KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
I just saw Symphony X last night for the first time. Quite a good show I would say, the band (Mr. Allen in particular) were seemingly in a great mood and also in a great form performance-wise. Seriously, I don't think I've ever seen a vocalist nail the fuck out of their decades-old songs in that manner. The show included a lot of banter and (a bit too much) crowd participation, they could've easily played a few more songs instead. Also, the encore break was around 15 minutes long, I was about to fall asleep lol.
I was pleasantly surprised to see how into it the audience was even with the newer material. I think opening with Iconoclast is not a good move at all, but whatever. Inferno was the third song of the show, it probably should've been the opener given how nuts the crowd went during it. Without You was another highlight as well as Evolution. The cons of the show were, well, the fact that 8 out of the 12 songs were from the last three albums. I think most would agree that Iconoclast and To Hell and Back are not their best 10-minute tracks. I also don't really see how Underworld is relevant enough in 2024 to get four spots in that short of a setlist but whatever. The stage lighting sucked balls, I couldn't see Lepond and Pinnella for the whole show. Good thing I at least spotted a Lepond lookalike on my train while going to the show...
And last but not least, Russell promised that a new album would be coming out sometime in 2025. Pretty exciting. He also said that Symphony X would never take another long break from touring or recording until their "wheels fucking fall off". I got the impression that he was being serious but we shall see.
I was pleasantly surprised to see how into it the audience was even with the newer material. I think opening with Iconoclast is not a good move at all, but whatever. Inferno was the third song of the show, it probably should've been the opener given how nuts the crowd went during it. Without You was another highlight as well as Evolution. The cons of the show were, well, the fact that 8 out of the 12 songs were from the last three albums. I think most would agree that Iconoclast and To Hell and Back are not their best 10-minute tracks. I also don't really see how Underworld is relevant enough in 2024 to get four spots in that short of a setlist but whatever. The stage lighting sucked balls, I couldn't see Lepond and Pinnella for the whole show. Good thing I at least spotted a Lepond lookalike on my train while going to the show...
And last but not least, Russell promised that a new album would be coming out sometime in 2025. Pretty exciting. He also said that Symphony X would never take another long break from touring or recording until their "wheels fucking fall off". I got the impression that he was being serious but we shall see.
