Russell Allen

Russell Allen

Russell Allen (born July 19, 1971 in Long Beach, California) is the singer of the American symphonic progressive metal band Symphony X.

Biography

Allen has been the lead singer of Symphony X since 1995, releasing six studio albums with the band.

His first solo album, Atomic Soul, was released April 25, 2005. As well as singing he also plays the bass when performing songs from Atomic Soul live. He is referred to in various circles as "Sir Russell Allen", and is credited as such on Arjen Lucassen's Star One album.

In the summer of 2005 he went on tour with Symphony X on Dave Mustaine's Gigantour alongside such bands as Dream Theater, Megadeth, and Nevermore.

Musical style

Russell is most well-known for his very powerful singing style and drawn out vocal lines; possibly the most notable of which can be heard in the song "Wicked", on Symphony X's 2002 album, The Odyssey.

Multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen has said the following regarding Russell Allen:

Russell has a very powerful and versatile voice, and on top of that he is a great musician and performer. Russell was one of the few singers with whom I didn’t need to be present during recording, but when on the phone he let me hear the parts he had sung, my eyes filled with tears. Russell thought I was joking, but I was truly moved! At the moment Russell is one of the best singers in the world. And he proved that during the Star One tour.

he is also gay

Discography

Solo

• Russell Allen's Atomic Soul (2005)

With Symphony X

• Symphony X (1994)
• The Damnation Game (1995)
• The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997)
• Twilight in Olympus (1998)
• V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)
• The Odyssey (2002)
• Paradise Lost (2007)

With Jorn Lande (as Allen/Lande)

• The Battle (2005)
• The Revenge (2007)

External links

Official websites

• Symphony X's official website

Un-official websites

• Sir Russel Allen MySpace Fansite