Well, finished listening to the album now. I think the album is a bit ehh. I mean the playing is strong, and it should be strong given the caliber of musicians. I think with the exception of Coming Home and Alive, I don't think there are really any songs I want to go and say I want to listen to that again. I mean I probably would not listen to Opus Maximus as much as say "Stream of Consciousness" or even Enigma Machine.
I noticed Derek has taken some "subtle" shots, even if he is joking about it, about The Astonishing, but even in its 2+ hour "opera"-like format, there were plenty of moments and songs that I want to relisten to and have enjoyed. I really can't say the same for Psychotic Symphony. I feel like the songwriting could have been a lot better and maybe there could have been much more memorable/enjoyable songs to me.
Heck, Bumblefoot had another album released earlier this year with Art of Anarchy and their "The Madness" album and I kinda enjoyed that better than Psychotic Symphony (and I don't like Scott Stapp, at all, and, oddly enough, in the build-up to that album release, he wasn't taking any public shots at all at either Mark Tremonti or Myles Kennedy or Alter Bridge on the level that Derek had delivered at DT).
So in the end, it's not a bad album. It's just one that I would not see myself listening to again, but I hope the band does well, and maybe the next album, if there is a next album, will be enjoyable to me.