Symphony X - verses - Shadow Gallery

W.Chuck wrote: AtLossForWords wrote: W.Chuck wrote: AtLossForWords wrote: goose wrote: [QUOTE=W.Chuck]Furthermore there are not many bands as diverse as Symphony X! ever heard of Dream TheaterPain of SalvationShadow GalleryVanden PlasAyreonAbydosTOCToolDead Soul TribeStream of PassionLaluSarissaOpethEdge of SanityKatatoniaPagan's Mindand 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. Of course there are bands which are complex but most of the bands you mentioned are not as progressive and as diverse as SX... next time please don't post any bands think about what you write... SX is not diverse or progressive for the most part.  SX is quite bland.  In fact i consider almost 80% of SX's music to be closer to Power Metal than prog.  What so progressive about songs like Dress to Kill, Of Sins and Shadows, The Relic, Medusa, and hell almost any SX song that is not an epic.  The only real progressive songs i've heard of SX are The Divine Wings of Tragedy, Edge of Forever, Winter's Dream, Through the Looking Glass, Rediscovery, The Accolades, and well the Odyssey.  Other than that i don't see SX as diverse or progressive.    Yes, I do consider Katatonia to be more progressive than SX.  Katatonia has done more to evolve their sound and increase complexity throughout their career.  SX has stayed very similar and in the case of The Odyssey, weakened their career. Every Symphony X song has progressive elements, some are more progressive some are more progressive and funny that you think Of sins and shadows and medusa are not progressive... you can define progressive metal with those songs... I think you should better inform about what is progressive...imo you just consider epics as progressive or song that have 50 different themes...

What is so prog about Of Sins and Shadows?  The song lacks way too many elements of progressive metal.  The key signatures sounds like the generic open minor position with few modulations.  The time signature is the classic 4/4.  The song lacks clean diversity.  Symphony X really fails with the use or lack of clean guitars.  Songs that better define progressive metal would be Dream Theater's Home, A Change of Seasons, Metropolis Part I, and of course Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.  Pain of Salvation's Idioglossia, King of Loss, or Beyond the Pale are excellent choices as well.  I consider Shadow Gallery's Rain, I believe, or even War for Sale to be better representatives of progressive metal than Of Sins and Shadows.  Symphony X has very few songs that i consider progressive.

 

Symph X for me. 

Odyssey - First Light= First Light

The Divine Wings Of Tragedy - First Light = The Divine Wings OF Tragedy 

V is better than both, i think. But i also like DWOT better than the Odyssey. It is a matter of taste, as DWOT is more power metal based than The Odyssey. Why i like Odyssey less, is mainly because i don't like the drum sounding...

Well.. I prefer FIRST LIGHT, and You prefer THE ODYSSEY

The album itself is far 2 heavy for my liking... I liked the more orchestral melodic side of Symphony X... I love the song Accolade II though

Damn this is my fav thread around here now!

fred84 wrote: 1-Vocal: Russell Allen in this moment is the best vocalist in metal scene(after LaBrie's voice departure),because he doesn't follow melody but he create's with his voice new music line.Great!Not Shadow Gallery's vocal!

I actually consider the vocals to be the least interesting aspect of SX's music. I'd rather take any LaBrie or Tate copyst than that guy.

goose wrote: Bad beer and bad wine, no less

Hey, bad wine rules, man!

I'm undead! I am the Dark side!!!

 

Well, it was the "You don't know him very well" strategy... People did actually read that in awe!