Technically superior to Symphony X?

[Yngtchie Blacksteen]

In the Progressive Power Metal genre, I would say Ring Of Fire. They don't write better songs than Symphony X, but I think they are better technically. I also like their singer, Mark Boals, alot. Anyone else heard or heard of this band? Their members are: Mark Boals - Vocals, Tony Macalpine - Guitar and Keyboards, Steve Weingart - Keyboards, Philip Bynoe - Bass, Virgil Donati - Drums. Shredder George Bellas and keyboard god Vitalij Kuprij has also played in the band, in fact, Kuprij was only recently replaced by Weingart. Anyone who likes Malmsteen is gonna love Ring Of Fire, they are not terribly original, but they have enough talent to compete with most bands today. They sometimes sound a bit too much like latter-day Malmsteen, considering that Mark Boals used to sing in Yngwie's band.

 

[theodyssey]

spiral architecht... but they have no emotion so it's just eh.

 

[ggggggu]

no emotion? what are you talking about?

read the lyrics, dude.

 

[Yngvai X]

Who cares whos better technically? As long as the music rocks it doesn't matter. Technical ability should serve the music, not the other way around (one reason why I like SyX, Adagio, and Angra so much).

 

[yeet_SAY_jama]

Hmmm, Spiral Architect does have an interesting bassist but i think the guitarist has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING on Romeo.

NOTHING

 

[The Yngster]

Chris Brooks also did a guest solo on one of the Ring of Fire cd's. I should probably look into one of those.

 

[Mr. Shred-ididle]

it wasMarc Boals's solo Cd btw.

And yeah, Ring of Fire have AMAAAAAAAAAZING musicians (Tony Mac is a freek and Virg is my favourite drummer, Vitalij and George were also scarey!) but there songs are too rehashed neo-classical for me to dig 'em. Although some of the songs on Dreamtower were more progressive and i hope they go further in that direction.

 

[Kate Bush Rules!]

Shakti

Cynic

 

[Demonspell]

To me, the tech-metal band that puts the most emotion into their music would be Zero Hour...

 

[ProgMetalFan]

Agreed, Demonspell... Zero Hour is amazing.

 

[theodyssey]

about spiral architect, there is nothing emotional in the music, and that includes the vocals. Sure, lyrics can be meaningful on paper, but they mean nothing if it doesn't fit with the music.

 

[Mr. Shred-ididle]

Spiral architect are my second favourite prog band, period!