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Styx The Mission

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Topic: Styx The Mission

Posted By: Jzrk
Subject: Styx The Mission
Date Posted: December 19 2017 at 20:24

I didn’t see anything in the forum about this 2017 release.
In their early days Styx had a fair amount of prog going on.Then they went pop with ballad heavy hits.
This new release offers some of their earlier pre pop sound.
I just gave it a listen through and was pleasantly surprised it is a good album.
It’s a concept album but really a bit lame on the story line but the music stands up on my opinion overall

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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: December 19 2017 at 21:15

Upon reading multiple reviews, I had high hopes. I was let down by songs that reminded me of Old Styx but never surpassed or equaled the 70's early 80's classic Styx. Personally I liked 2003's Cyclorama more.

Posted By: Jzrk
Date Posted: December 20 2017 at 19:11

I agree it by no means matches their prime material back in the day.But I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Thanks have never listened to Cyclorama but will check it out.I had given up on Styx years ago and had read some good reviews on the Mission.Now with streaming it allows a listen before making a decision to purchase.