Hey guys, I am back and I want to talk about epic songs. Not specifically symphony x songs per se and DEFINATELY not your favorite symx epic poll
While in germany I bought venom's 'At War with Satan' and have been digging on it. Now the question: what makes epics good and, well, epic? Many would say a big sound, but I bring up three of my favorite epics of all time as examples. Mercyful Fate's "satans fall" does more for me than Rediscovery, At War With Satan being more intriguing than Divine Wings of Tragedy, and opeth's Black rose Immortal is infinately better than the odyssey in my eyes.
Now, before you bitch, I am not trying to discount symphony x's work in any way, but the songs that are as raw and powerful as those I have cited hold their own to any orchestrated symx or dt epic ever written. Thoughts?
While in germany I bought venom's 'At War with Satan' and have been digging on it. Now the question: what makes epics good and, well, epic? Many would say a big sound, but I bring up three of my favorite epics of all time as examples. Mercyful Fate's "satans fall" does more for me than Rediscovery, At War With Satan being more intriguing than Divine Wings of Tragedy, and opeth's Black rose Immortal is infinately better than the odyssey in my eyes.
Now, before you bitch, I am not trying to discount symphony x's work in any way, but the songs that are as raw and powerful as those I have cited hold their own to any orchestrated symx or dt epic ever written. Thoughts?