Poll

Vote for the song you want to eliminate

Inferno (Unleash The Fire)
0 (0%)
Frontiers
4 (50%)
Wicked
0 (0%)
Incantations Of The Apprentice
1 (12.5%)
The Accolade II
0 (0%)
Masquerade '98
3 (37.5%)
King Of Terrors
0 (0%)
The Turning
0 (0%)
Awakenings
0 (0%)
The Odyssey
0 (0%)
(see results without voting)
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 8

Voting closed: January 22, 2018, 06:10:23 PM

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Offline IDontNotDoThings

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Symphony X Survivor - The Odyssey - Round 1
« on: January 21, 2018, 06:10:23 PM »
Round 1 of The Odyssey survivor. In this division of the survivor, we decide which songs from this album will go on to the finals & consolations. This album placed 4th in the album survivor, so the 1st, 2nd & 3rd place songs will go on to the finals, with 4th going to consolation, where it'll have an extra chance to accompany it in the finals. For this round, vote for the track you want to go to the finals the least. If you don't care about voting &/or haven't heard all of the albums but still want to know the current results, select "(see results without voting)". You cannot see the results otherwise & once you have voted, you cannot change your vote. Round lasts 24 hours.



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Get out your Nintendo Switch, it's time for the Odyssey! (yeah, I've been waiting the whole survivor to say that)

So this is where the more modern era of SX starts to peek its head a little bit. I ranked this album pretty high when I first heard it, but over some relistens, it doesn't really have as much appeal to me as its two successors. Still though, the title track is one of the best SX songs ever, so I guess you can't really complain too much. I also threw in the bonus tracks (in my own specialised order ;D) since we don't really have enough material to do a B-Sides survivor. Also, Frontiers is actually one of my favourites, so that might have something to do with it too.

Anyway, first pick I think will be pretty obvious, at least for me. This track has the same issue as OOTA for me in that its placement in the order just makes it feel redundant & unnecessary. It also has a pretty noisy & hard-to-follow chorus, & doesn't really stick with me as a must-have on the album, so it's a pretty easy contender for my least favourite on the album (& one of SX's bottom-tier songs imo).

Incantations Of The Apprentice
ドリームシアターはあまり好きではありませんが、ペンと紙を持っていたので、なんてこった。

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Re: Symphony X Survivor - The Odyssey - Round 1
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2018, 09:34:44 PM »
I've never heard Frontiers, guess I better check that first then.  I love this album.
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Re: Symphony X Survivor - The Odyssey - Round 1
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2018, 12:54:19 AM »
Never ever even know about the song Frontiers.  Awesome tune, it should have made the album for sure.

But I guess I need to vote Frontiers just because I've heard all the other tunes many times more and they all kick ass.  Amazing album, no weak tunes at all.

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Re: Symphony X Survivor - The Odyssey - Round 1
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2018, 01:07:24 AM »
Frontiers (which I never knew somehow snuck on #2 in other editions of the album)
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Re: Symphony X Survivor - The Odyssey - Round 1
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2018, 01:31:00 AM »
Frontiers (which I never knew somehow snuck on #2 in other editions of the album)

(read the OP)
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Re: Symphony X Survivor - The Odyssey - Round 1
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2018, 01:48:53 AM »
D'uh, silly me.
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Re: Symphony X Survivor - The Odyssey - Round 1
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2018, 04:36:10 AM »
I went Masquerade since it doesn't really belong on the album IMO.  Still need to hear Frontiers but I'm confident with the Masquerade vote.
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