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Iconoclast II Yay...

Care to share the study/survey you conducted that led you to such conclusion? ;) And since when do artists need "advising"? It would defeat the very purpose of making art. A less self-important way to put it would be "What do you wish to hear?", and my answer is: Something a little less...

More like: #1 Sea of Lies #2 Of Sins and Shadows #3 something from IC #4 something from IC #5 something from PL #6 the odyssey and: "omg Adrenaline Mob rules and SX is my favorite band after DT and Michael Romeo is my favorite guitar player after Yngwie"

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Wow, glad I was proven wrong by thinking The Odyssey would win. :D Based on that top 20 list I think it's safe to say that Candlelight Fantasia and The Edge of Forever are underrated, while Through the Looking Glass is a little overrated (imo). Nice list though. You guys are awesome.

Divine Wings of Tragedy - Both are great but DWOT is a more of a classic and has more magic to it. - I'm a purist. I love both Gustav Holst and John Williams but I value Holst more. Classical music > All music. Transcendental introspective spiritual journey with a classical music vibe > Epic...

^ Exactly.

Russ' section with the organ is my favorite in the song. I don't know how he thought of doing it but it's one of the most magical and artistic moments in his career. Next is the instrumental section you guys mentioned. Great stuff, very SX. Nothing on the sequel (which is great) is as authentic...

Even if that's true (and it may well be), you're missing the point that "metalness" and "progness" are not all there is to music. To me The Accolade achieves something The Odyssey with all its epicness doesn't. If that's how shallowly you wanna view this beautiful song then it's no wonder you...

No idea how anyone could think no one could think the Odyssey is better than the Accolade. It's clearly one of the best songs the band has ever come up with.

The Accolade: Odyssey definitely has the edge here in that it's a musically bigger and more ambitious work. I'm still picking The Accolade because it has a higher sentimental value to me personally. This is a case of emotion defeating logic. EDIT: hmm I didn't expect this many Accolade votes...

Most true! Well said. Sometimes fantasy and mythology is about as real as reality. It almost doesn't even matter if Atlantis did in fact physically exist or not because the story and the lesson is timeless. It's about something every intelligent civilization has to deal with at one point. I'm...

adrenaline mob... more like adrenaline get a job

Well since we're doing this: Communion = Divine Wings > Egypt > Rediscovery = Accolade > Odyssey yes Communion and/or Egypt should have remained instead of Looking Glass. /end of thread due to fail

Through the Looking Glass