Seven masterpieces in a row! 1. The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1996) 1. Twilight in Olympus (1998) 1. V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) 1. The Odyssey (2002) 1. Paradise Lost (2007) 1. Iconoclast (2010) 1. Underworld (2015) 2. The Damnation Game (1995) 3. Symphony X (1994)
I feel that Divine wings of tragedy is their masterpiece and they never bested it, they just got heavier and heavier. I dig all their albums except maybe their first. My list goes like this 1. Divine wings of tragedy 2. V the New Mythology Suite 3. Odyssey 4. Paradise Lost 5. The Damnation Game 6. Twilight in Olympus 7. Underworld 8. Iconoclast 9. Symphony X
Symphony X list, favorite to least favorite: The Divine Wings Of Tragedy The Odyssey V: The New Mythology Suite Iconoclast Twilight In Olympus Underworld Paradise Lost The Damnation Game Symphony X Back in 89, I was a big Dream Theater fan, right from the beginning, and I still am. A few years later, because of Images And Words, there was a new golden age of progressive rock and Metal. I discovered Shadow Gallery, Pagans Mind, and Symphony X ( and quite a few other prog metal bands). These three bands I actually like better than Dream Theater. They're just about as good musically, and instrumentally as Dream Theater, but I think these three bands are better overall, because of their balance in instrumentation, singing and songwriting. Russell Allen to me, is the greatest metal singer out there.
Never listened to Symphony X, just heard some samples from you and your brothers top pics. Wow how have I not listened to them before! Got a new band to get into! Thanks guys!
try kiss of fire, set the world on fire, heretic and 7...their last three albums are straight superbly melodic and bass heavy splendor ..the previous albums are beautiful but far more prog oriented..best band ever
Thanks for ranking this great band,....glad to see the latest albums so high on your lists,....I think they're great too. I was hoping to see them live this summer in Florida but the virus came and now we don't know,.... Great job!!!
Great great band. They took Yngwie's neo-classical style to amazing heights - and they've become progressively better with each album. I'm so envious of you guys living in NY/NJ and getting to see most of the great bands of the world. Love your concert anecdotes. I only saw them once, when they toured with Dream Theater in Europe about 15 years ago.
try kiss of fire, set the world on fire, heretic and 7...their last three albums are straight superbly melodic and bass heavy splendor ..the previous albums are beautiful but far more prog oriented..best band ever
Hi Pete and Rich. Here is my rankings of Symphony X Albums. Top 5 favorite Band. 1. The Odyssey (Title Track is one the best songs they have made IMO) 2. Paradise Lost 3. Iconoclast 4. Divine Wings of Tragedy 5. Underworld 6. V The New Mythology Suite 7. Twilight in Olympus 8. The Damnation Game 9. Symphony X It is sad that Symphony X does not get to Mpls MN that often. I did see them when they co-headlined with Overkill. I hope they come again.
Rich is a Jersey Boy now! Glad to have you aboard! I'm a Jersey Boy from the start! Didn't move here! Jersey City born! Cool that Pete has his brother on now (^_-)/ Keep up the cool vids Pete!
Paradise Lost was the record that got me into Symphony X. Saw them live after this album came out. Heavy, catchy, and the album that I listen to the most still to this day.
Totally agree on Paradise Lost being number one. Incredible power and orchestrations. Two of their best ballads, a phenomenal ending, and incredible choruses everywhere. Not to mention every musician and Russell being at their best. The concept is great and the lyrics actually do a really good job.
Have V, The Odyssey, and Iconoclast but don’t listen to them much. Fates and DT always seem to be my go to Prog Metal bands for some reason. Get some band and stellar musicians, need to pull these out and dust them off and give a listen, it’s been a long minute ! Another fun show Pete and Rich !
Rich is a good addition! Stay safe, fellas. As for SX, I got into them thanks to a recommendation by my buddy's little cousin. It was shortly after The Divine Wings Of Tragedy was released and as a huge YJM fan, I was blown away. I absolutely love these guys but I'm one of the fans who enjoys the neoclassical years a bit better than the heavier prog-metal years. I miss the beauty in their music. Songs like The Accolade and The Edge Of Forever. I think as the years went by, their equipment and production got better, but the song writing started to go the other way. 9. Symphony X (S/T debut) - Yeah, some good tunes but the singer was mediocre; solid start 8. The Damnation Game - A very good beginning with Russ, but they'd do a lot better 7. Iconoclast - 'Heavy for the sake of heavy'; starting to sound like a million other bands 6. Neverworld - Slight step up from the previous; still just too much heaviness, not enough old SX style 5. V - The New MS - Was never a HUGE fan like a lot of others are but it's still got some great tunes 4. Paradise Lost - Opening pair are just legendary; the rest is good but starting to sound like other bands 3. Twilight In Olympus - Never loved the closer but everything else is great! 2. The Odyssey - The opener might be their best track; this album rips but Accolade II & tittle track are gorgeous 1. The Divine WOT - Mothereffing flawless!
Pete, you should do a series on your CD collection called "My CD Collection in 26 Days" The first days you can show us the A's ans the next day the B's then so on and so on. I like the rest of the viewers want to know what's in there. Great work on what you have been doing so far and I hope that you continue doing a bunch more videos.
