- May 19, 2009
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I was listening to Symphony X - Paradise Lost the other day, and it got me thinking about their last album, The Iconoclast, and how disappointed I was with it.
I'm a HUGE Symphony X fan and this album seemed to get universally great reviews, but it just didn't do it for me. I feel like they leaned a little too much towards blues/hard rock versus metal. It just couldn't sink its teeth into me like Paradise Lost. I think the opening track is the only one that really stood out to me.
Another issue is I think it's dumb they made it a double disc. If they removed one track, they could have fit the whole thing on one disc. So instead of having one monster disc, they split it into two discs at 50 min and 33 min. The first disc ends uneventfully on a mellow track and the second disc just feels really short.
So I guess this leads into either a discussion on this album, or if there is another album you just couldn't get into but everyone else seemed to love.
I'm a HUGE Symphony X fan and this album seemed to get universally great reviews, but it just didn't do it for me. I feel like they leaned a little too much towards blues/hard rock versus metal. It just couldn't sink its teeth into me like Paradise Lost. I think the opening track is the only one that really stood out to me.
Another issue is I think it's dumb they made it a double disc. If they removed one track, they could have fit the whole thing on one disc. So instead of having one monster disc, they split it into two discs at 50 min and 33 min. The first disc ends uneventfully on a mellow track and the second disc just feels really short.
So I guess this leads into either a discussion on this album, or if there is another album you just couldn't get into but everyone else seemed to love.