Symphony X:Divine Wings of Tragedy Part I

Part 1 of track 8 from the Title track Divine Wings of Tragedy.
Part II: • Symphony X:Divine Wing...
Part III: • Symphony X:Divine Wing...

[@Alazerith]

Hands down the best Symphony X song! The intricate solo and riff playing mixed in with Russell Allens beautiful voice makes this one of the only 20 minutes songs that is a joy to listen to all the way through. A freaking masterpiece!

[@Lycanthr0py]

It is virtually impossible to get bored of this master piece of progressive metal. I've listened to this song atleast 50 times. Other amazing song by Symphony x is The Odyssey which I highly recommend

[@Delpifo]

EPIC!!!!!! Along with Mozarts requiem and Chopins nocturnes this is one of my all time favorite musical pieces. Brilliant brilliant brilliant.

[@nikeja]

Why can't I vote and vote and vote and vote... There are no words to describe what this does to me and how do i feel when I listen to it.. Pure power and intensity of feeling..

[@Madhouse255]

There is nothing better than a really cool choir sound. Epic is the only word for this song :)

[@robertogvarela]

This is a fuckin great master piece, symphony X u guys owned

[@BenMc1981]

jason rullo is soooo underrated.... love this band so much, best musicians.

[@lpsh0rty]

Such a great Neo-Classical piece.

[@SoulLockhart]

3:09 Love this!! Badass guitar solo, and the keyboard too!!

[@battleblades]

I believe it is Mars, the Bringer of War. Jupiter is the bringer of Jollity. After the beautiful opening chorale, when the guitar comes in, there is the theme from the opening of Mars. Great job for knowing that it came from the planets! I am a young, serious violin student, and, because I am classically trained, it warms my heart to see people who understand music well. And kudos to Symphony X, one of my favorite bands ever.

[@JeanPaul-Godtier]

Wow .... So beautiful ...

[@lanakid1]

hey, the whole song makes me shiver

[@omer-sela-rothenberg]

DT & SX basically do everything I love about music. Great technical abilities, and their music is complex, epic and catchy, which are the differences between good music and bad.

[@jsem94]

Symphony X is one of the best bands ever.

[@victoriajohnston3084]

At 1:45 when they come in with something similar to Mars, Bringer of War-- LOVE IT

[@EmiliCulth]

A masterpiece idd! The same as Milton's "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise regained" and Dante's "Inferno", where they got the inspiration for the lyrics. The combination of Symphony X and John Milton / Dante just has to be a masterpiece

[@SasukeX53]

i love this song! totally an epic creation for music!!1!

[@JosephSaintClair]

Can't vote this song high enough - it is way way way way beyond a metal masterpiece, better that an ear orgasm, it is more that divine, more that friggen brilliant, more than better than anything else, better than EPIC !!!!

[@ExodiaWins]

this is the uber beast of all songs no other song comes close to this epic orgy of a song!!! xD

[@goodygoody23]

this and the Odyssey are the answers to life

[@cq9702]

currently typin up an essay to this song.... Everything becomes that bit more epic.

[@bernardvg]

such epicness

[@XGLDF]

The march at the beginning reminds me a lot of "Am I Evil?"

[@Diomenesx]

A metal masterpiece!

[@DethFan333]

I've just realised....the bit right after the chanting at the beginning sounds exactly like the airship theme from super mario bros. 3.

[@tardy01]

@joe2131 Actually that part is based off of Mars, The Bringer of War from Holst's The Planets. That compostion went on to inspire other bands that used it in their songs. Even my band did an improvisation of it live.

[@SirJamestheIII]

@CapnKeys I would define musicality as the ability to capture emotion and thought in music.

[@SatanLovesMetal]

IM GOING TO SEE THEM LIVE IN HOLLAND !!!

[@CristianAulestia]

simplemente ,una obra maestra ...

[@psyxoux]

the bestttttttt!

[@ghida44]

any other bands can pack their stuff after hearing this masterpiece!

[@TheNexusReplicant]

@LuxAnna79 Hello. Thomas Miller was the bassist in this album.

[@Dagoneitor1]

Un viajesote musical muy bueno

[@hatejapanesecars]

@panteraRox22 at about 4:30, that progression they use that at the end of Revelation (Paradise Lost album) as well.

[@JadKni]

Symphony X isn't my favorite prog band, but I do love this song.

[@Braskasfinalaeon37]

Right now I'm uploading the other 2 parts.I uploaded the 2nd hafl of the song but it was to long so I'm going to cut the second half in 2 parts.

