Symphony X Favorite(s) - Page 2

-kNuCkleS- · December 11th, 2009, 01:08 PM

Shades of Grey was the first song I heard of Symphony X, I just love it.

EDIT: I'm Venox I forgot that I had this account lol

Ryan M. · December 12th, 2009, 05:35 PM

lol haha! BTW one of my fav Sym. F songs is Seven... and then eve of seduction.

The Stormbringer · December 17th, 2009, 07:42 AM

Man, I'm really rediscovering "The Odyssey" these days. It was a great album, and better than its successor in most aspects.

philiptrammell · December 17th, 2009, 09:45 AM

Yes, The Odyssey album was Badass. Also, DWOT

Ryan M. · December 17th, 2009, 04:38 PM

YES! DWOT WAS AWESOME!

Ryan M. · January 20th, 2010, 08:26 AM

Let's bring this thread back to life!

GageClawson · January 20th, 2010, 03:19 PM

Hey, new guy here. Been a Symphony X fan for a while now, and I've browsed these forums a bit before.

I'll try limit my choices to 2 songs per album.

Symphony X:
The Raging Season
A Lesson Before Dying

The Damnation Game:
The Haunting
Secrets

TDWOT:
TDWOT
Candlelight Fantasia

Twilight In Olympus:
The Relic
Lady of The Snow

V :
Evolution (The Grand Design)
Fool's Paradise

The Odyssey:
The Turning
The Odyssey

Paradise Lost:
The Walls of Babylon
Seven

Detective Clarence Beauregard · January 20th, 2010, 03:25 PM

In order of release dates:

Dressed to Kill
The Edge of Forever
The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Candlelight Fantasia
Church of the Machine
Through the Looking Glass
Fallen (why did they stop playing this live?!)
Communion and the Oracle
Egypt
Accolade II (I find it to be much better composed than the original)
King of Terrors
Awakenings
The Odyssey
Domination (aka King of Terrors II)
Paradise Lost
The Walls of Babylon
Revelation

I've never been a huge thrash or power metal fan, so a lot of their speedier songs take the back seat to their more epic, progressive stuff. I still like them, though.

razoredge · January 20th, 2010, 07:21 PM

My favorite idea at the current time is that I get a working CD player so I can listen to some... any... anything... Symphony X or other

Ryan M. · January 21st, 2010, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by razoredge

My favorite idea at the current time is that I get a working CD player so I can listen to some... any... anything... Symphony X or other

that stinks. use your computer!

razoredge · January 21st, 2010, 08:04 AM

shop stereo where I always do most of my cranking is toast and a extra 300 is not available at this time.
Desk top is toast
Old Kenwood does not pick up discs anymore, soon to be taken to repair shop... which is a long drive
this lap top makes music not worth listening too

Carvin/SGX2000/Tokai still sounds pretty good though

otherwise its XM's Deeptracks over the television which I enjoy

I think what Im eventually going to do is get a multi disc changer for the Kenwood in the house and wire the speakers down to the shop because I have been through 2 stereo down there in 4 years, its just a bad place for electronic devices.

Prismatic Sphere · January 21st, 2010, 01:11 PM

The Edge Of Forever
Whispers
The Haunting
A Winter's Dream(Parts 1&2)
The Accolade
Pharaoh
The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Candlelight Fantasia
Sonata/In The Dragon's Den
Lady Of The Snow
Communion And The Oracle
Rediscovery(Parts 1&2)
Wicked
The Odyssey
Paradise Lost
Revelation

PrgrsveMetalnChains · January 22nd, 2010, 06:22 PM

Too many good songs to name to be honest...I'll just name my absolute favorites...

Walls of Babylon (song is fucking amazing, heavy and epic)
The Odyssey (no description needed here)
A Fools Paradise (very powerful song, ending is awesome)
The Bird-Serpent War (short but effective and hard hitting)
Wicked (pantera feel, love the vocal control in this one - Allen's best)

Ryan M. · January 23rd, 2010, 08:51 AM

Wicked is cool.

