Russell Allen
| Russell Allen | |
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Allen performing in Novara, 2007
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Russell Allen |
| Born |
July 19, 1971 Long Beach, California, United States |
| Genres | Progressive metal, power metal, hard rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1995–present |
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Russell Allen (born July 19, 1971) is a singer best known as the vocalist of American progressive metal band Symphony X.
He is also a member of supergroups Star One, Allen-Lande, Level 10, frontman of the band Adrenaline Mob and one of fourteen vocalists in the progressive symphonic metal band Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Before working with a rock band, he was a jouster at a Medieval Times Dinner Theater. He was introduced to the band Symphony X by former singer Rod Tyler. Allen has been the lead singer of Symphony X since 1995, releasing eight studio albums and one live album 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 he is credited as such on Arjen Lucassen's Star One albums, because of a joke that Arjen made knowing Allen's former "job" as a jouster.
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. In the same year, he also made part of a duo melodic rock project with singer Jørn Lande (ex-Masterplan) called Allen/Lande, which already has four albums, all released by Frontiers Records.
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