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Which of these bands do you like most?

Circus Maximus
2 (3.8%)
Andromeda
0 (0%)
Riverside
23 (43.4%)
Symphony X
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Offline LKap13

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Which of these bands if your favorite?
« on: June 05, 2020, 01:21:57 PM »
Just curious your opinions on which of these (somewhat similar) bands you like most. If not familiar with one or more of them just pick your favorite of the ones you know. By the way, I think Andromeda, CM and Riverside are similar while SX is not like the others but I included them because they're approximately at the same popularity level.

I like all 4 of these bands a lot. SX was one of my favs for a while, then I enjoyed CM but have been getting into Riverside lately and find them to be really strong. Curious if people share my current enthusiasm for Riverside.

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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2020, 01:23:18 PM »
riverside is the only one i'm particularly fond of and even then they've fallen off in the last decade

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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2020, 01:29:41 PM »
I too have to go with Riverside. Even though I haven't really liked all of their stuff over the last 10 years, like Cyril alluded to.

I do like all three of the other bands, but not nearly as much.
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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2020, 01:32:48 PM »
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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2020, 01:36:26 PM »
I'm not sure I have an opinion either way, to be honest.

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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2020, 01:37:43 PM »
Lol that's a funny thing to respond

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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2020, 02:00:01 PM »
I like quite a bit of SX's material.  What I have heard of Riverside was not even remotely good.  CM doesn't really do it for me.  Haven't heard Andromeda.
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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2020, 02:08:22 PM »
Riverside followed by Symphony X.

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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2020, 02:08:58 PM »
Circus Maximus just sounded way too bland from what I've heard.

I have two Andromeda albums and they're....fine, but pretty prog/metal by numbers.

Riverside also sounded fine but nothing special, but I haven't heard a lot.

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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2020, 02:09:18 PM »
What I have heard of Riverside was not even remotely good.

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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2020, 02:10:45 PM »
I like quite a bit of SX's material.  What I have heard of Riverside was not even remotely good.  CM doesn't really do it for me.  Haven't heard Andromeda.

I'm curious what you've heard of Riverside. They're very inconsistent for me and have several albums that sound nothing alike. Some of their albums I don't like at all, and a couple others I think are really awesome. I think Love, Fear, and the Time Machine is my favorite because it has this gorgeous serene quality to the music that I don't hear on any of the other records; ADHD is an aggressive progressive metal record with some really heavy moments; Wasteland is more depressing than your typical Katatonia record; Second Life Syndrome and SONGS do absolutely nothing for me... Pretty fascinating that a single band can cover so much ground.
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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2020, 02:13:01 PM »
Riverside is the only one I like out of these. Symphony X has some OK albums but are too cheesy for me, the other 2 are like C-list prog bands as far as i'm concerned. (but hey thats just my opinion)

I like quite a bit of SX's material.  What I have heard of Riverside was not even remotely good.  CM doesn't really do it for me.  Haven't heard Andromeda.

I'm curious what you've heard of Riverside. They're very inconsistent for me and have several albums that sound nothing alike. Some of their albums I don't like at all, and a couple others I think are really awesome. I think Love, Fear, and the Time Machine is my favorite because it has this gorgeous serene quality to the music that I don't hear on any of the other records; ADHD is an aggressive progressive metal record with some really heavy moments; Wasteland is more depressing than your typical Katatonia record; Second Life Syndrome and SONGS do absolutely nothing for me... Pretty fascinating that a single band can cover so much ground.

It's funny you say that because for me it's almost the other way around. I kinda think every Riverside album sounds the same except for ADHD which is more prog metal where the others are more prog rock. I don't even mean anything negative by that, I like Riverside and I like their albums, but for me they are definitely a band that has a 'sound' that they mostly stick too. Other than ADHD which does have heavier guitars than the rest (which are more mellow).

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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2020, 02:16:46 PM »
I’m not a huge prog fan so Symphony X, followed by Circus Maximus.

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« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2020, 02:19:40 PM »
I really liked CM when they released their debut, and liked their follow up even more. I have their two other releases, but they are vastly inferior to their first two.

Highly enjoy S-X material between Damnation and Odyssey. I have listened to some stuff they've released since, but it didn't grab me enough to pursue it further.

What little Riverside I've heard I didn't care much for.

Not heard any Andromeda. Been listening for the last 10 minutes or so, and seems worth checking out.
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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2020, 02:58:25 PM »
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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2020, 03:11:00 PM »
Riverside is the only one I like out of these. Symphony X has some OK albums but are too cheesy for me, the other 2 are like C-list prog bands as far as i'm concerned. (but hey thats just my opinion)

I like quite a bit of SX's material.  What I have heard of Riverside was not even remotely good.  CM doesn't really do it for me.  Haven't heard Andromeda.

I'm curious what you've heard of Riverside. They're very inconsistent for me and have several albums that sound nothing alike. Some of their albums I don't like at all, and a couple others I think are really awesome. I think Love, Fear, and the Time Machine is my favorite because it has this gorgeous serene quality to the music that I don't hear on any of the other records; ADHD is an aggressive progressive metal record with some really heavy moments; Wasteland is more depressing than your typical Katatonia record; Second Life Syndrome and SONGS do absolutely nothing for me... Pretty fascinating that a single band can cover so much ground.

