Best Symphony X Songs
Vote for the BEST song by a really underrated prog. metal band!
Pretty much the "how-to" in what a progressive metal epic should be. A great lyrical story backed by one of Russell Allen's best performances. The perfect balance of heavy and soft guitar work, this song takes you on an adventure.
Whoever did not vote for this song is not a true Symphony X fan! This is an absolute masterpiece and one of my favorite songs ever, along with Dream Theater's Octavarium and A Change of Seasons.
This song has everything you want a song to have. Divine Wings of Tragedy has some unnecessary parts, but this does not. You listen to the song through and you won't ever get bored. Prog in its best ways!
This song is truly genius. The six-and-a-half-minute instrumental section is one of the most ridiculously progressive things they've ever done, and Russell Allen's vocals are at their peak. It should be in the top 5, at least.
How this long epic is not on the list or simply not even number one is beyond my understanding. Well, someone has to bring it up. This song equals the greatest 20 minutes in music!
Just... a beauty. What a song! Progressive at times, hard-hitting at others, sometimes both - just amazing!
Love its melody, lyrics, and everything. A masterpiece. An essence of great music compressed into a 6-minute song. Love it.
Such a beautiful song where the composition fits the lyrics and theme perfectly.
Paradise Lost, Paradise Lost... incredible. I love the chorus, it's just beautiful.
Just simply amazing. I had the same experience listening to this song as I did when I first listened to Metropolis Part 1 when I was first getting into Dream Theater. Simply amazing.
By far, the best prog rock song of all time. I am a huge fan of Symphony X, Dream Theater, Circus Maximus, Opeth, Adagio, and Star One. This is one of my favorite prog anthems ever.
This song captures the essence of fantasy itself without making you cringe, wowing the listener all the way through. One of the greatest metal songs of all time.
A mix of heaviness, beauty, and power. I love how they mixed progressive, thrash, and power metal in one song. Easily their best.
"How to Start an Album" by Symphony X. Others should learn from this mastery. Best when paired with the epic intro track, "Oculus Ex Inferni."
An excellent mix of a variety of genres. Catchy, heavy, and melodic.
This is my favorite song on The New Mythology Suite. That pre-chorus and chorus always get stuck in my head. This is probably my favorite Symphony X song behind The Odyssey.
V is by far my favorite album from these guys, and I generally listen to the album start to finish as if it was one track. But this song really stands out.
I was nothing less than shocked seeing Egypt so low. It's one of the best songs I know in prog metal.
Wow! This song truly shows the diverse nature of Symphony X. It's a gentle ballad with just voice and piano, then gradually builds to a truly epic metal song. Fantastic musicianship, with guitars and keyboards working beautifully throughout this magnificent piece. Allen's voice is incredible, showing sensitivity and emotion. Easily their best song (yes, even better than their other epic, The Odyssey).
Amazing, heavy, epic! Symphony X has progressively gotten better with each release, and Iconoclast does not disappoint! I thought Paradise Lost was a step in the right direction, and Iconoclast hits the nail on the head. The title track is epic among others. Buy this album and check them out with Iced Earth and Warbringer this year!
Such a beautiful song that I didn't care for when I was younger, but it has since grown to be one of my favorites.
The melodies in this song are insane.
Symphony X's musicianship has become outstanding. This is an underrated song. It deserves more people giving it a chance.
What the heck? Why is this all the way at the bottom?
Come on, this song is really good! The chorus is amazing!
The Newcomers
Very heavy and mechanical. The best of their post-Odyssey material, in my opinion.
The guitar riffs on this masterpiece show why Michael Romeo is one of the best!
Still their best song in my humble opinion, but it is the first song I ever heard of theirs, so that probably has something to do with it. It is an excellent song, technically proficient, and as written before, the guitar work is their stamp, kind of like the guitar intro from Cowboys From Hell for Pantera. Just saying!
The guitar part in this song is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard in my life. The rest of the song is good too.
It's fast and well-written. This is Thomas Miller's best song, in my opinion.
Top 5 best songs from SX, also the best Alice in Wonderland-themed song ever. Allen sings with such emotion, and the musical changes make this an epic SX song.
Should be a top 5 Symphony X song. At least better than the top 40 pop song, "Without You."
Russell's vocals on this song are just fantastic.
The best yet from (almost) the best ever. Only Gamma Ray beats this band for me, and this is SX's greatest song off their greatest album. Yet.
I wish I would have written this song! Hands down, one of their most beautifully written. Maybe not the most technical, but they're allowed to have some simpler songs in their playbook!
A nice ballad (almost) from Underworld. Nice to hear Russell Allen actually sing again after his five-year tenure with Adrenaline Mob.
A great semi-ballad off their upcoming new album, evidence that there has been no drop in quality after a four-year wait!
A truly stunning conclusion to a truly brilliant, underrated concept album. Why on earth was this not put on the list? Progressive, epic, emotional, and quintessentially Symphony X, this belongs up there with DWOT and The Odyssey.
Why the hell is this one so low on this list? In my opinion, it's one of the most underrated songs on the V album. At least it should be in the top 10.
The climax to my favorite album. I don't hear this song mentioned much, but I can't get enough of it. The "Bow down to me" section is perfect.
This song is so amazing! It's a long epic by the band, which is most likely why it is sitting up there on my personal list.
It's a beautifully crafted, stunning masterpiece.
Up there with The Glass Prison, Oblivion, and The Grudge as one of my favorite prog metal openers.
Amazingly epic, heavy song with not one but two shredding guitar solos from Romeo. Really catchy chorus too. One of the best Iconoclast songs for sure!
Very powerful start, great vocals, and amazing guitar!
Romeo's tapping here on the guitar solo is legendary. No tapping has been more melodic than that sus2 major and minor chord successions. It's by far the best Symphony X song in terms of technicality and melody.
A great place to start for the uninformed Symphony X listener!
From a technical point of view, it is amazing.
This song is so ridiculously good, especially the chorus! The chord progression is really great, and the riffs and solo by Romeo are wicked.
The vocal harmonies are also spectacular. I particularly enjoy the ending. I wish the ending was a song of its own.
This song just has the perfect pacing for me. Many tempos fit me at certain times, and other times don't suit my mood.
This song always gets my blood pumping and lifts me up. "Here we are, children of sun and star..."
This should be WAY higher. It's got awesome progression and an amazing solo!
A truly underrated masterpiece off the Odyssey album and a great sequel song to the first Accolade. Hard to believe it's this low on the list. It should be up towards the top 15!
Top 10 SX song. Very underrated. I think it rivals The Accolade. The only thing that could make this song better is if it was twice as long.
One of their best songs and it's much better than The Accolade.