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 Posted: November 27 2005 at 20:21 |
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Calling them the Nirvana of prog metal is unfair. They have all kinds
of technical talent, making them nothing like Nirvana. Their
non-singles (I don't know if they even have singles, actually) actually
sound good, unlike Nirvana. If you're calling them bland, I don't
particularly agree, but that's much more fair that the other
distinctions of being called the "Nirvana" of whatever genre. Thus,
there must be a better example for that type of thing.
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 20:09 |
 MikeEnRegalia wrote:
This is like comparing beer and wine ... pointless. |
Yeeeeeeees...
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 19:01 |
AtLossForWords wrote:
goose wrote:
[QUOTE=W.Chuck]Furthermore there are not many bands as diverse as Symphony X! |
ever heard of
Dream Theater
Pain of Salvation
Shadow Gallery
Vanden Plas
Ayreon
Abydos
TOC
Tool
Dead Soul Tribe
Stream of Passion
Lalu
Sarissa
Opeth
Edge of Sanity
Katatonia
Pagan's Mind
and so many other progressive metal bands that are more progressive than Symphony X. I guess Ed is right, i do label SX as the Nirvana of Prog Metal.
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 Stream of Passion more prog than SyX? KATATONIA more prog than SyX? ROFL.
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goose
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 18:52 |
Don't make it look like I said that! 
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AtLossForWords
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 17:54 |
goose wrote:
[QUOTE=W.Chuck]Furthermore there are not many bands as diverse as Symphony X! |
ever heard of
Dream Theater
Pain of Salvation
Shadow Gallery
Vanden Plas
Ayreon
Abydos
TOC
Tool
Dead Soul Tribe
Stream of Passion
Lalu
Sarissa
Opeth
Edge of Sanity
Katatonia
Pagan's Mind
and so many other progressive metal bands that are more progressive than Symphony X. I guess Ed is right, i do label SX as the Nirvana of Prog Metal.
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W.Chuck
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 16:59 |
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I have absolutly no idea...
maybe he voted for Symphony X...
Edited by W.Chuck
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 16:35 |
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NELMOMEDELPROG
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 14:56 |
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King of Loss
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 14:37 |
I don't know.... Like Mike said comparing Wine to beer is a bad thing.
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W.Chuck
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 14:32 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
V: The New Mythology Suite is anything but "bland". |
As well as the track THE ODYSSEY. Gets still better and better after 200 listenings!
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 14:27 |
AtLossForWords wrote:
Shadow Gallery demolishes Symphony X. I used to love Symphony X, they used to be one of my favorite progressive metal bands, but the more I listen to them the blander they get. Yes, Symphony X has some great songs like Edge of Forever, Divine Wings of Tragedy, and Through the Looking Glass, but the majority of their songs, especially on the later releases are quite bland. Symphony X has never made an album that is progressive and creative as Room V from Shadow Gallery is. Shadow Gallery has more diverse tones, much clearer playing, and much more complex music. |
V: The New Mythology Suite is anything but "bland".
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goose
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 14:25 |
W.Chuck wrote:
Furthermore there are not many bands as diverse as Symphony X! |
I assuming you're restricting that to mainstream prog metal there, unless SX have done a lot of stuff that I couldn't imagine them doing
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 13:52 |
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First I think, Symphony X are much more complex and for me Symphony X have the largest longevity ever. I've been into so many progmetal bands but the spirit left after after a while and Symphony X was my first band and I'm still listening to them every day!
Furthermore there are not many bands as diverse as Symphony X!
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 13:52 |
I love both bands, but I prefer SG better - their material is more diverse (someone else stated this same notion before me), their instrumental interplaying is more clvere and their musical ideas are more refined.
SG's "Room V" is my fav 2005 prog metal album, but again, I'm having great expectation for SX's next recording. Michael Romeo says that it's going to be darker than previous releases - we'll wait and hear!
Regards
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Ed_The_Dead
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 13:28 |
^Now thats the spirit!
Although You tend 2 label Symph X the "prog metal Nirvana"
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AtLossForWords
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 13:08 |
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Shadow Gallery demolishes Symphony X. I used to love Symphony X, they used to be one of my favorite progressive metal bands, but the more I listen to them the blander they get. Yes, Symphony X has some great songs like Edge of Forever, Divine Wings of Tragedy, and Through the Looking Glass, but the majority of their songs, especially on the later releases are quite bland. Symphony X has never made an album that is progressive and creative as Room V from Shadow Gallery is. Shadow Gallery has more diverse tones, much clearer playing, and much more complex music.
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W.Chuck
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 12:22 |
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From Shadow Gallery I've only heard "Legacy" and "Carved in Stone", they were quite good but I like Symphony X a lot more and think they (symphony x) are more interesting, IMO!
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Ed_The_Dead
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 11:46 |
Yes... I wonder myself...
But I do love Symph X!!!
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 11:13 |
I wonder who Ed voted for
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Ed_The_Dead
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 10:23 |
Hhhmmmm...
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