Huge, HUGE mess up today - Roine called, and I had it in my calendar that we'd be speaking on Tuesday, not on Monday. He was cool about it though, I wasn't ready yet and didn't have my questions with me, so we rescheduled for tomorrow.
For those of you still wondering, the three guest appearances - Jordan Rudess, Jon Anderson and Rob Townsend - all appear on disc one. The album surely has that retro-prog feel, but with a lot more modern influences. Like the first single already released, on many others there's a significant change of pace from their starting points. I didn't really click with the album on the first listen, but on my third it finally resonated with me. Don't discard this album so quickly guys, it's definitely a grower.
Anyway, I'll talk to Roine tomorrow, but the interview can only be published ten days before the release, unfortunately. So I'll post the link here on June 12.