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Long before we knew that Paradise Lost would be Paradise Lost there was a thread about what people here thought would make a good theme for the new album. Being that SyX albums are always themed around mythology and literature it is always fun to think of the different things they could do. Even without much news lately about any kind of new album from SyX, I felt it would be a good time to start a new thread about the theme of the next album. What do you think or just plain wish the album will be about and/or themed around?
Discuss.
I lately have been thinking that the hybrid play/extended poem "Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe could be a pretty cool literary work for them to use; however, it is probably not likely in that it would take a lot of extensive research and reading on the band's (or rather Romeo's lol) part to do this. It is probably at least as hard if not harder to read and interpret than Milton's "Paradise Lost" poem. Even so, it may not be too hard if they just used certain themes or ideas to mainly focus on. Goethe was a big figure during the Romantic period and therefore his version of "Faust" is unique in that it explores romantic ideas and thought. I guess that could be a main focus? Anyway, this idea is something that is most unlikely to ever happen and just me wishing and daydreaming.
My other idea, which I think has a better chance of maybe happening, is an album that is focused on the mythology of Dracula/vampires. As long as they manage to do it right and not let it come out cheesy it could really be a cool idea. I think the best way for them to do it would be to take the authentic story of Dracula, or mythology of vampires in general, and sort of make their own fictional story around it. Basically they should do it in the same vein they did with V:The New Mythology Suite. V was of course based off of the mythology of the lost city of Atlantis, yet they came up with their own fictional story that was based around the mythology. Hell, I could even see the music being similar to V if this idea of mine was done.
Those are my ideas/hopes, what are yours?
Discuss.
I lately have been thinking that the hybrid play/extended poem "Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe could be a pretty cool literary work for them to use; however, it is probably not likely in that it would take a lot of extensive research and reading on the band's (or rather Romeo's lol) part to do this. It is probably at least as hard if not harder to read and interpret than Milton's "Paradise Lost" poem. Even so, it may not be too hard if they just used certain themes or ideas to mainly focus on. Goethe was a big figure during the Romantic period and therefore his version of "Faust" is unique in that it explores romantic ideas and thought. I guess that could be a main focus? Anyway, this idea is something that is most unlikely to ever happen and just me wishing and daydreaming.
My other idea, which I think has a better chance of maybe happening, is an album that is focused on the mythology of Dracula/vampires. As long as they manage to do it right and not let it come out cheesy it could really be a cool idea. I think the best way for them to do it would be to take the authentic story of Dracula, or mythology of vampires in general, and sort of make their own fictional story around it. Basically they should do it in the same vein they did with V:The New Mythology Suite. V was of course based off of the mythology of the lost city of Atlantis, yet they came up with their own fictional story that was based around the mythology. Hell, I could even see the music being similar to V if this idea of mine was done.
Those are my ideas/hopes, what are yours?