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M@X 
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 Topic: Spock’s Beard - Symphony X
Posted: February 17 2004 at 00:58 |
A reviewer today ask to explain the so many similarities betweend theses 2 CDs by Spock's Beard and Symphony X respectively.
- Almost same cover
- Same title: "V"
- Same year: 2000
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Redstar
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Posted: February 17 2004 at 09:37 |
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Two bands - same record label -lazy art direction?
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Avenged7X
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Posted: August 29 2005 at 03:41 |
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Watch the sparrow falling....
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Bj-1
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Posted: August 29 2005 at 18:32 |
Similar things about these albums:
- Almost same cover
- Same title: "V"
- Same year: 2000
- Both where the bands fifth album
- Same record label
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Snow Dog
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Posted: August 29 2005 at 19:10 |
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Different music though...
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Arsillus
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Posted: August 29 2005 at 19:52 |
 Snow Dog wrote:
Different music though... |
I would hope so. 
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Man With Hat
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Posted: August 29 2005 at 20:40 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Different music though... |
Very right...SB's is good 
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: August 31 2005 at 23:53 |
I actually think that SX's "V" shows the band exploring their prog side much further than ever before; they're also testing their capability to keep the sense of drama in music and lyrics consistently interesting.. and they achieved it!
Meanwhile, SB's "V" shows a band that struggles to return to to their glory days of writing prog music (first 3 albums), and only partially succeeding at it. "Snow" would feel a bit better, but after "The Kindness of Strangers", the Beards went downhill. Now, without Neal, they are even buried six feet under, which is a shame, since all four musicians are great. But the music isn't good anymore.
I still enjoy the X, while the Beard has gone to places I don't want to go to with them.
Regards.
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Bj-1
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Posted: September 07 2005 at 08:59 |
Symphony X - V is amazing!! 
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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King of Loss
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Posted: September 07 2005 at 20:40 |
Both are amazing, but my vote goes to V 
Of Symphony X's of course 
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Bj-1
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Posted: September 12 2005 at 17:26 |
King of Loss wrote:
Both are amazing, but my vote goes to V
Of Symphony X's of course
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 Agree
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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King of Loss
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Posted: September 12 2005 at 20:36 |
Even though, I've gotten a bit sour on Symphony X, I still think V is one of the best Prog Metal albums ever!
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Wolf Spider
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Posted: September 14 2005 at 14:17 |
Yes but symphony X is better
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Posted: September 25 2005 at 12:26 |
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Originally posted by darkshade:
Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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Bj-1
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Posted: September 25 2005 at 14:36 |
My current rating on the album:
 SYMPHONY X - V: THE NEW MYTHOLOGY SUITE
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Arsillus
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Posted: September 25 2005 at 18:30 |
Symphony X = 
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King of Loss
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Posted: September 26 2005 at 17:06 |
Bj-1 wrote:
My current rating on the album:
SYMPHONY X - V: THE NEW MYTHOLOGY SUITE
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Same here, what a darn good album, I also have a shirt for that!
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: October 09 2005 at 18:13 |
What's more, the Symphony X's "V" album cover makes perfect sense with its contents. "V" is a concept-disc regarding a series of ancient eras in which the struggle between Good and Evil was first generated, in this way, planting the seeds of humankind's current calamity. The image of someone in the desert longing for a past full of water finds its equivalent on the back cover: a masked creature walking on water who foresees a future desert reflected on the mirror.
I don't know the meaning for SB's "V" cover, but again, I don't really care that much.
Regards.
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