside Out Music, Intermezzo (album), Jens Johansson, Johann Sebastian Bach, John DeServio, John Macaluso, John Williams, Judas Priest, Kansas (band), ... Expand index (61 more) »

2. Symphony X members

Adrenaline Mob

Adrenaline Mob is an American heavy metal supergroup formed in early 2011 by singer Russell Allen, guitarist Mike Orlando and drummer Mike Portnoy.

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Al Di Meola

Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Michael Romeo and al Di Meola are American lead guitarists.

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Anders Johansson (drummer)

Anders Johansson (born 25 May 1962) is a Swedish musician, best known as the former drummer of HammerFall and Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force.

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Atomic Soul

Atomic Soul is Symphony X's lead singer Russell Allen's debut solo album.

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Ayreon

Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen.

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Beautiful Tragedy

Beautiful Tragedy is the debut studio album by American rock band In This Moment.

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Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911December 24, 1975) was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in composing for films.

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Blabbermouth.net

Blabbermouth.net is a website dedicated to heavy metal and hard rock news, as well as album and music DVD reviews.

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Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne.

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Blizzard of Ozz

Blizzard of Ozz is the debut studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, released on 12 September 1980 in the UK and on 27 March 1981 in the US.

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Bolt-on neck

Bolt-on neck is a method of guitar (or similar stringed instrument) construction that involves joining a guitar neck and body using screws or bolts, as opposed to glue and joinery as with set-in neck joints.

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Boss Corporation

Boss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar.

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Caparison Guitars

Caparison Guitars is a Japanese-origin manufacturer of electric guitars.

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Clarinet

The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.

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Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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DGM (band)

DGM ("Diego, Gianfranco and Maurizio", after the founding members) is an Italian progressive metal band.

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Diary of a Madman (album)

Diary of a Madman is the second studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne.

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DiMarzio

DiMarzio, Inc. (formerly DiMarzio Musical Instrument Pickups, Inc.) is an American manufacturing company best known for popularizing direct-replacement guitar pickups.

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Dino Jelusick

Dino Jelusić (born 4 June 1992), also known by his stage name Dino Jelusick, is a Croatian singer, musician, and songwriter.

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DragonForce

DragonForce are a British power metal band from London.

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Earthsblood

Earthsblood is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band God Forbid.

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Eidolon (band)

Eidolon was a Canadian power metal band formed in 1993 by brothers Shawn and Glen Drover (who both went on to become members of Megadeth).

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (informally known as ELP) were an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970.

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EMG, Inc.

EMG, Inc. is the current legal name of an American company based in Santa Rosa, California that manufactures guitar pickups and EQ accessories.

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ESP Guitars

is a Japanese guitar manufacturer, primarily focused on the production of electric guitars and basses.

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Evergrey

Evergrey is a Swedish progressive metal band from Gothenburg.

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Fender (company)

The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC, or simply Fender) is an American manufacturer and marketer of musical instruments and amplifiers.

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Fender Stratocaster

The Fender Stratocaster, colloquially known as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed between 1952 and 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares.

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Film score

A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film.

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Floyd Rose

The Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo, or simply Floyd Rose, is a type of locking vibrato arm for a guitar.

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God Forbid

God Forbid is an American metalcore band formed in East Brunswick, New Jersey in 1996.

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Gracia (album)

is the 23rd studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on August 1, 2018.

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Guitar World

Guitar World is a monthly music magazine for guitarists – and fans of guitar-based music and trends – that has been published since July 1980.

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Gustav Holst

Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher.

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Hans Zimmer

Hans Florian Zimmer (born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer.

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Herman Li

Herman Li (born 3 October 1976) is a Hong Kong-born British musician who is one of two lead guitarists for the power metal band DragonForce.

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Humbucker

A humbucker, humbucking pickup, or double coil, is a guitar pickup that uses two wire coils to cancel out noisy interference from coil pickups.

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Ibanez

is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki.

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Ibanez Tube Screamer

The Ibanez Tube Screamer is a guitar overdrive pedal, made by Ibanez.

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Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (– 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945).

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In This Moment

In This Moment is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed by singer Maria Brink and guitarist Chris Howorth in 2005.

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Inside Out Music

Inside Out Music is a German progressive rock record label originally based in Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, and dedicated to the publication of progressive rock, progressive metal and related styles.

