This is the first and only Symphony X album I've heard and I'd like to check out some more. I lean towards the heavier stuff, so any recommendations are welcome. 
Which album is most like 'The Odyssey'?
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Actually, I think V is the heaviest release... for some reason everyone seems to forget just how consistantly heavy and dark that album is... "Evolution", "Fallen", "Bird-Serpent War", "Egypt", "Rediscovery" are all heavier and darker than "Sea of Lies", "Eyes of Medusa" or "The Witching Hour".
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Evolution is heavier than anything of TDWT I give you that, but keep in mind that the production on V is much better than that of Wings and therefore the guitar tone on V will sound heavier. V is just too power metalish for me to consider it heavier.ProgMetalFan said:
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DWOT is infinately heavier than V, but I agree with you Progmetalfan in that V is underrated with its heavyness.
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V is power metalish??? Are you insane? If anything... besides "A Fool's Paradise" it is the least power metalish of all Symphony X albums (with the possibly exception of "Damnation Game")... it is Symphony X's most complex and progressive work... Odyssey and Divine Wings are power metal albums... V is closer to prog... if you want power metal... try "Of Sins and Shadows", "Sea of Lies", "Out of the Ashes", "The Witching Hour", etc
and I'm not referring to "guitar tone" when I claim V is heavy... I'm referring to the dark, heavy, complex riffs and drums throughout... the songs are much more sinister than Divine Wings... which has a comic-book feel to many of its songs
The Metal Chick
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I agree, V is so NOT power metal. Just compare it to something that has a lot of power metal like The Odyssey, and it's pretty obvious. But lets not start another genre war...the dude wants Odyssey type heavy he should get DWOT.
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Calm down boy. I wasn't talking about complexity, i'm talking about riffs and overall feel of the music. I won't even go deeper into this because i'm not in the mood to argue. Just agree to disagree.ProgMetalFan said:
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Divine Wings of Tragedy. But you will want to get V and Twilight in Olympus as well. Just order all of them. Even the debut cd is worth it for Michael Romeo's off the chart solos alone.
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ok V is not power at all...much more complex than all the rest of there stuff. TDWoT is the next clostest thing to the new one...But Dude GET THEM ALL!!!! Damnation Game is BY FAR the most under rated symph album!! So raw so good!
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I swear some people need to learn how to comprehend sentences (sorry if this sounds so harsh). Just to make this clear, I never said V was power metal, I said it was too powermetalish. In other words, it's influenced by power metal.dusro2 said:
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Not a chance! The Eyes of Medusa, from TDWOT is, definitely, their heaviest song, up to now! I believe that the song that comes closer to "Eyes" is King of Terrors.
But, agreed that "The Divine Wings" is quite similar to The Odyssey.
But, agreed that "The Divine Wings" is quite similar to The Odyssey.
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I have to agree with PMF about V being heavier than most people give it credit for. Maybe the scope of the orchestration overshadows it, sort of like how SIT is never mentioned as one of Maiden's heavier albums because of the synths...songs like Fallen, Egypt, and Rediscovery have as much raw power as anything in their catalogue.
The Metal Chick
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True, V is pretty heavy. At first listen I didn't think that, but after hearing it many times, the heaviness popped out and blew my head off. But like I said, in comparison with Odyssey, DWOT is closest.
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