▁a ▁whole , ▁V : ▁The ▁New ▁M yth ology ▁Su ite ▁works ▁and ▁proves ▁that ▁Sym phony ▁X ▁has ▁chosen ▁to ▁expand , ▁rather ▁than ▁repeat , ▁history ▁in ▁a ▁genre ▁that ▁appeared ▁to ▁have ▁pe aked ▁both ▁cre atively ▁and ▁techn ically ." ▁Part icular ▁attention ▁was ▁drawn ▁to ▁Michael ▁Rome o ' s ▁guitar ▁playing ▁style , ▁with ▁Taylor ▁li ken ing ▁it ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁Y ng wie ▁Mal m ste en , ▁but ▁remark ing ▁that ▁it ▁" has ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁both ▁a ▁bless ing ▁and ▁a ▁cur se ▁for ▁this ▁gift ed ▁guitar ist . ▁His ▁ch ops ▁are ▁certainly ▁compar able , ▁but ▁his ▁sound ▁and ▁style ▁are ▁often ▁identical ▁to ▁his ▁id ol ." ▁He ▁also ▁critic ized ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁music ▁and ▁them es ▁as ▁being ▁" all ▁too ▁familiar ", ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁singer ▁Russell ▁Allen ' s ▁" m ach o ▁vocal ▁style ." ▁All Music ' s ▁Thom ▁J ure k ▁called ▁it ▁" a ▁solid ▁m eld ▁of ▁pro g , ▁power , ▁and ▁ne oc lass ical ▁metal ▁that ▁contin ually ▁pushed ▁their ▁en velope ▁of ▁emb rac ing ▁and ▁employ ing ▁expert ▁song writing , ▁arr anging , ▁and ▁production ▁techniques ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Classic ▁Rock ▁named ▁the ▁album ▁in ▁its ▁list ▁" 1 0 ▁Ess ential ▁Progress ive ▁Metal ▁Albums ." ▁Metal ▁Ham mer ▁also ▁named ▁it ▁on ▁its ▁list ▁" The ▁ 1 0 ▁Ess ential ▁Sym ph onic