I think the first album is very underrated. Of course is not one of their best, but still a great album. In my opinion, A Lesson Before Dying is one of their 10 best songs. Premonition is a pretty good song, Romeo uses a very similar section of the verse from this song in the verse of The Odyssey - Champion of Ithaca. Absinthe and Rue, Masquerade, Rapture of Pain... a bunch of good songs in that album. I love the raw and dark sound from this album and hate the overproduced and compresed sound from last albums My top: 1. V: The New Mythology Suite 2. The Odyssey 3. The Divine Wings of Tragedy 4. Twilight in Olympus 5. Paradise Lost 6. Symphony X 7. Iconoclast 8. The Damnation Game 9. Underworld
Another great ranking Pete! Love this band also as Dream Theater. But Allen is such a good vocalist. I don 't know all their albums but V, The Odyssey, Iconoclast and Paradise Lost are supurb! I also have the live album and I love it. But still waiting for Fates Warming Pete!
Thanks, guys! I know next to nothing about this band, but have wanted to listen a bit. I wasn't sure where to jump in, but I guess I do now! Again, thanks Pete & Rich (Which kinda sounds like a country band). :)
try kiss of fire, set the world on fire, heretic and 7...their last three albums are straight superbly melodic and bass heavy splendor ..the previous albums are beautiful but far more prog oriented..best band ever
Started listening to them because of your reviews. Can't really rank them yet but my favorites are, in no particular order: V, The Odysey and Iconoclast
Dream Theater and Symphony X are my top Prog Metal bands. 1. The Divine Wings Of Tragedy - 1996; 2. V: The New Mythology Suite - 2000; 3. Iconoclast - 2011; 4. The Odyssey - 2002; 5. Twilight In Olympus - 1998; 6. Paradise Lost - 2007; 7. Underworld - 2015; 8. The Damnation Game - 1995; 9. Symphony X - 1994;
I'm 2 years late, but here are my two cents anyway: 9) Symphony X 8) The Damnation Game 7) Underworld 6) Twilight in Olympus 5) Iconoclast 4) The Divine Wings Of Tragedy 3) Paradise Lost 2) The Odyssey 1) V: The New Mythology Suite As you might have guessed from this list, I prefer the prog to the riffage. I find their proggy 2000 albums to have more of an atmosphere than their most recent ones. They provoke a certain feeling that not many bands can. V will always be my #1. If I look at the albums as a whole, this is the most coherent one. I rank it above The Odyssey every time, because I find myself skipping the middle tracks of The Odyssey, while I don't skip any tracks of V. The Odyssey is their best song, but I'm ranking albums, not songs.
Please check them out. If you like Metallica and Dream Theater, go backwards in the discography. If you like Yngwie Malmsteen, start from the 2nd album (the first had a different singer and he was so-so).
Mine: 9. Iconoclast 8. Paradise Lost 7. Symphony X 6. The Damnation Game 5. Twilight in Olympus 4. Underworld 3. V 2. The Odyssey 1. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
I'm pretty satisfied with this ranking. Iconoclast is my favorite, though. It's really hard to rank such a great catalogue, when this band apparently gets better and better with every new release. Also, Romeo's most recent album is a killer... with Allen on vocals it would have been even more of a masterpiece
Does anyone else hear Allen in the late 90s singing a lot like Dio did around the same time? Clearly different voices but the decisions they make with it and the way they project or drop in register is astoundingly similar
I saw Symphony X live at Lamours in Brooklyn opening for Halford I like there older albums with Russell Allen . From I believe oddessy on Russell's voice became rough so I really haven't got anything since.
I think all their albums are really solid, it's hard to rank them. I would say my list would be similar to both of your lists. Symphony X is a Progressive Metal band with complex and intricate arrangements but they've always rocked like hell!!
Paradise lost was the changing album for Symphony X because Michael Pinella stands quite back and leaves Romeo almost alone on the speakers for 2 many songs. On Odyssey there was the last time that guitar and keyboards share the balance just like Deep Purple in the 70's. Dream Theater on the other hand did the same thing for only 1-2 albums maybe.
1. V: The New Mythology Suite 2. The Odyssey 3. The Divine Wings of Tragedy 4. Underworld 5. Iconoclast 6. Paradise Lost 7. Twilight in Olympus 8. The Damnation Game 9. Symphony X
1.Divine wings of tragedy 2.V The New Mythology Suite 3.Twilight in Olympus 4.Odissey 5.Paradise Lost 6.Iconoclast 7.The Damnation Game 8.Symphony X 9.Underworld
Ooooh..... this is gonna be tough. Incredibly solid discography throughout. This is the order right this minute, but the top 7 could switch around on any given day. Maybe I'll just have to listen to them all again back to back. 9. Symphony X 8. The Damnation Game 7. The Divine Wings of Tragedy 6. Underworld 5. The Odyssey 4. Paradise Lost 3. Iconoclast 2. V 1. Twilight in Olympus So.... overall who do you prefer between DT and SX?
I don't remember October Thorns there that night, could be though. I remember Digital Ruin, I think. I loved OT, I saw them quite a few times, even at the Powermad Festival in Baltimore.
