The Odyssey (album)
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The Odyssey is the sixth studio effort of progressive metal band Symphony X, and their heaviest album so far. The first three tracks are without any doubt heavy metal songs, but are still filled with typical Symphony X elements. The fourth track, "Accolade II", is a sequel to the famous "The Accolade" from The Divine Wings of Tragedy, which is far less heavy and much more epic and progressive than the previous three tracks. "King of Terrors", track number five, is based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum. This line continues in the sixth track, where the seventh track can be seen as a warming up to the grand finale: track eight is a 24-minute epic musical take on/version of Homer's The Odyssey about the journey home of Greek hero Odysseus.
Tracklist
- Inferno (Unleash the Fire) (Romeo, Allen) (5:32)
- Wicked (Romeo, Allen) (5:30)
- Incantations of the Apprentice (Romeo, Allen) (4:19)
- Accolade II (Romeo, Pinella, Lepond, Allen) (7:04)
- King of Terrors (Romeo, Pinella, Allen, Rullo) (6:16)
- The Turning (Romeo, Lepond, Allen) (4:12)
- Awakenings (Romeo, Pinella, Lepond, Allen) (8:18)
- The Odyssey (24:09)
- *Part I - Odysseus Theme/Overture (Romeo)
- *Part II - Journey to Ithaca (Romeo, Allen)
- *Part III - The Eye (Romeo)
- *Part IV - Circe (Daughter of the Sun) (Romeo)
- *Part V - Sirens (Romeo)
- *Part VI - Scylla and Charybdis (Romeo)
- **a) Gulf of Doom
- **b) Drifting Home
- *Part VII - The Fate of the Suitors / Champion of Ithaca (Romeo, Lepond)
- Masquerade '98 (Limited Edition/Japanese bonustrack) (Romeo, Pinella, Miller, Rullo, Tyler) (6:01)
- Frontiers (Japanese bonustrack)
Performers
- Russell Allen - vocals
- Michael Romeo - all electric and acoustic guitars, orchestral keyboards and programming
- Michael Pinnella - piano, keyboards
- Michael Lepond - bass
- Jason Rullo - drums
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