Album Rating: 4.5
This band is so epic. It's like having DIO went prog
It's more complicated of course, but that's the vibe I get
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And if their guitarist was a neoclassical geek.
I am desperate for their vinyl represses can they hurry up already.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I guess I have no idea what neo classical means haha
But true, the guitars are doing thing very differently from DIO of course
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This video neatly shows how much classical influence their older material has: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGT6MKrDJy4
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Album Rating: 4.2
Yeah, the neoclassical influences were extremely prominent on these early records. Hell, the chant at the beginning of Divine Wings' t/t was even adapted from Bach's Mass in B Minor... and then the band go into an adaptation of Mars the Bringer of War right after that!
Speaking of which: if anyone ever tries to tell me Russell Allen isn't one of the best vocalists of all time, all I need to do is point them to that intro. The dude literally sang an entire gregorian-style chant by himself by overdubbing his parts... absolutely insane stuff
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Album Rating: 4.5
This isn't my favorite X, but conceptually (story-wise and album flow-wise) it is probably their strongest effort. Everything here is remarkably consistent and tied together.
"Communion and the Oracle" is undoubtedly one of their finest tracks.
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Album Rating: 3.0
How they were able to be consistently in top form from Divine Wings on is nothing short of commendable.
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Album Rating: 4.0
evolution is so good
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Album Rating: 4.2
Definitely one of their best openers, yeah
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The album is too good to be real tbh
Also I love how me/Koris/Mars/Kalk will bump Symphony X threads all day hell yeah.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Lmao we have a dedicated Symphony X bump party, it's a beautiful thing.
Now I kinda wanna pick everyone's brain in said party about what your album rankings would be...
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Ummmmmm
Twilight>V>Divine>Odyssey but all are very close for me, just...divine (pardon the pun). Paradise Lost is also worthy of such mention despite it losing the fantasy sound I love so much. If Damnation was amazing all the way through it would be just below Odyssey. So:
Twilight>V>Divine>Odyssey>Paradise>Damnation>>Iconoclast>>Underworld
Never heard the s/t.
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Album Rating: 4.2
Alright, here we go:
1. Divine Wings of Tragedy (5.0)
2. Paradise Lost (4.5)
3. Twilight in Olympus (4.5)
4. The Odyssey (4.3)
5. V (4.0)
6. The Damnation Game (3.8)
7. Underworld (3.7)
8. Iconoclast (3.5)
9. Symphony X (3.0)
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Deng that mighty 0.5 difference between first and second.
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Album Rating: 4.2
To be fair, I used to have Paradise Lost much lower, so it underwent a significant glowup for me over time :] But yeah, Divine Wings has never left that #1 spot for me. It's about as close to perfection that a prog metal album can get imo
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Album Rating: 4.5
I'm thinking about the specific order but Paradise might actually be my personal #1 still lol
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Album Rating: 3.0
Divine is my favorite but this comes pretty close. Also according to the averages in their discography here Twilight is underrated, like c'mon it should at least be a 4, it's top 5 in their discography.
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Album Rating: 4.5
RYM has it comfortably among their Big 5 albums, not sure what the disconnect is between here and there on that record specifically.
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Deserves the same average as Divine and V. The fact they released an album that good in only a year after Divine on a rushed schedule is insanity.
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Album Rating: 4.2
Absolutely. The stretch from Church of the Machine to Through the Looking Glass is the stuff of legends
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