Since we're all putting our own lists I'll do mine too: 1. V: The New Mythology Suite 2. Divine Wings of Tragedy 3. The Odyssey 4. Damnation Game 5. Twilight in Olympus 6. Paradise Lost 7. Underworld 8. Iconoclast 9. Symphony X
My favorite Symphony X albums: 1. Paradise Lost 2. The Divine Wings of Tragedy 3. V: The New Mythology Suite 4. Iconoclast 5. Underworld 6. Twilight in Olympus 7. The Odyssey 8. The Damnation Game 9. Symphony X
To me, it goes: 9 Symphony X 8 Iconoclast 7 Underworld 6 The Damnation Game 5 Paradise Lost 4 Twilight In Olympus 3 V: The Mythology Suite 2 The Odyssey 1 Divine Wings of Tragedy
1. Divine Wings of Tragedy 2. V 2. The Odyssey 3. Twilight in Olympus 4. Paradise Lost 5. Underworld 6. Iconoclast 6. Damnation Game 7. Symphony X Favorite 3 from the albums i listen to: DWoT: The Accolade, DWoT, Candlelight Fantasia V: Fallen, Egypt, Evolution The Odyssey: The Odyssey, Wicked, Incantations Twilight: Church of the Machine, In the Dragons Den, The Relic Paradise Lost: Set the World on Fire, Oculus, Paradise Lost Underworld: Underworld, Kiss of Fire, Legend The rest I don't really listen to lol, though i have heard them
First album is ok. Absinthe and Rue, Shades of Grey, Lesson in Dying, great songs. It shows they were figuring it out still. My ranking worst to best: Self Title, Underworld, Damnation Game…now it gets hard. Iconoclast, Divine Wings, Twilight, V, Odyssey, Paradise Lost…I think? Divine Wings through Paradise Lost are all 5/5 records for me.
I really have no clue how underworld is ranked so high. I LOVE the neoclassical stuff, and that record just lacks the classic symphony X feel. I mean the songs are okay, good heavy/prog metal. But it completely misses the beautiful neoclassical tunes that i love so much. My Favourite 3 are: V, Divine and Odessey. Just incredible albums.
I'm the opposite. I thought Paradise Lost was where they found that missing element to their sound. Their old stuff is good but it all sounds familiar. They sounded like so many other bands at the time. V was the first album I owned by them. I liked it when I first listened to it, but the more I spun it the more I got bored with it. It just isn't original.
Have to agree with you. The symphonic neoclassical element was a huge part of the band's appeal to me. With Paradise Lost and all that followed, they became much less of a prog- and much more of a thrash-metal band, like so many others. There are thousands of bands that can play fast, loud and aggressive music, but the compositional beauty and true epic quality of the music on albums like that ones you mention is a much rarer good.
Just the opposite taste on Symphony X I guess: 1) Twilight in Olympus 2) The Divine Wings of Tragedy 3) V : The New Mythology Suite 4) The Damnation Game 5) The Odyssey 6) Paradise Lost 7) Symphony X 8) Iconoclast 9) Underworld
Appreciate the video and the love for Symphony X on here -- mostly think you guys really overrated the latest Underworld album and underrated their earlier classics. The neoclassical style is what I've always loved about Symphony X rather than their heavy-handed style of recent years. Here's hoping they return back to this in the next release -- it's been too long. Fusing elements of Bach, Mozart and other classical composers with crunching metal is what drew me to the band in the first place. My order, as a longtime fan: 1. Twilight in Olympus (not the conventional choice, but it has some of my favorite songs on it) 2. Divine Wings of Tragedy (probably their best masterpiece via fan consensus and has never been topped) 3. V (Best concept album of all time) 4. The Odyssey (Best epic track they ever did, best Allen vocals) 5. Paradise Lost (Perfect balance between heavy and lighter songs, incredible story/adaptation) 6. Iconoclast (Has When All Is Lost, my all-time favorite Symphony X song) 7. The Damnation Game (Romeo coming into his own, the first Allen record) 8. Underworld (Was disappointed with most of the entirety of this release, lyrically its their worst) 9. Symphony X (Rod Tyler as a singer wasn't a terrific fit for the band, still a worthy first effort)
Have to agree with you. The symphonic neoclassical element was a huge part of the band's appeal to me. With Paradise Lost and all that followed, they became much less of a prog- and much more of a thrash-metal band, like so many others. There are thousands of bands that can play fast, loud and aggressive music, but the compositional beauty and true epic quality of the music on albums like that ones you mention is a much rarer good.
I started from V, so I'm not impartial here. To me it's a great album. Also Divine Wings. I would put these 2 together with Iconoclast as my favorites. With The Odyssey right behind them.
divine wings 1 (is the best neoclassical progressive power metal album of the nineties and has the best guitar solos by michael romeo and the most inspired choruses of his entire career and the most glorious themes.) odyssey 2 v 3 twilight in 4 paradise 5 damnation 6 paradise 7 iconoclast 8 underworld 9
I think "The Odyssey" is one of the greatest songs (metal epics) ever created. I just love Hades out of it! Apart from this, I generally tend to agree with your opinion, or with the commenter Mike Ryan (x2) below.
looks like we like our Symphony X pretty similar, Pete :) 1. Underworld 2. Paradise Lost 3. The Odyssey 4. The Divine Wings of Tragedy 5. V: The New Mythology Suite 6. Iconoclast 7. Twilight in Olympus 8. Damnation Game 9. Symphony X
The Divine Wings Of Tragedy V - The New Mythology Suite The Odyssey Iconoclast Paradise Lost Underworld Twilight In Olympus The Damnation Game Symphony X
Least favorite to favorite: 9. Symphony X 8. Iconoclast 7. The damnation game 6. Underworld 5. Paradise lost 4. Twilight in Olympus 3. The odyssey 2. The divine wings of tragedy 1. V - The new mythology suite
My ranking: 1. V 2. The Divine Wings of Tragedy 3. The Odyssey 4. Twilight in Olympus 5. Paradise Lost 6. The Damnation Game 7. Underworld 8. Iconoclast 9. Symphony X
My rank: 1 The Odyssey 2 Paradise Lost 3 The Divine Wings of Tragedy 4 V: The New Mythology Suite 5 Underworld 6 Twilight in Olympus 7 Iconoclast 8 The Damnation Game 9 Symphony X
I remember buying “V” when it came out in 2000 and I couldn’t get into it. I felt it was too polished and too symphonic and the keyboards were too prominent. As a fan of old school power metal I felt let down. My favorite power metal band of all time is Crimson Glory as well as stuff like old Fates Warning And Helloween (everything they did up until the 00’s or so). I would consider revisiting Symphony X’s back catalogue though. The follow up to “V” looks interesting and has a cool cover so I would check that out also that first album might be more up my alley as a fan of Crimson Glory. It probably is more of a straightforward power metal album in that vein.