It's funny you say that because for me it's almost the other way around. I kinda think every Riverside album sounds the same except for ADHD which is more prog metal where the others are more prog rock. I don't even mean anything negative by that, I like Riverside and I like their albums, but for me they are definitely a band that has a 'sound' that they mostly stick too. Other than ADHD which does have heavier guitars than the rest (which are more mellow).

I agree with that actually. They have a certain sound that is noticeable on every album, but it feels like a lot of the albums have a different atmosphere they try to set. I really like the keyboard lead patch on ADHD, it's smooth but has just enough bite to be aggressive, and it's heavy.
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« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2020, 03:55:14 PM »
Eh, the only one I actually listen to. Symphony X.
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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #17 on: June 05, 2020, 03:58:36 PM »
I really like Circus Maximus's album Isolate, but haven't had much interest in the rest of their stuff. I guess I'll go with Riverside because overall their work is more interesting to me.

Symphony X I have one album of and never listen to, Andromeda I've only heard of.

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« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2020, 04:23:03 PM »
Symphony X by lightyears.
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« Reply #19 on: June 05, 2020, 06:22:08 PM »
Not familiar with the first two. Riverside for me, although I do like a fair amount of Symphony X. But when Russ started adding more grit to his vocals and they went in a heavier direction, I lost interest. But I love TDWoT, Twilight in Olympus and especially V.
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« Reply #20 on: June 05, 2020, 07:05:02 PM »
Never heard of Andromeda.

Riverside never got enough love- they have at least 2 albums that are better than anything Haken has done.
 

Symphony X and Circus Maximus are awesome, but honestly I don’t really take them seriously...more of a guilty pleasure and when I need my fix of guitar porn.

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« Reply #21 on: June 05, 2020, 07:23:03 PM »
I only recently started listening to riverside. Their first 2-3 albums seem to be better than their more recent stuff. I'm extremely impressed by Second Life Syndrome. To me, it's a masterpiece

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« Reply #22 on: June 05, 2020, 08:30:32 PM »
Riverside and it wasn't close.  Once upon a time maybe it would have been, but Riverside is one of my favorites and Symphony X has fallen off. 

Right now I'd say:
Riverside
Andromeda
Symphony X
Circus Maximus

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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #23 on: June 05, 2020, 08:35:44 PM »
Symphony X
Circus Maximus

Not familiar with the other two.

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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #24 on: June 05, 2020, 09:20:07 PM »
I will out myself and say I think almost all Symphony X before Paradise Lost is unbearable, whereas their last 3 albums are totally awesome, so they'd be my #2 here
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« Reply #25 on: June 05, 2020, 09:21:16 PM »
1. Riverside









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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #26 on: June 05, 2020, 09:30:34 PM »
Just curious your opinions on which of these (somewhat similar) bands you like most. If not familiar with one or more of them just pick your favorite of the ones you know. By the way, I think Andromeda, CM and Riverside are similar while SX is not like the others but I included them because they're approximately at the same popularity level.

I like all 4 of these bands a lot. SX was one of my favs for a while, then I enjoyed CM but have been getting into Riverside lately and find them to be really strong. Curious if people share my current enthusiasm for Riverside.

I disagree with the bolded.  I think of the four, SX and Circus Maximus are the most similar.   In fact I think CM has, um, borrowed from SX a good bit. 

But I do totally share your enthusiasm for Riverside.  :)

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« Reply #27 on: June 06, 2020, 04:37:38 AM »
Symphony X.

I like Riverside quite a lot but until now I only know like three albums by them. Symphony X has shaped my musical taste after I got into DT and prog around 2006/07. There are many bands I like more than Symphony X, but of these, they're my favourite.

I know and like the first two Circus Maximus albums. I have great memories of their first album because I used to listen to it during my exchange year in Argentina 2010/11.

I have never heard anything by Andromeda.
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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #28 on: June 06, 2020, 04:51:45 AM »
While I'm by no means a fan, I think Symphony X up until (and including) Paradise Lost, while cheesy still did their thing pretty good. But i remember thinking the one after Paradise Lost was really painful to get through because the guitars were tuned to sound like a machine or something and the 'heavier' tuning just had a negative impact on their sound IMO. The earlier stuff is most definitely cheese but I can see why people would get something out of it more - even if me myself is fairly neutral.

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Re: Which of these bands if your favorite?
« Reply #29 on: June 06, 2020, 04:53:37 AM »
Riverside

I like some songs by CM and SX but Riverside is in the other league for me. Hopefully I'll see them live one day.

I don't know Andromeda though.
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« Reply #30 on: June 06, 2020, 06:37:21 AM »
Riverside easily. CM I still like though I don't listen to them very often. Andromeda I used to like quite a bit back in the day. There was a time when I liked Symphony X, but that was a long time ago
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« Reply #31 on: June 06, 2020, 06:01:09 PM »
Symphony X by a country mile.
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« Reply #32 on: June 06, 2020, 08:28:59 PM »
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« Reply #33 on: June 07, 2020, 05:42:54 AM »
Riverside for me, they are consistently good with all their albums, except the last one Wasteland, which to my ears is nowhere near as good as anything else that have done.

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« Reply #34 on: June 07, 2020, 11:40:28 AM »
Riverside for me, they are consistently good with all their albums, except the last one Wasteland, which to my ears is nowhere near as good as anything else that have done.

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