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After many listens, I sort of convinced myself that Swan Song is the next Accolade. The song kicks off at 0:03-0:06 with a move very reminiscent of the Accolade (see 2:19) which seems similar to Accolade II around 1:53 (though there it does its own thing with it and is more notes.) However I...

Symphony X's official Facebook page lists them as progressive metal. I haven't posted in eons but returned as, by chance, Underworld is releasing on my birthday. Feeling it was meant to be, I took a leap of faith and ordered it to arrive on its release date. This will be my thirtieth...

When I became a SX fan, The Odyssey hadn't been out very long. The title track of that CD was the first SX song I heard, followed by Accolade II, and then Accolade I...I was spellbound by all that shit. I got to V just about last...and Communion and the Oracle...just holy fuck son. I waited...

Okay -4:40 to about 6:00 of When All is Lost was pretty sexy.

Initially, I thought that the only reason I could really only dig End of Innocence was because I heard it first, and that it thus had more time to grow on me. I put this album in my car and forced myself to listen to it exclusively for a few days. At this point I'm pretty sure End of Innocence...

I didn't say the song was plain bad, I meant that line was. In fact I said openly that I hadn't even listened to it fully yet, and relayed my experience as to why. Years ago I would have been a little upset that my favorite band was using that kind of material, this time I just sort of laugh...

It's at least a little funny. During my first listen I was doing gmail chat with a friend talking about to real nice riffs, and then Russ chimed in and was like OH NO LOL. We're Symphony X fans -naturally we don't require exceptionally inspired vocals to be content. But I think we need...

I remember keys for a lot longer than 15 seconds, but okay. I actually was obsessed with songs like Communion and the Oracle and Accolade II to the extent that I learned to play many of the keyboard melodies in them. But to answer your question,

I really wanted to give the album more time before making up my mind on it, but wow, there are some really strong opinions here. Looking back to PL, I was one of the people that was pretty bummed when I first heard it, but eventually appreciated it for what it was. It was a pretty sad as a...

SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND FLY AWAY LOL

I'm pretty obsessed with the new riffs, though I think their juxtaposition over the totally sweet drum beats has something to do with it. So far, I really like the sound of this album. Paradise Lost disappointed me, despite that I simply kept listening to it. It very deftly filled my metal...

The Sacrifice is the best terrible-sounding song around. You need to look at it from the right perspective to appreciate it. So far, I've been in the mood to do so approximately twice a year. I don't think that an album like this was unwarranted in SX's repertoire. For what they did, they...

Good example with Domination. The Serpent's Kiss got it a lot better too, but still. If I had sum it up to almost insultingly simple terms and say what makes music compelling in one word, it would be: contrast. And that's why you're right: the heavy shit was in all the other albums too, but...

Yes, but both of the existing songs are very different as it is. You could have said "we need the soft symphonic style" before Odyssey came out, and have been surprised at how Accolade II ended up. Overall style of the album be damned: that doesn't mean the entire thing will be consistent...

Just thought of this. Know what the new CD needs? ACCOLADE III