TWILIGHT IN OLYMPUS

I just looked at the discography of SX on this site and at the ratings for their studio albums and I must compliment the reviewers. The ratings in sequence are exactly how I would have done it personally. Not that I let my opnion be influenced in any way by what other people value, but for instance this album is considered one of the lesser by SX and I totally agree with that. I don't know what it is with this album, but I can't get myself to like it. Except for the opener and the final song the rest of the album is poor to SX standards, which are very high in my book. This band has unbelievable potential and has proved that in many of their other albums. Smoke and mirrors is a very nice, typical SX song, even better than The Devine Wings material and Lady of the snow is a rare ballad by Symphony X, come to think of it, I can't remember another ballad by them, but this is very nice. The other songs, I can't put my finger on it why, it's just not it. It's even somewhat annoying listening to for instance Through the looking Glass, I just don't like it.

So despite my great admiration for the band, I have to be honest and give it only 3.