When people think of heavy metal music, they think of hard core guitars, speedy drum beats, and loud screaming voices for music. Not all heavy metal is like that. Metal can come in different categories, such as thrash, progressive, neoclassical, metal core, etceteras. Symphony X and Metallica are two of the greatest heavy metal bands in the world. Symphony X is a progressive metal band that was founded in 1994 in Middleton, New Jersey; while Metallica is a thrash metal band that was founded in 1981 in Los Angeles. Symphony X is one of my favorite metal bands, and one of the first ones I listened to. Their live shows are amazing, and very simplistic. They play for music, not relying on the theatrics some other metal bands may use to present
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It’s that simple. Symphony X has a style of music which combines classical music with heavy metal, which is commonly referred to as Neoclassical Metal. The most famous album with mostly classical music in their pieces is The Odyssey with their interpretation of Homer’s poem The Odyssey in the twenty-four minute long song “The Odyssey.” Additionally, Symphony X’s top album, according to an interview with bass player Michael LePond, would be Underworld with their hit single, “Without You.” Michael responds, “We never really had a big hit album and song, but we think that our latest release (Underworld) and our single (“Without You”) will rise to that level,” (M. LePond, personal interview, October 12, 2015). “Without You” is a ballad of the album Underworld that was released as a single before the album was released in July. Additionally, the “Angry Metal Guy” states in a review about Underworld, “If album rock was the goal, then Underworld is a qualified success: it bursts out the gate with an epic overture, which segues into the the crushing opener “Nevermore,” and the title track; both are excellent progressive compositions with the speed and edge to them. That hard edge still is the first foot forward for Symphony X on Underworld,” (Angry Metal Guy, 2015). Underworld is a great album, and it’s a perfect mixture of light metal with classical music. It may sound asinine, but it’s crazy enough for it to
It’s that simple. Symphony X has a style of music which combines classical music with heavy metal, which is commonly referred to as Neoclassical Metal. The most famous album with mostly classical music in their pieces is The Odyssey with their interpretation of Homer’s poem The Odyssey in the twenty-four minute long song “The Odyssey.” Additionally, Symphony X’s top album, according to an interview with bass player Michael LePond, would be Underworld with their hit single, “Without You.” Michael responds, “We never really had a big hit album and song, but we think that our latest release (Underworld) and our single (“Without You”) will rise to that level,” (M. LePond, personal interview, October 12, 2015). “Without You” is a ballad of the album Underworld that was released as a single before the album was released in July. Additionally, the “Angry Metal Guy” states in a review about Underworld, “If album rock was the goal, then Underworld is a qualified success: it bursts out the gate with an epic overture, which segues into the the crushing opener “Nevermore,” and the title track; both are excellent progressive compositions with the speed and edge to them. That hard edge still is the first foot forward for Symphony X on Underworld,” (Angry Metal Guy, 2015). Underworld is a great album, and it’s a perfect mixture of light metal with classical music. It may sound asinine, but it’s crazy enough for it to