Hiasubi · March 1st, 2010, 08:43 PM

The Odyssey (beautiful song)
King of Terrors
The Walls of Babylon
Seven
The Eve of Seduction
Orion the Hunter
The Church of the Machine
Through the Looking Glass I, II, III
Lady of the Snow
Fallen
On The Breath of Possieden
The Edge of Forever
Pharoah
DWOT
Out of the Ashes
Winters Dream I&II
Masquerade (Allen Version)

Phanto · March 1st, 2010, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiasubi

The Odyssey (beautiful song)
King of Terrors
The Walls of Babylon
Seven
The Eve of Seduction
Orion the Hunter
The Church of the Machine
Through the Looking Glass I, II, III
Lady of the Snow
Fallen
On The Breath of Possieden
The Edge of Forever
Pharoah
DWOT
Out of the Ashes
Winters Dream I&II
Masquerade (Allen Version)

Welcome to the forum. Nice list

razoredge · March 2nd, 2010, 09:36 PM

Could someone point me to a few tracks on V that stand out by Symphony X standards ? I know its good and all but I cant figure out why for quite a few it stands out as their best work.

EyeballKid · March 3rd, 2010, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by razoredge

Could someone point me to a few tracks on V that stand out by Symphony X standards ? I know its good and all but I cant figure out why for quite a few it stands out as their best work.

Prelude
Evolution (The Grand Design)
Fallen
Transcendence (Segue)
Communion and the Oracle
The Bird-Serpent War/Cataclysm
On the Breath of Poseidon (Segue)
Egypt
The Death of Balance/Lacrymosa
Absence of Light
A Fool's Paradise
Rediscovery (Segue)
Rediscovery, Pt. 2: The New Mythology

razoredge · March 3rd, 2010, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EyeballKid

Prelude
Evolution (The Grand Design)
Fallen
Transcendence (Segue)
Communion and the Oracle
The Bird-Serpent War/Cataclysm
On the Breath of Poseidon (Segue)
Egypt
The Death of Balance/Lacrymosa
Absence of Light
A Fool's Paradise
Rediscovery (Segue)
Rediscovery, Pt. 2: The New Mythology

dick

Detective Clarence Beauregard · March 4th, 2010, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by razoredge

Could someone point me to a few tracks on V that stand out by Symphony X standards ? I know its good and all but I cant figure out why for quite a few it stands out as their best work.

I think the majority would agree that the following are pretty strong:

Evolution
Fallen
Communion and the Oracle
Egypt
Rediscovery pt. II

Of course, it probably stands out as their "best work" to those who feel that it flows seamlessly, and really has no filler moments.

Wander · March 5th, 2010, 09:05 AM

I almost hate Evolution.

Almost.

It's the chorus really.

For me the best moments of V are Fallen, Communion, Egypt and The Death of Balance.

razoredge · March 5th, 2010, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by razoredge

Could someone point me to a few tracks on V that stand out by Symphony X standards ? I know its good and all but I cant figure out why for quite a few it stands out as their best work.

OK so I put V back in last night and paid "the fuck attention". Yes V is a most awesome total piece of work. What I think my problem was most of my music listening takes place in my shop as background music.

V is very symphonic, very "concept", very classical in composition value, very much what I used to call "head music"... NOT shop work music. To fully grasp The New Mythology Suite I believe you need to kick back and take the trip, doing so I was glad I didnt do it with head phones on, I may very well have OD'd.

I started taking notes but gave up as I became more overwhelmed with the brilliance of the entire adventure and knew notes were pointless.

What I would say is that it does have a more laid back nature but is awesomely deep in the process. Russel voice is more on his clean side and when he does get course it is still less than one might have been previously accustomed too.

One note I did make was that when I first got into these guys I found it hard to believe that it was one vocalist and even did a double check and search. The various vocal voicings that he uses so often sound like "somebody else" and that stands out big time on this recording. As was mentioned in the other topic his range and on more than one particular song is amazing. I also dont find any issues with the vocal "levels" in the mix, I believe its just the atmosphere of this entire piece that throws those such as myself from "getting it".

So while Divine Wings of Tragedy will undoubtedly remain my favorite for its intial impact, The New Mythology Suite finally sank home and blew my mind. I'm glad I finally got the house stereo system back up and crankin. So tonight Im going for the headphones... I might not be back....

Detective Clarence Beauregard · March 5th, 2010, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wander

I almost hate Evolution.

Almost.

It's the chorus really.

