Every album had various parts recorded on that studio until The Odyssey (2002), which marked the start of albums fully recorded on "The Dungeon". This album was also the band's first to have any part recorded in Michael Romeo's private studio, called "The Dungeon". John Milton's works "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained", as well as Dante's inferno references inspired the album's title track. Not that their other albums so far didn't had any progressive hints, but this was the first one to fully embrace such tendencies.
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The Divine Wings of Tragedy also can easily be considered the band's first full progressive metal release. Founded in Middletown, USA in 1994 - Still active as of 2017 Not that their other albums so far didn't had any progressi. The feedback from the specialized media also helped the band greatly to get a foothold in Europe as well as keep growing in Japan, their biggest market so far. This album can be considered their breakthrough album, as it was with Divine Wings that they managed to reach a wider audience than before. In 1997, the band released their third output, entitled The Divine Wings of Tragedy. On the other hand, Damnation Game is still something of a raw album, specially when compared with subsequent releases. He has stayed as the band's singer ever since.ĭamnation Game represents the start of the current band's style for the same reasons why the majority of the fans do not like Symphony X: with Allen in the band and the start of his collaboration with Romeo, there were set the foundations for the band's "traditional style".
Tyler had to leave the band, so Russell Allen was recruited as a replacement. Only six months after the release of the debut, the band releases their second album, called Damnation Game. In addition, the self-titled debut is the only album that features Rod Tyler as the band's singer. That is because Russell not only has better singing abilities than Rod Tyler, but also because Russell Allen is one of Symphony X's main composers (alongside with Michael Romeo), so the lack of his presence is really something to be noted. Despite not being a bad album, Symphony X is widely considered to be the band's worst album for two reasons: 1 - the album has a relatively bad production 2 - it does not has Russell Allen. Romeo distributed the tape to various recording labels and, due to the tape's reception in Japan, he got himself a record deal in the Land of the rising Sun with the now defunct Zero Corporations Label.įor Symphony X's first album, the 1995 self titled, Michael recruited bassist Thomas Miller, drummer Jason Rullo, keyboardist Michael Pinnella and vocalist Rod Tyler. The band came into existence when guitarist and composer Michael Romeo recorded a demo tape entitled "The Dark Chapter" with the keyboardist, and future band mate, Michael Pinnella in early 1994. Symphony X is an important progressive metal band that has been born on the fertile American progressive metal scene.
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