Pagan's Mind vs Symphony X

What do you guys think?

Edited by The Mystical - June 27 2012 at 05:57

True, I actually love their new album! Iconoclast is great though.

Love 'em both but Symphony X is the bees knees.

Andy Webb wrote: Symphony X every time. PM is good, but they're on a totally different level than SX.

Symphony X are so much better than PM it's not even funny.

CCVP wrote: Andy Webb wrote: Symphony X every time. PM is good, but they're on a totally different level than SX. I hope you mean that they are in a much lower level than SX.

Andy Webb wrote: CCVP wrote: Andy Webb wrote: Symphony X every time. PM is good, but they're on a totally different level than SX. I hope you mean that they are in a much lower level than SX.  well duh

Pagan's Mind are a pretty bog standard DT clone (and have even stole whole parts of Dream Theater songs for tracks on Celestial Entrance, I was not impressed when I first heard Back to the Magic of Childhood Pt2 (I think its that song, havent listened in several years now) and found it to be a rip off of Learning to Live)with nothing special about them bands like Suspyre and Haken do the same thing with far more creativity and quality.

Blending Neo-Classical Power Metal and prog was a pretty original thing back in the early-mid 90's and, granted SX havent progressed much, if at all, in the near 20 years since but I find their music very enjoyable still with each album. One of the very few vanilla prog metal bands that I still listen to on even a semi regular basis.  

The Mystical wrote: Wow, I see you all passionately prefer Symphony X...how come? To me (just my opinion) they seem not very original. I think I prefer PM because they are more surreal and diverse.

Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - June 29 2012 at 21:59

sleeper wrote: CCVP wrote: sleeper wrote: Pagan's Mind are a pretty bog standard DT clone (and have even stole whole parts of Dream Theater songs for tracks on Celestial Entrance, I was not impressed when I first heard Back to the Magic of Childhood Pt2 (I think its that song, havent listened in several years now) and found it to be a rip off of Learning to Live)with nothing special about them bands like Suspyre and Haken do the same thing with far more creativity and quality. Blending Neo-Classical Power Metal and prog was a pretty original thing back in the early-mid 90's and, granted SX havent progressed much, if at all, in the near 20 years since but I find their music very enjoyable still with each album. One of the very few vanilla prog metal bands that I still listen to on even a semi regular basis.   I disagree with you on this last paragraph, bro. They changed their sound since the 90's, but they  stagnated after V - Mythology Suite. Well, they definitely changed a bit from The Odyssey onwards, but I'm never sure by how much or in what way, other than getting heavier. I know plenty of people say they're less prog but to be honest I dont hear much less from Paradise Lost or Iconoclast compared to Divine Wings... and Twilight in Olympus.