[@thafridge]

@jibber102 --> Octavarium, the orchestra they use in that song is asewome :) And in their last album 'Black clouds and silver linings' they play some pretty heavy parts. But I definetely agree with you that both bands are very different, that's why I like listening to both of them so much :D

[@knumorvid]

no, not only in Orion the hunter. e.g in The death of Balance you can hear the same note placement and beat as in the mirror by dream theater...and they probably inspired some other songs too

[@chriscoooley]

@joe2131 i thought that same thing when i heard the instruments come in, always reminds me of that level

[@82Rammstein82]

@iknowDavenMC this is the song that reminds me of when i 1st heard it: Holst's "mars" from "the planets"

[@Shadowofcreation]

Humble or not, he said it. Naturally, he cushioned the blow somewhat by adding, "But the Odyssey changed my mind" and whatnot, but that presumable arrogance was still prevalent.

[@TheLdca]

épico!

[@lionheart1827]

onn the edge of paradiseeeee! fucking awesome

[@buttonmasher5000]

I'd say it's a tie of AWESOMENESS between Dream Theater, Symphony X, and Pagan's Mind too. =D Liquid Tension Experiment doesn't really count because half of the group is from Dream Theater, but it's still just as awesome.

[@Misanthrope666]

Yes, it is Mars. They're not covering the song, theyre using one part of the song in a more contemporary setting

[@ItsDungeonTime]

@Solar2 i thought i was the only one that noticed that, my schools concert band played mars and i was like THIS SOUNDS LIKE SYMPHONY X, noone knew what i was talking about though haha

[@SubGunner]

heavy metal at its finest

[@iknowDavenMC]

@dreecas The part that starts at 1:42 is simmilar to the main the theme from Mars.

[@eclipseml]

@edmega332 probably their singer. layered and layered and layered. maybe a couple of the other guys in the band chipped in too.

[@Tunaan360]

Ah nice extract from Holst's Mars

[@darfunkelidas]

"sounds like death shit from Mario 3!" ehrm, I believe it's called a march.

[@VikramShankarMusic]

@FenderUsa Both are based on Mars, The Bringer of War by Gustav Holst.

[@Farmhousehorror]

neww favorite

[@panteraRox22]

in the odyssey they use one of the same progressions in this song. its just a different time signature

[@RDBeast]

This whole song...... just absolutely amazing. Symphony x are gods of music. Sorry DT but its no comparison in my opinion.

[@anahowana]

@GIGeorge23 absolutely you are right!! freddie mercury was somewhere here...

[@Metathresh]

@iknowDavenMC the part at 1:42 also sounds like the Dark World Mountain/Forest theme from a Link to the Past. It would be pretty awesome if Symphony X covered that song.

[@thedivineenergy]

...amen.

[@steve123k]

It's called "FFAC - For the Reunion" and it's sounds a bit like the 4:54 of this song..

[@JonLeeCon]

OMG UR RIGHT

[@Krowsnest]

Wow....... You spoke my mind so well.......... I personally like SX much more because of Allen, and I think at many times Romeo and the gang could outperform DT. Of all the time I've heard people compare DT and SX you've probably stated it best, so good for you.

[@thegrindhouse666]

having had front row live experiences with both dream theatre and symphony x, i can say i prefered symphony x live by quite a margin, album wise it is much closer.

[@battleblades]

It's based of one of Bach's Oratorials. Maybe his Christmas Oratorial?

[@FenderUsa]

intro sounds exactly like am i evil by diamond head

[@AzureAiluren]

Because at the time, he WAS powermetal. Then Helloween and Stratovarius came along and developed the genre more.

[@Braskasfinalaeon37]

Hey Maybe next time I'll upload all of "the Odessey"

[@Ch0c0b0]

@blast3000 Michael Romeo, the guitarist.

[@danielexplosion]

Holy Crap! DethFan333 was right!!! 1:42 DOES sound like the doomship theme from mario 3! Then if that orchestral piece represents Mars, bringer of war, it would make sense why Shigeru Miyamoto would input that piece for that part of the game. Damn, Miyamoto's a fucking genius! That's fucked up!

[@a601lbcatfish]

@rgwhittaker Their latest album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings is also considerably heavier imo.