Start with Paradise Lost (then Iconoclast and Underworld). It fixes all the problems you mentioned with V. Much heavier and better songwriting. I had the same complaints with V as well.
For me DWoT through to Odyssey was prime era SX - possibly including Paradise Lost. Their albums after those were lacking something for me - they just got heavier and Russ got growlier, and their songs less interesting for me.
Symphony X is my Second favourite band of all time 9. Self titled (feel like it could be higher if they re recorded it now, better production and better keyboards, obviously Russell Allen) 8. Iconoclast 7.Twilight of Olympus 6. Underworld 5. V 4.Damnation game 3. Divine wings of Tragedy 2. Paradise lost 1. The Odyssey
1. The new mythology suite 2. The Odyssey 3. The divine wings of tragedy 4. Paradise lost 5. Twilight in Olympus 6. The damnation game 7. Underworld 8. Iconoclast 9. Symphony X
In my opinion my ranking would go like this: 1 V:The New Mythology Suite. 2 The Odyssey. 3 The Divine Wings of Tragedy. 4 Paradise Lost. 5 Underworld. 6 Twilight on the Olimpus. 7 Iconoclast. (When All is Lost is one song I love, but I don't dig the super heavy side) 8 The Damnation Game. 9 Symphony X.
Before I watch: 1. V: The New Mythology Suite 2. The Damnation Game 3. The Divine Wings Of Tragedy 4. Iconoclast 5. Twilight In Olympus 6. The Odyssey 7. Underworld 8. Paradise Lost 9. Symphony X
try kiss of fire, set the world on fire, heretic and 7...their last three albums are straight superbly melodic and bass heavy splendor ..the previous albums are beautiful but far more prog oriented..best band ever
9. Symphony X 8. Iconoclast 7. The Damnation Game 6. Underworld 5. Paradise Lost 4. The Odyssey 3. The Divine Wings of Tragedy 2. Twilight in Olympus 1. V
1. The odyssey 2. Paradise lost 3. V 4. The divine wings of tragedy 5. Twilight in olympus 6. Iconoclast 7. The damnation game 8. Underworld 9. Symphony X
1. The Divine Wings of Tragedy was my first Symphony X album, and still my favorite. 2. V: The New Mythology Suite 3. Twilight in Olympus The last 3, Paradise Lost, Iconoclast, and Underworld are all tied imo 7. The Odyssey, love the title track, rest of the tracks are completely OVERRATED imo 8. The Damnation Game 9. Symphony X
I just subscribed. For my reward, why don't you rank the top 10 Stryper albums? That's right, I said Stryper albums! They rock more now that they ever did.
Seven masterpieces in a row!
1. The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1996)
1. Twilight in Olympus (1998)
1. V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)
1. The Odyssey (2002)
1. Paradise Lost (2007)
1. Iconoclast (2010)
1. Underworld (2015)
2. The Damnation Game (1995)
3. Symphony X (1994)
I feel that Divine wings of tragedy is their masterpiece and they never bested it, they just got heavier and heavier. I dig all their albums except maybe their first. My list goes like this
1. Divine wings of tragedy
2. V the New Mythology Suite
3. Odyssey
4. Paradise Lost
5. The Damnation Game
6. Twilight in Olympus
7. Underworld
8. Iconoclast
9. Symphony X
Great seeing Rich again! I love the Northern Lights background! God bless you both and stay safe! 🙏
Symphony X list, favorite to least favorite:
The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
The Odyssey
V: The New Mythology Suite
Iconoclast
Twilight In Olympus
Underworld
Paradise Lost
The Damnation Game
Symphony X
Back in 89, I was a big Dream Theater fan, right from the beginning, and I still am. A few years later, because of Images And Words, there was a new golden age of progressive rock and Metal. I discovered Shadow Gallery, Pagans Mind, and Symphony X ( and quite a few other prog metal bands). These three bands I actually like better than Dream Theater. They're just about as good musically, and instrumentally as Dream Theater, but I think these three bands are better overall, because of their balance in instrumentation, singing and songwriting. Russell Allen to me, is the greatest metal singer out there.
Richard Biggs finally some love for shadow gallery. Hold onto these memories I grant you
Never listened to Symphony X, just heard some samples from you and your brothers top pics. Wow how have I not listened to them before! Got a new band to get into! Thanks guys!
try kiss of fire, set the world on fire, heretic and 7...their last three albums are straight superbly melodic and bass heavy splendor ..the previous albums are beautiful but far more prog oriented..best band ever
Symphony X are such an awesome band 🇬🇧🤘
Thanks for ranking this great band,....glad to see the latest albums so high on your lists,....I think they're great too.
I was hoping to see them live this summer in Florida but the virus came and now we don't know,....
Great job!!!
Great great band. They took Yngwie's neo-classical style to amazing heights - and they've become progressively better with each album. I'm so envious of you guys living in NY/NJ and getting to see most of the great bands of the world. Love your concert anecdotes. I only saw them once, when they toured with Dream Theater in Europe about 15 years ago.