I don't hate it, but it's far from one of my favorites. Too power-metally for me.

razoredge · March 6th, 2010, 05:38 PM

Evolution - awesome main riff - too much power metal chorus - my opinion

Detective Clarence Beauregard · March 8th, 2010, 09:06 PM

I think Fallen is really underrated sometimes, though - I greatly prefer it to Evolution, and sometimes even Egypt. Also, I think we can all agree that Absence of Light and A Fool's Paradise need to be worked into future live performances; these songs are criminally underrated. Absence of Light is so groovy, and would be great live if they could only figure out how to do the backing vocals.

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-kNuCkleS- Bodom Lake Survivor Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 13	Shades of Grey was the first song I heard of Symphony X, I just love it. EDIT: I'm Venox I forgot that I had this account lol Last edited by -kNuCkleS- : December 11th, 2009 at 01:12 PM.

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Ryan M. Theocratic Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: S.C. Posts: 1,923	lol haha! BTW one of my fav Sym. F songs is Seven... and then eve of seduction. __________________ Bound in chains I owed a debt that I could not pay Standing guilty in every way When grace and mercy brought absolution Adonai, I raise my hands to the sky in praise For you have taken my sin away Behold, today is my absolution day -Absolution Day by Theocracy

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The Stormbringer www.Metal1.info Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 1,001	Man, I'm really rediscovering "The Odyssey" these days. It was a great album, and better than its successor in most aspects. __________________ »Follow Me Under The Fire Sun... that's pretty much every Enchant song.« - Ted Leonard

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Ryan M. Theocratic Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: S.C. Posts: 1,923	YES! DWOT WAS AWESOME! __________________ Bound in chains I owed a debt that I could not pay Standing guilty in every way When grace and mercy brought absolution Adonai, I raise my hands to the sky in praise For you have taken my sin away Behold, today is my absolution day -Absolution Day by Theocracy

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Ryan M. Theocratic Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: S.C. Posts: 1,923	Let's bring this thread back to life! __________________ Bound in chains I owed a debt that I could not pay Standing guilty in every way When grace and mercy brought absolution Adonai, I raise my hands to the sky in praise For you have taken my sin away Behold, today is my absolution day -Absolution Day by Theocracy

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philiptrammell Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 19	Yes, The Odyssey album was Badass. Also, DWOT

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GageClawson Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1	Hey, new guy here. Been a Symphony X fan for a while now, and I've browsed these forums a bit before. I'll try limit my choices to 2 songs per album. Symphony X: The Raging Season A Lesson Before Dying The Damnation Game: The Haunting Secrets TDWOT: TDWOT Candlelight Fantasia Twilight In Olympus: The Relic Lady of The Snow V : Evolution (The Grand Design) Fool's Paradise The Odyssey: The Turning The Odyssey Paradise Lost: The Walls of Babylon Seven

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Detective Clarence Beauregard Dehumanized Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,416	In order of release dates: Dressed to Kill The Edge of Forever The Divine Wings of Tragedy Candlelight Fantasia Church of the Machine Through the Looking Glass Fallen (why did they stop playing this live?!) Communion and the Oracle Egypt Accolade II (I find it to be much better composed than the original) King of Terrors Awakenings The Odyssey Domination (aka King of Terrors II) Paradise Lost The Walls of Babylon Revelation I've never been a huge thrash or power metal fan, so a lot of their speedier songs take the back seat to their more epic, progressive stuff. I still like them, though. __________________ "I refuse to abandon my work! I've finished my research on the T-Virus, but I need a little more time to complete the more powerful G-Virus." - William Birkin "Do as you wish. I will follow my initial plan and lure the S.T.A.R.S. members into the mansion. Their superior combat training should make them perfect test subjects." - Albert Wesker Last edited by Detective Clarence Beauregard : January 20th, 2010 at 03:27 PM.

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razoredge Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,895	My favorite idea at the current time is that I get a working CD player so I can listen to some... any... anything... Symphony X or other __________________ into this wild abyss, the womb of nature and perhaps her grave, of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire... but all these in their pregnant causes mixed confusedly, and which thus must ever fight, unless the almighty maker then ordain his dark materials to create more worlds, into this wild abyss the wary fiend stood on the brink of hell and looked a while, pondering his voyage

