Symphony X is such an awesome band, but if you're not into prog this is, absolutely, not the song to start approaching them, I would recommend Out of the Ashes, Masquerade and Smoke and Mirrors ;)

You should NEVER start with their longest song! Shame on the group that voted this as the intro to Symphony X. Shame on them! THere are sooooo many regular songs by Symphony X that would have been better.

I TRIED to warn them. Don’t throw people into the deep end of the prog pool. Gotta learn to swim first. Please return to SX in the future and do something like Sea of Lies, Kiss of Fire or The Serpent’s Kiss. All the badass musical composition, far less prog wankery. They have a long and diverse catalog and almost all of the songs are more concise than this.

Symphony X is a band for musicians. I say that because I only think musicians can appreciate the level of talent this band has. It's not for everyone. Dream Theater was asked once why they play such intricate prog metal and the answer was, "because playing anything else bores us" . So basically think of prog metal as them challenging themselves as musicians. But as I said, It's not meant to be for everyone. But I love the fuck out of it. It's such an adrenalin rush

This is one of the best albums of the 90s. Symphony X is one of the best metal bands, and Russell Allen the best singer in rock today.

This was definitely not the first Symphony X song I would've picked. They tend to have 1 epic per album, but not all their songs are like this. I would've done "Of Sins and Shadows" or "Evolution (The Grand Design)," both of which are normal length songs with heavy riffs and catchy choruses. For an epic, I would've picked "The Odyssey" over this, which is longer, but you'd probably enjoy it more. C'mon patreon! Why would you pick a 20 minute song to introduce them to this band?!?

The singer reminded a lot of Dio. That's probably the best compliment I could give this. Went on for far too long, in my opinion.

The song is inspired by/a retelling of Milton's Paradise Lost. The character is Lucifer, The war in heaven, the fall, journey out of the underworld to earth, etc. This song is alright, but not the one I'd choose to share based on what I've seen of Vin and Sori's tastes. Their three latest albums are heavier, more metal, Russel's singing has gotten even better, and the production and mixes are better, imo. Paradise Lost is an entire concept album inspired by Milton's poem. The war in heaven, the fall, Adam and Eve's temptation, all that cool stuff. You need to hear Domination, Walls of Babylon, and Seven off of that album. Iconoclast is a sci-fi theme album about transhumanism, the rise of a machine god and war against machines. The newest, Underworld is probably their best album, period. You need to hear Charon, In My Darkest Hour, and Kiss of Fire, Really, almost any song off of those three albums will get non-prog metal fans into this band faster and surer than trying to show off their twenty minute epics or anything from the nineties. Symphony X has gotten better, more metal, less "proggy" with age. Give them another chance, skip the old stuff, go with post 2000 albums. Russel Allen is one of the best singers out there, close to Dio, imo. You're missing out if you don't hear Symphony X's good stuff.

I never clicked on a reaction so quick. One of my favorite bands!

So many 5, 6, 7 minutes Symphony X songs that you could have chosen and be in awe of their musicianship. I was not a fan of progressive in my beginnings as a musician, but then once I became one I started digging into more and more prog and I love it now. Try their songs King of Terrors 6min, Dragons Den 4min, Out of the ashes 3.4min, Smoke and mirrors 6.9min, or The Sacrifice a love song that Sori will probably love. ;)

Oooooookay, that's what happens when you show those Nu Metal Millenials who are used to Marvel movies a Stanley Kubrik masterpiece. "Where is the fighting? What, no CGI?"

The funny thing is that I discovered Symphony X with this amazing song. I fell in love with the band (and Russell Allen) just for the part at

Symphony X is one the greatest neo-classical, progressive, power metal bands! And I really like this song. All great musicians; Michael Romeo (guitarist), Russell Allen (Singer), Mike Lepond (bassist), etc. Check more of their music. They have several long songs, just gotta get used to it.

Haken - the endless knot

A monsterously awesome song. I wore this song out in the early 2000's. I've seen these guys live twice and both times you had to be wowed by the epic power of Sir Russel Allen's voice. And a really nice guy to. When they opened up for Blind Guardian I went up to grab a beer during the set change after Children of Bodom and he was sitting at the bar just chilling with fans enjoying a beer. Imposing guy physically speaking but just a really nice dude. And what can you say about the guitar wizardry of Michael Romeo. One of the go to guys for neoclassical shredding, he never comes across as self indulgent to me but still the technicality is always there. You can also catch him singing with the currently touring east coast wing of Trans Siberian Orchestra, putting a little metal into your typical christmas songs. Glad this one got done, hope you guys love it as its a really unique and special song.

this is an amazing song, but i think this is too much to start when you never listened Symphony X before, songs like Sea of lies, pharaoh, Eyes of medusa, Set the world on fire, electric messiah, and so on are far easier songs to hear as first ones from this band

Just stopping by to say the introduction is actually a re-arrangement of "Mass in B minor" by JS Bach.

Megadeth: Five Magics or Wake up Dead

Divine wings of tragedy is a song that you understand after you have listened if 5 times. And once you have understood this song, boy!!!!!!!! You are there for a excellent treat!

HOLY SHIIIIIIIT! I never would have expected this song!