The Odyssey was my introduction to the band. I saw them on the Gigantour with Megadeth at that time. They blew me away!
I'm not familiar with Symphony X but will listen to them. Thank you both for mentioning and ranking this band. Take Care.🎤🎸🎵🥁
try kiss of fire, set the world on fire, heretic and 7...their last three albums are straight superbly melodic and bass heavy splendor ..the previous albums are beautiful but far more prog oriented..best band ever
Symphony X are awesome 🇬🇧🤘
@@richardholmes3653 I love Symphony X and bought some Of their CDs!! 🎤🎸🎵🥁
Great video on ranking the albums. I don't really know much about them. Only heard a few songs. I plan on digging into their albums.
Hi Pete and Rich. Here is my rankings of Symphony X Albums. Top 5 favorite Band.
1. The Odyssey (Title Track is one the best songs they have made IMO)
2. Paradise Lost
3. Iconoclast
4. Divine Wings of Tragedy
5. Underworld
6. V The New Mythology Suite
7. Twilight in Olympus
8. The Damnation Game
9. Symphony X
It is sad that Symphony X does not get to Mpls MN that often. I did see them when they co-headlined with Overkill. I hope they come again.
I agree that Odyssey is their best song.
Rich is a Jersey Boy now! Glad to have you aboard! I'm a Jersey Boy from the start! Didn't move here! Jersey City born! Cool that Pete has his brother on now (^_-)/ Keep up the cool vids Pete!
Paradise Lost was the record that got me into Symphony X. Saw them live after this album came out. Heavy, catchy, and the album that I listen to the most still to this day.
I LOVED the NJ show in the back of the shop! Digital Ruin was there too! Russell was so loud we heard him over the PA. :)
Totally agree on Paradise Lost being number one. Incredible power and orchestrations. Two of their best ballads, a phenomenal ending, and incredible choruses everywhere. Not to mention every musician and Russell being at their best. The concept is great and the lyrics actually do a really good job.
Have V, The Odyssey, and Iconoclast but don’t listen to them much. Fates and DT always seem to be my go to Prog Metal bands for some reason. Get some band and stellar musicians, need to pull these out and dust them off and give a listen, it’s been a long minute ! Another fun show Pete and Rich !
LOVE the Northern Lights! Greetings from the Aurora photographer.
Life is better with music. Take Care everybody!!🎤🎸🎵🥁
Rich is a good addition! Stay safe, fellas. As for SX, I got into them thanks to a recommendation by my buddy's little cousin. It was shortly after The Divine Wings Of Tragedy was released and as a huge YJM fan, I was blown away. I absolutely love these guys but I'm one of the fans who enjoys the neoclassical years a bit better than the heavier prog-metal years. I miss the beauty in their music. Songs like The Accolade and The Edge Of Forever. I think as the years went by, their equipment and production got better, but the song writing started to go the other way.
9. Symphony X (S/T debut) - Yeah, some good tunes but the singer was mediocre; solid start
8. The Damnation Game - A very good beginning with Russ, but they'd do a lot better
7. Iconoclast - 'Heavy for the sake of heavy'; starting to sound like a million other bands
6. Neverworld - Slight step up from the previous; still just too much heaviness, not enough old SX style
5. V - The New MS - Was never a HUGE fan like a lot of others are but it's still got some great tunes
4. Paradise Lost - Opening pair are just legendary; the rest is good but starting to sound like other bands
3. Twilight In Olympus - Never loved the closer but everything else is great!
2. The Odyssey - The opener might be their best track; this album rips but Accolade II & tittle track are gorgeous
1. The Divine WOT - Mothereffing flawless!
Pete, you should do a series on your CD collection called "My CD Collection in 26 Days" The first days you can show us the A's ans the next day the B's then so on and so on. I like the rest of the viewers want to know what's in there. Great work on what you have been doing so far and I hope that you continue doing a bunch more videos.
9,000 CD's? LOL. It'd be a 24/7 show for weeks. That's almost 350 albums a day.
Thanks guys. Not heard anything by this band but I will be checking them out.
During The Odyssey tour, they played Birch Hill with Blind Guardian, Starland with Queensryche, and headlined at L'amour's.
I agree, Paradise Lost is my favorite Symphony X album I love every song!
I think the first album is very underrated. Of course is not one of their best, but still a great album. In my opinion, A Lesson Before Dying is one of their 10 best songs. Premonition is a pretty good song, Romeo uses a very similar section of the verse from this song in the verse of The Odyssey - Champion of Ithaca. Absinthe and Rue, Masquerade, Rapture of Pain... a bunch of good songs in that album. I love the raw and dark sound from this album and hate the overproduced and compresed sound from last albums
My top:
1. V: The New Mythology Suite
2. The Odyssey
3. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
4. Twilight in Olympus
5. Paradise Lost
6. Symphony X
7. Iconoclast
8. The Damnation Game
9. Underworld
Another band that I really like, but haven’t listened to in a while, I need to revisit
Another great ranking Pete! Love this band also as Dream Theater. But Allen is such a good vocalist. I don 't know all their albums but V, The Odyssey, Iconoclast and Paradise Lost are supurb! I also have the live album and I love it. But still waiting for Fates Warming Pete!
Did that a few weeks ago...
@@seaoftranquilityprog I will look for it! Thanks Pete!
