some questions

[Clifton]

1. I know this may sound stupid but how should V be read, I mean V as a Roman number, ie 5 or as the letter v in english?

2. What is the song damnation game about?

3. Why did the band call itself symphony x?

 

[Phanto]

well I can be arsed to answer 1. at least. it's the roman number. 5.

 

[dparker88]

1. I'm pretty sure they are going for Roman Numerals on that one, i.e. V=5. There's alot of references to the number 5 in their lyrics "power of five", "five align", etc.

2. I believe it's based on a book of the same name. No idea for sure, as I haven't actually read the book itself.

3. Because they rule. Hahaha... I can't remember why, but I think it's on Symphony X's website in the FAQ section.

 

[HackerX]

It's the 5th album?

 

[meisteh]

the name of the band is a tribute to the Xzibit song, Symphony in X Major.

 

[dparker88]

the name of the band is a tribute to the Xzibit song, Symphony in X Major.

You're probably being sarcastic, but Symphony X came before that song apparently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xzibit

 

[Beelzebub]

the name of the band is a tribute to the Xzibit song, Symphony in X Major.

Regarding The Damnation Game, I've read the book by Clive Barker, but I can't really draw any parallels between the book and the song/album. In the foreward of the novel, Barker says he found great inspiration from versions of Faust, in particular the version by Christopher Marlowe. If anyone has read it, maybe they can throw their two cents in.

 

[PoisonSeed]

the name of the band is a tribute to the Xzibit song, Symphony in X Major.

lmfao

 

[Eternal Dragon]

The letter X is like a no-go zone I guess. For most bands if you throw an X is ppl will just think you are lame. But seeing as SymX are cool and progressive they can do that, because they make their own rules.