Album Rating: 4.5

Hellll yeah dude, that's my favorite by them with The Odyssey as a close second m/

Odyssey crushes too, but I never liked the guitar tone as much on that record. I think my personal 2nd favorite is that one with the blue cover and the mirror (blanking on the name right now lol).

Album Rating: 4.5

V? Yeah that album is the shit, tbh the main reason The Odyssey is so high is because the title track on that album is the best thing in the world

Album Rating: 2.5

How they went from this to Divine Wings is still pretty much beyond me ... the large majority of the songs on here is mind-numbingly boring. Winter's Dream saves this, that one is a masterpiece.

Album Rating: 4.0

Album is really good but it def needs a proper remaster.

Album Rating: 4.0

Can confirm that NJ is pretty arse

This was better than I expected though, about on the level of Divine Wings

Album Rating: 4.0

This one's really good.

Album Rating: 4.0

This one's really good.

Album Rating: 4.0

Yea, not bad at all.

I love it whenever Michael Romeo steals the show here. For most guitarists its just wank, but when he does it its epic

Album Rating: 4.0

I've always felt like Twilight in Olympus was the more refined attempt at what they were trying to do here with both albums being them at their most Yngwie. They're less appreciated but generally great prog/power.

Album Rating: 4.0

Yea, its a shame they never blew up the way DT did

Album Rating: 4.0

Especially when this band is arguably more consistently excellent.

Album Rating: 4.0

Mhm. These guys are also 10000000x better live

Album Rating: 4.5

This is pretty underrated, they wrote better compositions on the following stuff but the atmosphere here is dreamy and thrashy at the same time.

Album Rating: 3.0

not sure about thrashy

Album Rating: 4.0

These dudes are touring in may 🤘 🤘 🤘

Album Rating: 4.0

This was pretty ground-breaking for it's time (although I think that Helstar preceded this sound/style with their 1987 "A Distant Thunder" album) as there weren't a whole slew of bands taking this neoclassical progmetal approach yet. In retrospect however, Symphony X's early albums sound dated to my ears, probably because I liked them a whole lot more once they upped the aggression in the sound and vocals beginning with "The Odyssey". I still think this album and Twilight in Olympus are good albums, but they're not as essential listening as they were when they came out. When I want to crank SX, it's anything from the "V" album forward...

Album Rating: 3.5

Some good jams on here. These old albums have their own charm and allure to them. They're not as adventurous as their later albums but still a decent listen

Album Rating: 4.5

Just read an article on Blabbermouth regarding a Michael Lepod's recent interview. What he states?



"Being pigeonholed as a progressive metal band, I think, has cost us a lot of fans. The only progressive metal band they know is DREAM THEATER, and they say, 'Well, I don't like DREAM THEATER, [so] I'm not gonna listen to these guys.' And I don't think we sound anything like DREAM THEATER at all.



"I joined the band in 1999, and I swear to you that, for the whole time — from 1999 to now — we have gotten compared to DREAM THEATER. And it seems like that's the only band we get compared to.



"We think our music can cross over into prog fans and to heavy metal fans, because I think our stuff is super heavy, and it's really not all that progressive.



"In the early youth of the band, I could kind of understand it, but since, I'd say, at least for the last — let's see; when did 'Paradise Lost' come out? Around 2007. All right. So I'd say for the last 13 years, the stuff has really not been that progressive; it's been more metal and heavy.



"But, yeah, that's always a problem. We always get compared to DREAM THEATER. I guess it's just something that will never change. It is what it is. We just accept it now. But we think that we can play on a tour with DREAM THEATER or MEGADETH — either one."



Wtf mate, i find it kinda pathetic, idk.

Album Rating: 3.5

Honestly I can understand his frustration. I'm sure lots of prog metal bands have suffered because of the DT comparison, but unfortunately there's nothing you can really about it. That's the way genre fads go.



I also agree that they've moved much more towards the heavy metal side of the spectrum vs proggy, but they still have elements of each