Thanks, guys! I know next to nothing about this band, but have wanted to listen a bit. I wasn't sure where to jump in, but I guess I do now! Again, thanks Pete & Rich (Which kinda sounds like a country band). :)
try kiss of fire, set the world on fire, heretic and 7...their last three albums are straight superbly melodic and bass heavy splendor ..the previous albums are beautiful but far more prog oriented..best band ever
Got to see them back in 04. Devin Townsend opened. Only 25 people in the crowd. Awesome show.
Started listening to them because of your reviews.
Can't really rank them yet but my favorites are, in no particular order:
V, The Odysey and Iconoclast
Love the V album, I have a t-shirt as well.
I still love this album still in my top five symphony x album
Pete + Rich = Brothers of Metal ( fighting with Power and Steel)
Birch Hill, that's a blast from the past...loved that place!
What a Great place I saw some many incredible shows there .
Dream Theater and Symphony X are my top Prog Metal bands.
1. The Divine Wings Of Tragedy - 1996;
2. V: The New Mythology Suite - 2000;
3. Iconoclast - 2011;
4. The Odyssey - 2002;
5. Twilight In Olympus - 1998;
6. Paradise Lost - 2007;
7. Underworld - 2015;
8. The Damnation Game - 1995;
9. Symphony X - 1994;
I'm 2 years late, but here are my two cents anyway:
9) Symphony X
8) The Damnation Game
7) Underworld
6) Twilight in Olympus
5) Iconoclast
4) The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
3) Paradise Lost
2) The Odyssey
1) V: The New Mythology Suite
As you might have guessed from this list, I prefer the prog to the riffage. I find their proggy 2000 albums to have more of an atmosphere than their most recent ones. They provoke a certain feeling that not many bands can. V will always be my #1. If I look at the albums as a whole, this is the most coherent one. I rank it above The Odyssey every time, because I find myself skipping the middle tracks of The Odyssey, while I don't skip any tracks of V. The Odyssey is their best song, but I'm ranking albums, not songs.
Heard the name of the band a million times....just don't know their music! I will check them out. Great info!
Please check them out. If you like Metallica and Dream Theater, go backwards in the discography. If you like Yngwie Malmsteen, start from the 2nd album (the first had a different singer and he was so-so).
Paradise Lost is one of my favourite albums of all time by any band 🇬🇧🤘
Brothers for life
Got Underworld today, great one. Only have three more, Iconclast, V and Paradise Lost. All great, hard to seperate them, Hard to find their CDs.
Mine: 9. Iconoclast
8. Paradise Lost
7. Symphony X
6. The Damnation Game
5. Twilight in Olympus
4. Underworld
3. V
2. The Odyssey
1. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
I'm pretty satisfied with this ranking. Iconoclast is my favorite, though. It's really hard to rank such a great catalogue, when this band apparently gets better and better with every new release. Also, Romeo's most recent album is a killer... with Allen on vocals it would have been even more of a masterpiece
yash that album really gave Russel a chance to exhibit his divine demonic vocal gift
Symphony X and Blind Guardian together live would be a mind blowing show
Does anyone else hear Allen in the late 90s singing a lot like Dio did around the same time? Clearly different voices but the decisions they make with it and the way they project or drop in register is astoundingly similar
I saw Symphony X live at Lamours in Brooklyn opening for Halford
I like there older albums with Russell Allen . From I believe oddessy on Russell's voice became rough so I really haven't got anything since.
v is the best, even talking to jason rullo after a gig and he said it was his fav too
I think all their albums are really solid, it's hard to rank them. I would say my list would be similar to both of your lists. Symphony X is a Progressive Metal band with complex and intricate arrangements but they've always rocked like hell!!
I just started listen to Symphony X like 2 weeks ago but i can tell already that The Divine Wings of Tragedy is their best album
The Odyssey is my favorite. I don't really have a ranking of the others. First album wld be last though.
Paradise lost was the changing album for Symphony X because Michael Pinella stands quite back and leaves Romeo almost alone on the speakers for 2 many songs. On Odyssey there was the last time that guitar and keyboards share the balance just like Deep Purple in the 70's. Dream Theater on the other hand did the same thing for only 1-2 albums maybe.
Agree,and I am a guitar player.
1. V: The New Mythology Suite
2. The Odyssey
3. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
4. Underworld
5. Iconoclast
6. Paradise Lost
7. Twilight in Olympus
8. The Damnation Game
9. Symphony X
As always very good. I have a question for you; The shelf for your CDs, is it bought or built by yourself?
Built by a local contractor.
@@seaoftranquilityprog
Sh .. I thought maybe it was from Ikea. Thank you.
I consider V: Mythology suite as their masterpiece. To me it sounds like it Kansas wrote a metal album, absolutely love it.
1.Divine wings of tragedy
2.V The New Mythology Suite
3.Twilight in Olympus
4.Odissey
5.Paradise Lost
6.Iconoclast
7.The Damnation Game
8.Symphony X
9.Underworld
Ooooh..... this is gonna be tough. Incredibly solid discography throughout. This is the order right this minute, but the top 7 could switch around on any given day. Maybe I'll just have to listen to them all again back to back.
9. Symphony X
8. The Damnation Game
7. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
6. Underworld
5. The Odyssey
4. Paradise Lost
3. Iconoclast
2. V
1. Twilight in Olympus
So.... overall who do you prefer between DT and SX?
The motorcycle place was called Heavy Metal Sound, if I recall. They played with Mastermind and October Thorns.
I don't remember October Thorns there that night, could be though. I remember Digital Ruin, I think. I loved OT, I saw them quite a few times, even at the Powermad Festival in Baltimore.
Yup. They were there. I remember buying the demo CD they were selling there and having them sign it.
