Pain of Salvation vs. Symphony X

These are two highly acclaimed NON DT prog metal bands, and I thought I'd make a faceoff between the two.

For me it's Pain of Salvation without a question, but not everyone agrees with me on this.

So Let the competition begin!

Damn straight

I think I'm getting a hint as to where this thread is going.

I'll keep a close eye on this thread. See you all tomorrow morning; it's nighty night time for me

Originally posted by topofsm I agree. Pain of Salvation is quite unique and interesting, and although Symphony X is nice and is comprised of good musicians, they're power metal, which for me is a quite boring genre of music.

Especially when you take their latest releases into account. I fear they, like DT, are moving closer and closer towards a more conventional take on the Metal genre, and as a result it's causing the music to stagnate somewhat. I think Symphony X is absolutely fantastic when at their best, but at their average, they are exactly as you said; Power Metal. Unfortunately.

I think the less actual Symphonic influence their is in their music, the less original they become.

I'd be inclined to vote for symph x...  but in fairness POS are very good as well ..  by rights this should be a close poll. 

One of these bands made BE. The choice is obvious, PoS.

This poll would be a lot easier for me if Symphony X did not release Odysee, Twilight in Olympus and V. Pain of Salvation gets my vote, though, for at least four great albums (by the way: Remedy Lane!), originality and atmosphere. No, I will not compare vocalists here..

Symphony X by far for me

Although PoS released a strangely mediocre (IMO) album recently, I'll still vote for them because Symphony X simply became a self-cover band...

Originally posted by mono Although PoS released a strangely mediocre (IMO) album recently, I'll still vote for them because Symphony X simply became a self-cover band...

One mediocre album is still better than the many mediocre albums coming from Symphony X