Rose Immortal said:
wow, how can you hate "The Odyssey" that much? I believe that it is a very well put-together album. Sure, Pinella could show up more, but it was meant to be a more metal album along the lines of Dream Theater's "Train of Thought"...it was meant to be heavier and less keyboard-driven...I think that both bands happened to have the same idea with their 2002 and 2003 albums...but that doesn't mean that either album is UNLISTENABLE as a whole work...geeze....also, that is what "The Odyssey" the epic is for...it's for those prog nerds who NEED lost of keyboard work...the rest of the album is what they wanted to make as a metal album...Rose Immortal said:
Ayreon Guardian X said:
I don't know...I just love the whole "Jeckyll and Hyde" track "The Turning" as well as the Poe-inspired "King of Terrors"...by doing this album, they have cemented that they are able to do straight metal very well as well as Prog/Neoclassical. It's cool to hear a favorite progressive band do a straight-up ripping metal tune....also, about the singing, you being female, that's NOT something Rod Tyler should be very proud of...he's in the same range with a woman...same with Labrie...lol...but then again, for early 90s and 80s metal vocalists, it's a common thing...Rose Immortal said:I don't outright hate The Odyssey...even though I did initially get kind of a bad impression of the band because of it. The problem is I can't listen to it straight through as an album because of the way it's mixed. Some songs are actually very good (the title track, Accolade II, Awakenings come to mind), but I so rarely ever get into the mood to play the whole thing. That makes it my least-listened to SymX album.
The self-titled album, while the mixing is bad, it's at least not painful...and I actually do think the album's somewhat underrated. Oh...and the last reason for liking it is kinda embarrassing to admit...but I have a MUCH easier time singing along with Rod's stuff, because our voices are a bit more similar in range and tone. Trying to sing anything along with Russ...I sound so miserable even to myself that I just have to stop.
(Oddly enough, I actually find Train of Thought significantly easier to listen to straight through than Odyssey.)
Ayreon Guardian X said:
Ayreon Guardian X said:
But there's just something really enticing about S/T that I like. If an album is a band's first, and the songwriting is a wreck, on top of the production being poor (or sometimes even if the production is decent), then I can't stand it. But when the songwriting is solid, even if the production isn't up to later standards, I just can't help enjoying it.
