I'd be interested in reading your dissertation on why is prog metal such a sausage fest, but I bet the fact that us as women are constantly put under scrutiny/interrogated/doubted for liking something male-oriented is given more than a passing mention
Let me get it straight for the dude who still doesn't get it - for the most part, enjoying someone's live performance has really nothing to do with their physical appearance. And everyone says "sure, of course it doesn't" but then proceeds to assume I was at a show, or that I had a good time at a show, because the band has a hot guitarist.
I find Russell Allen incredibly attractive, but when I'm looking at SyX live recordings, I'm not thinking "holy shit is he hot or what", I'm thinking "holy shit is he belting out those notes or what".
Hey, and I really dig Iconoclast too, both discs equally, and would at worst give it an 8.5... Must be a girl thing
Edit: ninja'd as well.