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SYMPHONY X
1994 - Symphony X.
1995 - The Damnation Game.
2000 - V: The New Mythology Suite.
way more Helter Skelter.

December 7, 1994- 2024: 30 years of: Symphony X.

America has entered the powermetal circle: this is not a drill.

The doors of the hall have been wide opened by RIOT, CRIMSON GLORY and DREAM THEATER. And now, a metalized orchestra shall overdrive the game. From the underworld, please welcome into the arena, New-Jersey's SYMPHONY X ...yes, it's an East-Coast thing.

Fueled by fire "Into The Dementia", we ride hard, rolling on high RPMs and high melodies with "The Raging Season" and the Malmsteen-esque "Masquerade". Superior high-caliber powermetal.

The bold British blunt attack is felt on "Taunting The Notorious" and the razor cuts of "Thorns Of Sorrow". Their mystic might is put to test on the marathon of "Absinthe And Rue" and the epic 12:07sec crescendo-finale of "A Lesson Before Dying" ...a power progressive venom-filled trek.

Signed to Japanese label Zero Records, the mid to late 90s modern powermetal wave shall bloom in Europe, yet the American-branch of the genre would be proudly handled by SYMPHONY X.

During rocknroll tide-changing 1994, from a Michael Romeo shred-project to a full band caravan, they, along new and current frontmen Russell Allen, would repeat with 1995's The Damnation Game CD.

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Symphony X = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4tubDG7wcw&list=OLAK5uy_nal49LD-Q_jIn0309i78IQBJBU-jrmkE8

August 23, 1995 - 2025: 30 years of: The Damnation Game.

A loud ensemble.

On a roll, after their 1994 Symphony X debut-CD ...enters new frontmen Russ Allen. Rock-solid power progression or progressive power, SYMPHONY X lays the foundations.

Still rolling at Mach IV speeds, the rules would be bent over by "The Damnation Game". No rest for the wicked as "Dressed To Kill" and the brutal assault of "Savage Curtain" schools the scene.

Both ethereal sequences of "A Winter's Dream - Prelude (Part I)" and "A Winter's Dream - The Ascension (Part II)" are monumental orchestras, frolicing deep into this ice-cold trans-Siberian ride.

SYMPHONY X is serious business, as proven by the metal twilight of 1996's The Divine Wings Of Tragedy CD.

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The Damnation Game = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uRJcOVaZR4&list=OLAK5uy_lCVpGQ92QpjSvZWo8iMosXiCBpfwG-oHA
some guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zLBvkxrfKI

July 26, 2000 - 2025: 25 years of: V: The New Mythology Suite.

A new chapter.

After 1998's top-shelf Twilight In Olympus CD, the game shall now crack the new millennium. Leaders on the American-front, this next installment of powermetal perfection is once again issued by the Maestros of SYMPHONY X.

From the grandiose overture of "Prelude", to the machine-gun shooting-gallery of "Evolution (The Grand Design)" and the grasp of "The Bird-Serpent War / Cataclysm" ...a mouth-watering fiesta. The classical build-up of "The Death Of Balance / Lacrymosa" is another instrumental majestic juggernaut, that leaves us into the lovely "Absence Of Light".

A powerful tradition, armed with an iron will.

Fifth schooling by the quintet of strength and dedication, SYMPHONY X are shining high on the current fertile global powermetal wave. These acrobatics shall be more overdriven with 2002's The Odyssey CD.

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V: The New Mythology Suite = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpN7gc27kRc&list=OLAK5uy_mv7ouOXomjp_bSe8QtVojsUYc89ocExSI
Live in Montreal in 2001
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yd_Yxp4lDY
Live On The Edge Of Forever = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB9xZd4C6IA&list=OLAK5uy_miapByZkAdCRvgBP7zxaC_oxZFBfgLX2k