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Fan club CD

shouldn't there be a section on the fan club cd — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.64.223.203 (talk • contribs)

yes there should be — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.208.218.98 (talk • contribs)

new album

i got a myspace blog from insideout america that says that symphony x's new album will be out in late october and will be called paradise lost. Eirik Raude 04:28, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Symphony X comparation

i think i have heard about one million people stating that symphony x can be compared to Dream Theater, Fates Warning and Pain of Salvation. Well, i think that is the same thing than compare pink floyd to led zeppelin... it's completely wrong. Ok for dream theater, actually they show many influences. But for other similarities i think we should put on something different, e.g. Pantera, for it's stated by Romeo himself that is a big influence of the band.

influence is not the same as similar sounding. ...Patrick (talk, contributions) 02:57, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it's not the same as similar sounding, but Romeo's (main/solo) riffing style is much closer to Pantera's then to Dream Theater's style. It's a lot heavier and way more inclined to power then to technique itself (although some of them are difficult technically speaking). ...Cancatis

I dont think SX is compared to these bands because of the sound(I myself can heardly hear any similiarties between PoS and SX for example. PoS has even been founded later and, sort of, change their sound every album) but more because of the significance these 4 bands have for the genre.

I can hear similarities on PoS and SX: syncopation, odd time signatures, etc. The fact is that those bands share a lot of musical construction elements, but they still sound different, which is a good thing, so we have many good technical and emotional bands to listen too without a repetitive sound. SX is more power metal oriented than the other prog metal bands, and it also has a lot of symphonic elements on many songs. I think that PoS and SX are more similar in yet another aspect: both bands have lead prog-metal to different and unique ways. No band sounds like PoS. No band sounds like SX. Uniqueness is a rare thing these days... Regards Loudenvier 15:20, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not that syncopation and odd time signatures are enough to set two bands together... Stravinsky has a lot of syncopation, odd time signatures (and also influenced Romeo hugely), but it falls in a totally different category. Pink Floyd is rarely compared to Yes, for instance, and they (most of time) are set as ProgRock (ArtRock, etc). It doesn't mean that, if they share the same label, they should be cited as a reference to one another. I totally agree about taking PoS off the comparison. ...Cancatis

Progressive/Power Metal

Just out of curiosity. Have there been any other bands that fused Power and Prog Metal like SX does? Or are SX the "founders" of that genre mix?

As a big metal fan, I can quite honestly say I've never heard any other bands that sound like Symphony X. There are indeed a lot of bands that mix power and prog, but not with the same style and sound as SX... Mustaine rocks 07:30, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To some extent: Pagan's Mind and Adagio. Petergee1 11:49, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Angra is another prog-power metal band. It sounds different from Symphony X because it blends a lot of regional elements on their songs. But this is a good thing. The worst that could happen to a musical style is when all the bands start to look and sound the same! Loudenvier 15:12, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, well. I also know Kamelot for example. But SX have been the first? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.157.11.176 (talk) 18:59, 30 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

On a similar note, I changed the order of genres in the box. The way the article reads makes it sound like they're progressive neo-classical, with power metal elements, so I changed it around to reflect that a bit. Now, on an exact note, I don't believe you'll find something like Symphony X. Perhaps Stratovarius, but they're much less progressive... more like majority power metal, and a bit of neo-classical guitar work I would say. They have some progressive songs I reckon. But as has been stated before, Symphony X actually have their own style, thank god, so they're unique. --Dane ^~nya 04:46, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Symphony X is definitely NOT power metal. They are neoclassical progressive metal.

There's nothing power metal about these guys, their lyrics are occasionally fantasy themed but that's about as close as it gets, and lyrics at the end of the day make little difference to deciding a band's genre. SOnata Arctica for example are classed as Power Metal, but their lyrics are about things like relationships and emotions, rather than fantasy themed. In the Death genre, too, bands like Nile, Cynic and Death don't base their lyrics on gore (with exception of Death's first two) and they are classed in that genre. It's much more about the delivery than what it looks like on paper.

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this article is hideously written. Read this sentence: "There is also a distinct element of groove to their music, particularly from their latest release The Odyssey, and this vein of groove seems to follow onto their upcoming album Paradise Lost, judging by the one song they have made available to fans, 'The Serpent's Kiss'."

"element of groove"? "vein of groove"? What the heck does that even mean? The grammar here is terrible-"distint element of groove TO their music," "seems to follow ONTO," not to mention all the commas-it's a giant run on sentence. I believe that this entire sentence would be best deleted, as well as the one comparing the band to other "progressive" bands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.145.158 (talk • contribs)

This is an excellent opportunity to be bold, and fix it: good copy editing is always appreciated. --Piet Delport 07:39, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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