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Intermezzo (album)

Intermezzo is the seventh studio album by American progressive metal musician Michael Angelo Batio.

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Jens Johansson

Jens Ola Johansson (born 2 November 1963 in Stockholm) is a Swedish keyboardist and pianist.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.

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John DeServio

John "JD" DeServio is an American musician who has been the bassist of heavy metal band Black Label Society since 2005.

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John Macaluso

John Macaluso (born January 21, 1968) is an American drummer who has played for bands such as Ark, TNT, and Yngwie Malmsteen.

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John Williams

John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (November 15, 2022).

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Judas Priest

Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969.

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Kansas (band)

Kansas is an American rock band that formed in 1973 in Topeka, Kansas, and became popular during the decade initially on album-oriented rock charts and later with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind".

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Kiss (band)

Kiss (often styled as KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals) and Peter Criss (drums, vocals).

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Kotipelto

Kotipelto is a Finnish power metal self-named band by Timo Kotipelto, created during a hiatus in activity for power metal band Stratovarius.

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Kramer Pacer

The Kramer Pacer is a guitar series made by Kramer Guitars from the beginning of the Kramer wooden neck period to the company’s bankruptcy in 1990.

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Line 6 (company)

Line 6 is a musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer, best known as a pioneer in guitar amplifier and effect modeling.

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Lion's Share are a heavy metal band, formed in Sundsvall, Sweden in 1987 and later relocated to Stockholm, by guitarist Lars Chriss, and keyboardist Kay Backlund.

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List of classical music composers by era

This is a list of classical music composers by era.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.

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Mahogany

Mahogany is a straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, indigenous to the AmericasBridgewater, Samuel (2012).

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Maple

Acer is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples.

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Mari Hamada

is a Japanese heavy metal and pop rock singer.

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Marshall Amplification

Marshall Amplification is a British company that designs and manufactures music amplifiers and speaker cabinets.

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Marty Friedman

(born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist of thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. Michael Romeo and Marty Friedman are American heavy metal guitarists and American lead guitarists.

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Mascot Label Group

Mascot Label Group is an independently owned record label.

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Mesa/Boogie

Mesa/Boogie (also known as Mesa Engineering) is an American company in Petaluma, California, that manufactures amplifiers and other accessories for guitars and basses.

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Michael Angelo Batio

Michael Angelo Batio (born June 12, 1956), also known as Michael Angelo, Mike Batio or MAB, is an American heavy metal guitarist and columnist. Michael Romeo and Michael Angelo Batio are American heavy metal guitarists and American lead guitarists.

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Michael LePond

Michael Anthony LePond III (born 1966), is an American musician from Newark, New Jersey. Michael Romeo and Michael LePond are symphony X members.

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Michael Pinnella

Michael Pinnella (born August 29, 1969) is an American keyboard player, most notably for the band Symphony X. Michael is one of two Symphony X members to appear on all nine of the band's albums (the other being Michael Romeo). Michael Romeo and Michael Pinnella are symphony X members.

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Neoclassical metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is heavily influenced by classical music and usually features very technical playing,Stephan Forté, "Metal néoclassique" in Guitarist Magazine Pedago, Hors Série #29, "Les secrets du metal- Etudes de Style", March 2009, pp.14–15.

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Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English musician and media personality.

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Paradise Lost (Symphony X album)

Paradise Lost is the seventh studio album by progressive metal band Symphony X, released on June 26, 2007 through Inside Out Music.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context.

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Progressive metal (often shortened to prog metal or prog) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral or quasi-classical compositions of the latter.

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Progressive rock

Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s.

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Randy Rhoads

Randall William Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American guitarist. Michael Romeo and Randy Rhoads are American heavy metal guitarists and American lead guitarists.

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Redemption (band)

Redemption is an American progressive metal band based in Los Angeles, currently signed to AFM Records.

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Redemption (Redemption album)

Redemption is the debut album by the American progressive metal band of the same name.

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Revel in Time

Revel in Time is the third studio album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive metal project/supergroup Star One, released via Inside Out on 18 February 2022.

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Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas").

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Ritchie Blackmore

Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist. Michael Romeo and Ritchie Blackmore are progressive rock guitarists.

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Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is an American record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock bands.

