Michael Romeo

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Black 00:00 Tools
Fear the Unknown 05:07 Tools
Djinn 07:29 Tools
Introduction 03:08 Tools
F*cking Robots 07:15 Tools
Carpathia 02:08 Tools
Cask of Amontillado 05:07 Tools
Believe 07:15 Tools
Psychotic Episode 04:02 Tools
Differences 07:15 Tools
Masque of the Red Death 07:01 Tools
Oblivion 07:15 Tools
War Machine 07:15 Tools
Constellations 07:15 Tools
Sevil Alucard 05:10 Tools
The Premature Burial 06:20 Tools
Paganini - Concerto in B Minor 02:38 Tools
Noit Al Ever 03:08 Tools
MJR #13 07:15 Tools
Analog Kid 05:19 Tools
Roses On White Lace 02:37 Tools
Sea of Lies 03:01 Tools
Paganini: Concerto in B Minor 02:38 Tools
Fucking Robots 00:00 Tools
Paganini concerto in D minor 00:00 Tools
Paganini Concerto In B Minor 02:37 Tools
MJR#13 07:16 Tools
Concerto in B Minor 02:38 Tools
Fear The Unknown solo playthrough 00:00 Tools
Concerto In B Minor [Paganini] 02:38 Tools
Guitar Chapter 05:37 Tools
Piano Overture 02:38 Tools
Mir#13 00:00 Tools
The Damnation Game 03:17 Tools
F*cking Robots [Explicit] 03:17 Tools
MJR # 13 03:17 Tools
Paganini (Concerto In B Minor) 02:36 Tools
Paganini/Concerto in B Minor 03:17 Tools
Paganini 03:17 Tools
Concerto In B Minor -Paganini 02:37 Tools
Star Wars Suite 07:15 Tools
MJR 13 07:15 Tools
Paganini-Concerto in B-Minor 07:15 Tools
Cask of Amontillado [Instrumental] 00:30 Tools
MJR13 00:30 Tools
Paganini-Concerto in B minor 02:38 Tools
06 - The Premature Burial 00:30 Tools
Concerto in B Minor (Paganini) 00:30 Tools
F-cking Robots 00:30 Tools
Paganini -Concerto In B Minor 02:40 Tools
The Premature Bural 02:38 Tools
The Premature Burial [Instrumental] 02:38 Tools
Of Sins and Shadows 02:10 Tools
07 - MJR #13 02:38 Tools
Fear of the Unknown 02:38 Tools
Fear The Unknown (War Of The Worlds Pt. 1) 2018 02:38 Tools
Paganini: Concerto in B Minor [Instrumental] 04:28 Tools
F*cking Robots (War Of The Worlds Pt. 1) 2018 04:28 Tools
MIR #13 04:28 Tools
Roses On White Lace (Alice Cooper) 04:28 Tools
Dogma 04:28 Tools
The Cask of Amontillado 04:28 Tools
Masque of the Red Death [Crimson Glory Cover] [Instrumental] 04:28 Tools
01 Carpathia 04:28 Tools
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Michael James Romeo (born March 6, 1968) is the guitarist and a founding member of the progressive metal group Symphony X. Michael began playing guitar at age 14 and takes his influences from a wide of range sources including Randy Rhoads, Steve Vai, Marty Friedman, Al DiMeola, J.S. Bach, John Williams and Frank Zappa, although he draws most heavily from a neo-classical style reminiscent of Yngwie Malmsteen. Despite this, Michael manages to maintain an identifiable signature that sets him apart from other players in this genre by fusing exotic scales and arpeggios (such as the half-diminished, whole tone and Egyptian scale), non-standard rhythms, time signatures and a raw neo-classical edge. An element of jazz is also present in his music. Although Michael has received coverage in many guitar magazines around the world, he is best known for his role as lead guitarist in the progressive metal band Symphony X which he founded in 1994 after a request by a Japanese record label who were impressed by Michael's demo tape, The Dark Chapter. An incredibly technical player, Michael is most famous for lightning-fast sweep picking and tapping though he also has great alternate picking technique, despite the fact that his style relies more on a softer legato attack and his trademark sweep-tapping licks. Michael is regarded as not only an exceptional soloist but also for his complex rhythm guitar parts that make heavy use of artificial harmonics for impact. These playing effects are greatly demonstrated on his demonstartional guitar video, called, The Guitar Chapter. Michael is often compared with the lead guitarist of Dream Theater, John Petrucci. Michael usually uses a custom ESP guitar and Line6 amplification for live performances and Mesa Boogie amplification for studio recording, although he recently played Caparison guitars on the recent Gigantour tour. Michael also loves Star Wars as shown by his performance of the Star Wars Suite on the Symphony X Rarities and Demos fanclub CD. He has also stated that his favorite Star Wars character is Darth Vader. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.