January 21st, 2010, 08:04 AM	#36 (permalink)
razoredge Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,895	shop stereo where I always do most of my cranking is toast and a extra 300 is not available at this time. Desk top is toast Old Kenwood does not pick up discs anymore, soon to be taken to repair shop... which is a long drive this lap top makes music not worth listening too Carvin/SGX2000/Tokai still sounds pretty good though otherwise its XM's Deeptracks over the television which I enjoy I think what Im eventually going to do is get a multi disc changer for the Kenwood in the house and wire the speakers down to the shop because I have been through 2 stereo down there in 4 years, its just a bad place for electronic devices. __________________ into this wild abyss, the womb of nature and perhaps her grave, of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire... but all these in their pregnant causes mixed confusedly, and which thus must ever fight, unless the almighty maker then ordain his dark materials to create more worlds, into this wild abyss the wary fiend stood on the brink of hell and looked a while, pondering his voyage

January 21st, 2010, 01:11 PM	#37 (permalink)
Prismatic Sphere We Carouse Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In A Bowl Of Chili Posts: 1,726	The Edge Of Forever Whispers The Haunting A Winter's Dream(Parts 1&2) The Accolade Pharaoh The Divine Wings Of Tragedy Candlelight Fantasia Sonata/In The Dragon's Den Lady Of The Snow Communion And The Oracle Rediscovery(Parts 1&2) Wicked The Odyssey Paradise Lost Revelation __________________ Me: I hate to ask you this; but when you wrote "The Edge Of Forever" was there like this kind of incandescent glow in the air? Michael Romeo: Nah, just cigarette smoke. Reject Statism: The life you live could be your own.

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PrgrsveMetalnChains Vocal Prince Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: FWB, FL Posts: 332	Too many good songs to name to be honest...I'll just name my absolute favorites... Walls of Babylon (song is fucking amazing, heavy and epic) The Odyssey (no description needed here) A Fools Paradise (very powerful song, ending is awesome) The Bird-Serpent War (short but effective and hard hitting) Wicked (pantera feel, love the vocal control in this one - Allen's best) __________________ "Do not to be so eager to deal out death and judgment, even the wise cannot see all ends"

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Ryan M. Theocratic Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: S.C. Posts: 1,923	Wicked is cool. __________________ Bound in chains I owed a debt that I could not pay Standing guilty in every way When grace and mercy brought absolution Adonai, I raise my hands to the sky in praise For you have taken my sin away Behold, today is my absolution day -Absolution Day by Theocracy

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Hiasubi Daughter of Lillith Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: England Posts: 8	The Odyssey (beautiful song) King of Terrors The Walls of Babylon Seven The Eve of Seduction Orion the Hunter The Church of the Machine Through the Looking Glass I, II, III Lady of the Snow Fallen On The Breath of Possieden The Edge of Forever Pharoah DWOT Out of the Ashes Winters Dream I&II Masquerade (Allen Version)

March 2nd, 2010, 09:36 PM	#42 (permalink)
razoredge Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,895	Could someone point me to a few tracks on V that stand out by Symphony X standards ? I know its good and all but I cant figure out why for quite a few it stands out as their best work. __________________ into this wild abyss, the womb of nature and perhaps her grave, of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire... but all these in their pregnant causes mixed confusedly, and which thus must ever fight, unless the almighty maker then ordain his dark materials to create more worlds, into this wild abyss the wary fiend stood on the brink of hell and looked a while, pondering his voyage

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Wander 10+2=6 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Finland Posts: 1,997	I almost hate Evolution. Almost. It's the chorus really. For me the best moments of V are Fallen, Communion, Egypt and The Death of Balance. __________________ Across the sea, through sands of time

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razoredge Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,895	Evolution - awesome main riff - too much power metal chorus - my opinion __________________ into this wild abyss, the womb of nature and perhaps her grave, of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire... but all these in their pregnant causes mixed confusedly, and which thus must ever fight, unless the almighty maker then ordain his dark materials to create more worlds, into this wild abyss the wary fiend stood on the brink of hell and looked a while, pondering his voyage

March 8th, 2010, 09:06 PM	#50 (permalink)
Detective Clarence Beauregard Dehumanized Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,416	I think Fallen is really underrated sometimes, though - I greatly prefer it to Evolution, and sometimes even Egypt. Also, I think we can all agree that Absence of Light and A Fool's Paradise need to be worked into future live performances; these songs are criminally underrated. Absence of Light is so groovy, and would be great live if they could only figure out how to do the backing vocals. __________________ "I refuse to abandon my work! I've finished my research on the T-Virus, but I need a little more time to complete the more powerful G-Virus." - William Birkin "Do as you wish. I will follow my initial plan and lure the S.T.A.R.S. members into the mansion. Their superior combat training should make them perfect test subjects." - Albert Wesker