SYMPHONY X — The Odyssey (review)

SYMPHONY X — The Odyssey album cover Album · 2002 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Warthur
After producing what was at the time their most progressive album to date in the form of V: The New Mythology Suite, I suppose it's only natural that the Symphony X pendulum would swing back towards the power metal side of their sound. With production values occasionally fluctuating but mostly holding firm, it's all very exciting prog-tinged power metal with the perfect Homeric fantasy concept underpinning it, but it doesn't seem quite as groundbreaking and thrilling as The New Mythology Suite was, and spends a lot more time in much more traditional power metal territory. I suspect many fans of the more progressive side of Symphony X will, like me, find this frustrating, particularly since The New Mythology Suite showed us precisely what they are capable of.
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PabstRibbon wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I think that The Odyssey is quite progressive. There's a lot of time signature and complex passage. And what can be said about the title track ? It's amazing
UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I guess I´m more of a power metal fan then, because I much prefer "The Odyssey" to "The New Mythology Suite" :-)

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