[@metalheadnick555]

both songs incorporated Gustav Holst's "Mar's Bringer of War"....thats why

[@SjPedro]

@eclipseml I believe Michael Romeo and Pinnella laid down some tracks too

[@NinjaNitrate]

However, these two are enough to please

[@VoodooTu]

3:42 keyboard melter!

[@FreeMarketPatmo]

after the last SX album, it seems less and less reasonable to compare them, the last SX was so pure metal it would be better compared with Iron Maiden or something, But the older SX stuff had an obvious similarity in the epic category, so I can see why they get compared to DT a lot. the last albums for each band were both amazing and completely different though, they each really nailed it and perfected the best part of what they do

[@BostonSportsGuy567]

err merr gerrd dat's kerrrlll

[@Drewb18c1]

anybody know if they actually wrote the intro? that is some incredible 4 part writing and it takes a huge amount of training to be able to do. anyway...fucking incredible piece. this is their echos lol

[@RuiMeirelles]

Well I really think that the best progressive metal bands nowadays are Dream Theater, Symphony X, Circus Maximus, Dreamscape and Vanden Plas, Although the most similar to DT is Dreamscape but even so they are very different.. Circus Maximus are awesome also...I highly recommend you to check this bands they are very very good indeed. Cheers - *DT and SX keep rockin'!! * =)

[@FreeMarketPatmo]

true, I think at one point in the 90's both bands had some similar epic tendencies, but now SX has really kicked their metal stuff in gear, while DT has continued to write beautiful epic shit that you can't really put in a genre, (with the occasional heavy ass kicker) They have both really perfected their sound and gone further apart than what they used to be, even then tho, you are right, it does no one any good to have the "who's better" debate,

[@Jorgemejiatrejo1]

Yeah

[@edgarjrelevante]

@edmega332 I'm pretty sure it's Russell Allen.

[@MyEggIsBoiled]

I know man, ha. It's almost sickening, because even though they've gone through a few bassists, they're all extremely talented, but it seems like only this album and some earlier ones were actually appreciative of what a bassist can and will do to music.

[@oddzilla1]

they changed to ostinato from mars but it still kicks ass

[@KifutoKana1]

@jsem94 One of? Those are two words that can be removed from your comment.

[@Germanbiscuts]

Gustav Holst @ 1:42 ( Mars:Bringer of War )

[@StreamOfMetal]

Take THAT Nightwish!!! jajajaja

[@killerbunny123123]

@NiobiumDrummer cool :D how? do u have the MIDI or the scores or smthin or just listening to it and trying to find out?

[@steve123k]

The part at 4:54 is similar to Final Fantasy Advent Children at exactly 18:16....

[@SirJamestheIII]

@7metal4life7 It takes more musical ability to use odd time signatures without making them painfully obvious to the listener. I enjoy songs with crazy (sometimes unnecessary) time signatures. I go to DT concerts. Meshuggah is one of my favorite bands. But sneaking odd time signatures into songs to make the everyday person enjoy it is quite difficult and I admire bands who can do that. Like Rush or Iron maiden. what do you mean by comprehend? i comprehend everything but i don't always enjoy it

[@Bero192]

best song.....symphony is the best.. xd

[@dreecas]

I can't find the piece of Mars, The Bringer Of War on this song. Where are the similarities? Help me, please. Great song, Chuck Norris approves.

[@MojitoMadness]

@iknowDavenMC I can't believe I'm saying this but for some reason I think of Space Mutiny when I hear it. No disrespect to the band.

[@killerbunny123123]

anyone has the score for this piece? or MIDI? im especially interested in the choir part at the beginning

[@lpsh0rty]

@suffiice can u send me the link, i want to hear it

[@xellestar]

The Odyssey is far more orchestral and stuff, while this is more on the heavy side with the guitars, both are equally good i think but i like this one SLIGHTLY better overall :D

[@EmperorMato]

@musicxpwnsxlife ok, you're right. what i dont like is they never say they use it from Bach, you know. their succes comes from something which is not theirs.. that's my problem :) but as i said, they are imo very good musicians

[@LuxAnna79]

8:30 _ 9:00 Ladies and Gentleman, Mr Michael Anthony LePond III

[@zekilleur]

@ SirJamestheIII Theres no right or wrong way to use time signatures.

[@Scarecrow545]

Mars!

[@EmperorMato]

@EmperorMato B minor of course :-o

[@gone2danonos]

cani i ask question about symphony x its song of i dont know the tittle"why become a lie heading with foe feeling with lies and haste caondition frear will force that were here calling the end of day here i am i tried im not so far