photos by Danny Sanchez
THOMAS MILLER’S LAZARUS EFFECT, the new venture of former/founding Symphony X bassist Thomas Miller, delivers a new song and spellbinding corresponding video for “Fear No Evil.” The song can be found on the project’s eponymous debut, nearing release on Sensory Records late this month.
The debut from THOMAS MILLER’S LAZARUS EFFECT features two of Miller’s former Symphony X bandmates – guitarist Michael Romeo and keyboardist Michael Pinnella. Furiously delivering an epic, forty-nine-minute progressive metal opus inspired by majestic themes and various musical overtones, the album was mixed and mastered by Eric Rachel (Symphony X, Black Sabbath, The Black Dahlia Murder), and completed with art and design by Rodrigo Gudiña, who also crafted the new video for “Fear No Evil.”
Miller writes, “I feel ‘Fear No Evil’ is the best representation of the album in a nutshell. It sits right in the middle of all the other songs and was a great song for the artist, Rodrigo A. Gudina, to use his creative imagery to convey to the listener some of the connotations within the lyrics. Everyone was also able to spread their wings and flex their technical muscles a bit more on this one as well.”
Watch the “Fear No Evil” video from THOMAS MILLER’S LAZARUS EFFECT, now playing on the Laser’s Edge YouTube channel, RIGHT HERE.
Sensory Records, the metal division of progressive keystone The Laser’s Edge, will release Thomas Miller’s Lazarus Effect on CD, LP, and digital platforms on October 30th. Preorders are live at the label webstore HERE and on Bandcamp, the standard audio HERE and the 24-bit hi-res HERE.
Thomas Miller started his music career in central New Jersey and played in numerous cover and original bands influenced by progressive bands from the 1970s and 1980s. In 1986, he met Michael Romeo, a local progressive and classically influenced guitarist, with whom he then recorded and played in several bands. In 1994, they formed Symphony X and recruited the rest of the band members to complete the lineup and sign with Japanese record label, Zero Records.
After international critical acclaim for their albums Symphony X, Damnation Game, The Divine Wings Of Tragedy, Twilight In Olympus, and A Prelude To The New Millenium, they did various tour dates in Japan, Europe, and NYC. Shortly afterwards, due to personal issues, Thomas stepped away from the band.
Continually writing and recording on various projects and honing his writing skills, Miller collaborated on a recording project with vocalist Howard “Hollywood How” Portney in 2017. After interactions with fans over the years and realizing his chemistry with How, he decided to start writing for a new project, which would become THOMAS MILLER’S LAZARUS EFFECT. Fans of Symphony X, Dream Theater, Circus Maximus, Redemption, Kamelot, and other grand progressive metal acts should immediately check out THOMAS MILLER’S LAZARUS EFFECT.
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