Since we're all putting our own lists I'll do mine too:
1. V: The New Mythology Suite
2. Divine Wings of Tragedy
3. The Odyssey
4. Damnation Game
5. Twilight in Olympus
6. Paradise Lost
7. Underworld
8. Iconoclast
9. Symphony X
My favorite Symphony X albums:
1. Paradise Lost
2. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
3. V: The New Mythology Suite
4. Iconoclast
5. Underworld
6. Twilight in Olympus
7. The Odyssey
8. The Damnation Game
9. Symphony X
To me, it goes:
9 Symphony X
8 Iconoclast
7 Underworld
6 The Damnation Game
5 Paradise Lost
4 Twilight In Olympus
3 V: The Mythology Suite
2 The Odyssey
1 Divine Wings of Tragedy
1. Divine Wings of Tragedy
2. V
2. The Odyssey
3. Twilight in Olympus
4. Paradise Lost
5. Underworld
6. Iconoclast
6. Damnation Game
7. Symphony X
Favorite 3 from the albums i listen to:
DWoT: The Accolade, DWoT, Candlelight Fantasia
V: Fallen, Egypt, Evolution
The Odyssey: The Odyssey, Wicked, Incantations
Twilight: Church of the Machine, In the Dragons Den, The Relic
Paradise Lost: Set the World on Fire, Oculus, Paradise Lost
Underworld: Underworld, Kiss of Fire, Legend
The rest I don't really listen to lol, though i have heard them
First album is ok. Absinthe and Rue, Shades of Grey, Lesson in Dying, great songs. It shows they were figuring it out still. My ranking worst to best: Self Title, Underworld, Damnation Game…now it gets hard. Iconoclast, Divine Wings, Twilight, V, Odyssey, Paradise Lost…I think? Divine Wings through Paradise Lost are all 5/5 records for me.
What was the number one sympathy x album
What's the other band that he mentioned in the beginning?
I really have no clue how underworld is ranked so high. I LOVE the neoclassical stuff, and that record just lacks the classic symphony X feel. I mean the songs are okay, good heavy/prog metal. But it completely misses the beautiful neoclassical tunes that i love so much. My Favourite 3 are: V, Divine and Odessey. Just incredible albums.
I'm the opposite. I thought Paradise Lost was where they found that missing element to their sound. Their old stuff is good but it all sounds familiar. They sounded like so many other bands at the time. V was the first album I owned by them. I liked it when I first listened to it, but the more I spun it the more I got bored with it. It just isn't original.
but their last three albums were a radical departure from their prog days
@@vectorvinnie iconoclast album was also great
Have to agree with you. The symphonic neoclassical element was a huge part of the band's appeal to me. With Paradise Lost and all that followed, they became much less of a prog- and much more of a thrash-metal band, like so many others.
There are thousands of bands that can play fast, loud and aggressive music, but the compositional beauty and true epic quality of the music on albums like that ones you mention is a much rarer good.
I love symphony X,Michael Romeo solo album is bad ass too\,,/
Just the opposite taste on Symphony X I guess:
1) Twilight in Olympus
2) The Divine Wings of Tragedy
3) V : The New Mythology Suite
4) The Damnation Game
5) The Odyssey
6) Paradise Lost
7) Symphony X
8) Iconoclast
9) Underworld
How about a Jag Panzer album ranking?
Appreciate the video and the love for Symphony X on here -- mostly think you guys really overrated the latest Underworld album and underrated their earlier classics. The neoclassical style is what I've always loved about Symphony X rather than their heavy-handed style of recent years. Here's hoping they return back to this in the next release -- it's been too long. Fusing elements of Bach, Mozart and other classical composers with crunching metal is what drew me to the band in the first place.
My order, as a longtime fan:
1. Twilight in Olympus (not the conventional choice, but it has some of my favorite songs on it)
2. Divine Wings of Tragedy (probably their best masterpiece via fan consensus and has never been topped)
3. V (Best concept album of all time)
4. The Odyssey (Best epic track they ever did, best Allen vocals)
5. Paradise Lost (Perfect balance between heavy and lighter songs, incredible story/adaptation)
6. Iconoclast (Has When All Is Lost, my all-time favorite Symphony X song)
7. The Damnation Game (Romeo coming into his own, the first Allen record)
8. Underworld (Was disappointed with most of the entirety of this release, lyrically its their worst)
9. Symphony X (Rod Tyler as a singer wasn't a terrific fit for the band, still a worthy first effort)
Have to agree with you. The symphonic neoclassical element was a huge part of the band's appeal to me. With Paradise Lost and all that followed, they became much less of a prog- and much more of a thrash-metal band, like so many others.
There are thousands of bands that can play fast, loud and aggressive music, but the compositional beauty and true epic quality of the music on albums like that ones you mention is a much rarer good.
I started from V, so I'm not impartial here.
To me it's a great album.
Also Divine Wings.
I would put these 2 together with Iconoclast as my favorites.
With The Odyssey right behind them.
divine wings 1 (is the best neoclassical progressive power metal album of the nineties and has the best guitar solos by michael romeo and the most inspired choruses of his entire career and the most glorious themes.)
odyssey 2
v 3
twilight in 4
paradise 5
damnation 6
paradise 7
iconoclast 8
underworld 9
I think "The Odyssey" is one of the greatest songs (metal epics) ever created. I just love Hades out of it! Apart from this, I generally tend to agree with your opinion, or with the commenter Mike Ryan (x2) below.
Pete you should every video on your twitter feed.