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Rush (band)

Rush was a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto in 1968 that primarily comprised Geddy Lee (vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitar) and Neil Peart (drums, percussion).

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Russell Allen

Russell Allen (born July 19, 1971) is an American singer best known as the vocalist of the progressive metal band Symphony X. He has also worked with the supergroups Star One, Allen-Lande, Adrenaline Mob, Level 10, and as one of fourteen vocalists in the progressive symphonic metal band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Michael Romeo and Russell Allen are symphony X members.

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Schaller GmbH

Schaller GmbH is a German manufacturer of musical instrument hardware, based in Postbauer-Heng near Nuremberg, Bavaria, which designs and produces guitar tuners, bridges, tremolos, strap locks and other guitar accessories.

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Shadowman (Steve Walsh album)

Shadowman is a 2005 solo album by Steve Walsh.

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Shawn Lane

Shawn Lane (March 21, 1963 – September 26, 2003) was an American musician who released two studio albums and collaborated with a variety of musicians including Ringo Starr, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Reggie Young, Joe Walsh, Jonas Hellborg, Anders Johansson, Jens Johansson and many others. Michael Romeo and Shawn Lane are American lead guitarists.

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Star One (band)

Star One (also referred to as Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One) is a Dutch progressive metal supergroup/side-project of Arjen Anthony Lucassen of Ayreon fame.

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Steve Walsh (musician)

Steve Walsh (born June 15, 1951) is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known for his work as a longtime member of the progressive rock band Kansas.

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Symphonic metal is a cross-generic style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres.

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Symphony X

Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.

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Tapping

Tapping is a playing technique that can be used on any stringed instrument, but which is most commonly used on guitar.

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TC Electronic

TC Electronic (sometimes stylized as t.c. electronic) is a Danish audio equipment company that designs and imports guitar effects, bass amplification, computer audio interfaces, audio plug-in software, live sound equalisers, studio and post-production equipment, studio effect processors, and broadcast loudness processors and meters.

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The Bronx Casket Co.

The Bronx Casket Co. is an American gothic metal band from New York City.

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The Dark Chapter

The Dark Chapter is the first studio album by Symphony X guitarist Michael Romeo, released in April 1994 through Zero Corporation (Japan) and reissued in 2000 through InsideOut Music (Europe).

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The Odyssey (album)

The Odyssey is the sixth studio album by progressive metal band Symphony X, released on November 5, 2002 through Inside Out Music.

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The Parallel Otherworld

The Parallel Otherworld is the sixth and final album by metal band Eidolon, released in 2006.

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The Passage (DGM album)

The Passage is the ninth full-length studio album by Italian progressive metal band DGM.

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Thrashback

Thrashback is the sixth full-length studio album by American thrash metal band Whiplash.

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Thunderstone (band)

Thunderstone is a power metal band from Helsinki, Finland.

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Uli Jon Roth

Uli Jon Roth (born Ulrich Roth; 18 December 1954) is a German guitarist who became famous for his work with the hard rock band Scorpions and is one of the earliest contributors to the neoclassical metal genre.

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Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator

Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator is the fifth album from Ayreon, a progressive metal/rock opera project by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released in 2000.

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Vitalij Kuprij

Vitalij Kuprij (July 7, 1974 – February 20, 2024) was a Ukrainian-American pianist, composer and music teacher.

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Wacken Open Air

Wacken Open Air (abbreviated as W:O:A) is a heavy metal music festival, held annually since 1989 on the first weekend of August in the village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Walnut

A walnut is the edible seed of any tree of the genus Juglans (family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, Juglans regia.

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War of the Worlds, Pt. 1

War of the Worlds, Pt.

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War of the Worlds, Pt. 2

War of the Worlds, Pt.

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Whiplash (band)

Whiplash is an American thrash metal band formed in 1984 in Passaic, New Jersey.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.

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Yngwie Malmsteen

Yngwie Johan Malmsteen (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck); born 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning over 40 years. In August 2009, ''Time'' magazine named Malmsteen No.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.

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01011001

01011001 is the seventh studio album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's long-running Ayreon project.

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See also

Symphony X members

• Jason Rullo
• Michael LePond
• Michael Pinnella
• Michael Romeo
• Russell Allen

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Romeo

Also known as Michael James Romeo, Mike Romeo, Romeo, Michael.

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