V is the ultimate wow
looks like we like our Symphony X pretty similar, Pete :)
1. Underworld
2. Paradise Lost
3. The Odyssey
4. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
5. V: The New Mythology Suite
6. Iconoclast
7. Twilight in Olympus
8. Damnation Game
9. Symphony X
The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
V - The New Mythology Suite
The Odyssey
Iconoclast
Paradise Lost
Underworld
Twilight In Olympus
The Damnation Game
Symphony X
That would be my exact list lol.
Least favorite to favorite:
9. Symphony X
8. Iconoclast
7. The damnation game
6. Underworld
5. Paradise lost
4. Twilight in Olympus
3. The odyssey
2. The divine wings of tragedy
1. V - The new mythology suite
My ranking:
1. V
2. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
3. The Odyssey
4. Twilight in Olympus
5. Paradise Lost
6. The Damnation Game
7. Underworld
8. Iconoclast
9. Symphony X
My rank:
1 The Odyssey
2 Paradise Lost
3 The Divine Wings of Tragedy
4 V: The New Mythology Suite
5 Underworld
6 Twilight in Olympus
7 Iconoclast
8 The Damnation Game
9 Symphony X
I remember buying “V” when it came out in 2000 and I couldn’t get into it. I felt it was too polished and too symphonic and the keyboards were too prominent. As a fan of old school power metal I felt let down. My favorite power metal band of all time is Crimson Glory as well as stuff like old Fates Warning And Helloween (everything they did up until the 00’s or so). I would consider revisiting Symphony X’s back catalogue though. The follow up to “V” looks interesting and has a cool cover so I would check that out also that first album might be more up my alley as a fan of Crimson Glory. It probably is more of a straightforward power metal album in that vein.
Start with Paradise Lost (then Iconoclast and Underworld). It fixes all the problems you mentioned with V. Much heavier and better songwriting. I had the same complaints with V as well.
For me DWoT through to Odyssey was prime era SX - possibly including Paradise Lost. Their albums after those were lacking something for me - they just got heavier and Russ got growlier, and their songs less interesting for me.
I quite like the odyssey but generally find them quite hard work to listen too.
Symphony X is my Second favourite band of all time
9. Self titled (feel like it could be higher if they re recorded it now, better production and better keyboards, obviously Russell Allen)
8. Iconoclast
7.Twilight of Olympus
6. Underworld
5. V
4.Damnation game
3. Divine wings of Tragedy
2. Paradise lost
1. The Odyssey
1. The new mythology suite
2. The Odyssey
3. The divine wings of tragedy
4. Paradise lost
5. Twilight in Olympus
6. The damnation game
7. Underworld
8. Iconoclast
9. Symphony X
In my opinion my ranking would go like this:
1 V:The New Mythology Suite.
2 The Odyssey.
3 The Divine Wings of Tragedy.
4 Paradise Lost.
5 Underworld.
6 Twilight on the Olimpus.
7 Iconoclast. (When All is Lost is one song I love, but I don't dig the super heavy side)
8 The Damnation Game.
9 Symphony X.
Before I watch:
1. V: The New Mythology Suite
2. The Damnation Game
3. The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
4. Iconoclast
5. Twilight In Olympus
6. The Odyssey
7. Underworld
8. Paradise Lost
9. Symphony X
1- V A new mythology suite, 2- Divine wings, 3- Paradise lost!
I got 'em all. Two albums stand above the rest for me:
3. Twilight in Olympus
*2. The Odyssey
*1. Underworld
a little prog and a little funk, hey
The Damnation Game is their best for me.
A band I don't know, so this will be informative
try kiss of fire, set the world on fire, heretic and 7...their last three albums are straight superbly melodic and bass heavy splendor ..the previous albums are beautiful but far more prog oriented..best band ever
I have listened to Underworld so far and bits of Iconoclast and The Odyssey, liking it so far, will have to add the cd's to my collection.
I agree the debut is weak Russel is the man what a voice his vocals on the aryeon albums too and others he is one of my favs him and James and jon
9. Symphony X
8. Iconoclast
7. The Damnation Game
6. Underworld
5. Paradise Lost
4. The Odyssey
3. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
2. Twilight in Olympus
1. V
My ranking
1 The odyssey
2 Divine
3 v: New mythologies
4 Twilight
5 The domnation
6 iconoclast
7 paradise Lost
8 underworld
waiting for rhapsody and angra
Grew up with these two bands back in the 90s..
1. The odyssey
2. Paradise lost
3. V
4. The divine wings of tragedy
5. Twilight in olympus
6. Iconoclast
7. The damnation game
8. Underworld
9. Symphony X
My favorite Symphony X album is Live On The Edge Of Forever.
Yes, a live album, so what?
Sounds like you guys prefer the heavier stuff from the band
There one of the most underrated bands ever! Love all those albums from divine wings of tragedy to noa, first two are good but not top shelf
Who has more albums, you or Rich?
Me, by far...
1. The Divine Wings of Tragedy was my first Symphony X album, and still my favorite.
2. V: The New Mythology Suite
3. Twilight in Olympus
The last 3, Paradise Lost, Iconoclast, and Underworld are all tied imo
7. The Odyssey, love the title track, rest of the tracks are completely OVERRATED imo
8. The Damnation Game
9. Symphony X
1- DWOT
2- V
3- Odyssey
4- Twilight in Olimpus
5 - The Damnation Game
6 - Paradise Lost
7- Iconoclast
8- Underworld
9- Symphony X
I just subscribed. For my reward, why don't you rank the top 10 Stryper albums? That's right, I said Stryper albums! They rock more now that they ever did.