Symphony X - The Odyssey [1080p | 320 kbps sound]

[@mateush998]

They should play this in Operas on the whole world. An elite masterpiece.

[@reympab29]

Tryumphant Champions of Ithaca!!

[@BrunoLucenadesign]

It's so damn hard not to sing along lol!

[@SupernintendoChalmers0]

15 years later and this song reigns supreme in metal. A pity that far less superior bands get more attention.

[@metalfan6663]

One of the greatest songs in the music history! Symphony X is definitely the best Progressive Metal Band ever and this is definitely their most awesome song. My all-time favorite forever!!! \m/ 💙 \m/

[@akdiwijxkssk4832]

Dream Theater They Are The Best Dude

[@mortisnoctu]

Akdiwi Jxkssk Symphony X is what Dream Theater wishes they were 😉

[@adelianto6175]

Dream theater best? Dream theater died after portnoy left

[@falseflag42]

Haven't heard this for years balled my eyes out it's breath taking

[@1982unlobo]

obra maestra, tuve la suerte de presenciarlo en vivo...ojalá Symphony X sacara algún dvd o bluray como se merece una banda de este calibre

[@lark4k]

Best song ever. My favourite song of all time

[@georggeplutarco281]

Melhor música de todos os tempos.

[@justashes13]

One of the best songs in the history of the world.

[@erniquiroz463]

cant believe this is a song thought it was s freakin album!!!!

[@Thisismynameffs]

Fuck... this epic piece of perfection is still giving me ever rising eargasms even after 14 years

[@david-cano094]

I agree its an entire masterpiece, not just the song but the whole album, I'm from New York close to New Jersey where these guys originally come from. I'm officially in love with the classical piece from 19:02 to 20:10, send chills down my spine everytime I listen to it.. Thanks for the vid bro

[@overture_]

one of my favorites when it comes to long prog-tracks

[@kakobala]

One of my favourite songs ever. This may be because I'm from the Island opposite from Ithaca, too. Thank god they played it live in Athens.

[@Ryuzenski]

The very last few minutes of the song gives me chills

[@TheOvermaster]

This song is one of my favourite songs to sing because it's always a technical challenge no matter how warmed up I am - sort of like a Geoff Tate song - but closer to what I think pure metal should sound like.

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

This also needs to be the theme song of an Odyssey movie. Symphony X should compose the score of an Odyssey movie.

[@One_Rifle]

+Félix “Lt. Gen. Jack O'Neill” Veilleux-Ouellet have Blind Guardian's And The There Was Silence before this and you'll truly have an epic experience.

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

Nicholas Johansson Indeed.

[@lopolik]

The best song Ever. Period. Is there anything better than this?

[@akdiwi1jkssk717]

Joseph Machon Gargoyles angels of darkness heroes of the waterfalls kingdom a change of seasons six degress of inner turblence

[@HammerBlow500]

In terms of lengthy progressive metal songs, I’d argue A Change of Seasons, Octavarium and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (all by Dream Theater). That’s all though, this is incredible!

[@headcrabnew]

This is a masterpiece indeed. -Norsk SX fan siden 2008

[@michaelfields8808]

A Masterpeice

[@Cthulu1985]

19:09 epicness ensues.

[@RektorMcQuack]

One of my all-time favorite songs too. I listen to it all the time. Btw I thought Ithaca was an imaginary adventure-island :P hehe! Thank you for commenting.

[@kakobala]

Ithaca does exist, you can surf the net. Thanks for uploading this, one more time.

[@RektorMcQuack]

Indeed!

[@RektorMcQuack]

Indeed.

[@metalfan6663]

And who the hell is tough enough to say that İron Maiden beats this or even compare any Maiden-song to this awesome masterpiece?! İ really love İron Maiden and it's really sad that the vocalist was diagnosed with cancer. But how the hell is anyone able to compare Progressive Metal to old classic Heavy Metal. İt's impossible to put these both genres into the same box. İron Maiden would be incapable of composing any song like The Odyssey and Symphony X would be incapable of composing any song like Maiden does. They both have their own strengths. İncomparable!

[@Emosyne]

Great!

[@Lucas-gg9yb]

16:50 ever when I listen it, I remember final fantasy vii. Don't ask me why.

[@RektorMcQuack]

You're welcome, my friend. :)

[@MegaBlahhhhhhhhhh]

Ah, the good old arbitrary 'this band is better' metal debate. Regardless of the fact maiden and Symphony X are, musically, very different, there is no answer. This is more symphonic and more orchestrated than Iron Maiden's catalog. But one's taste is really the final determinant. This song is especially fun if you've read the poem. I'm assuming we're all familiar with it at least.

[@phoenixrider2210]

80% of the story is in the music.

[@juliarios8983]

+Soufiane Elkharouai Absolutely!!!! Can you feel it too!!!?? XD

[@CaptainChard]

Been noticing a lot of maiden vs X comparisons on here. No comparison.

[@Lukelo92]

+Richard Farrell Such different bands.

[@BigElectricBull1981]

+Richard Farrell I'm sorry. Iron Maiden sucks. Just my opinion, of course. I mean, I respect the influence they've had on metal and the fact that they're one of the pioneering bands. But I don't like their music at all. And compared to Symphony X!??? Umm, that's like comparing a turd to a diamond.

[@CaptainChard]

I meant that they're completely different genres and a comparison is meaningless. I absolutely love both Maiden and Symphony X. They are my two favourite bands so I definitely wasn't implying one was better than the other.

[@TripleFermentation]

LOL. Maiden is incapable of composing or performing something even half as technical, creative, beautiful, and overall brilliant as this. It takes a ton of practise, studying, and even natural talent to be capable of composing music at this level. It's not just technical, but it doesn't follow anything conventional. The timing, phrasing, melodies, chord progressions, etc. are intentionally outside the box, and the only way to do that in a way that sounds as pleasing as this does is with an incredible understanding of music. Please... don't compare to Maiden.

[@RektorMcQuack]

Yeah dude NEVER compare symphonic metal to progressive heavy metal... Maiden is one of the best bands in the world.

[@samarhello]

TripleFermentation As much as I love this band. No. Maiden may not have the raw technical skill or the odd time signatures, but their songwriting ability is way up there, I have heard far more emotional and better written Maiden songs than this. I think there are Maiden songs that far surpass this in terms of overall brilliance. Just because a song isn't 24 minutes long doesn't mean it can't be a masterpiece. And don't forget, these are all opinions, but you're pretentiously parading yours around like it's fact.

[@TripleFermentation]

I've been playing and studying music for 17 years. There's nothing wrong with enjoying Maiden more than Symphony X, but to claim that their song-writing ability is anything above novice-level, or even worse, better than that of Symphony X's, I take issue. It may speak to you more, and again, that's fine, but nothing they've ever written can touch the musical depth and adeptness of this and many other SX tracks. It's not just because this track is 24 minutes long and has odd time-signatures that it's great. Writing odd time-signatures isn't difficult, but constructing a song as competently as this is. It's also quite difficult to perform. IMO, SX's best work is the album V. If you'd like, let me know which song of theirs you feel is a good example of great song-writing, and I'll check it out :)

[@samarhello]

TripleFermentation I haven't listened to V yet, but I have listened to a bunch of stuff from their other albums, that I bought. I love several songs from Paradise Lost, the song Iconoclast, everything from The Divine Wings of Tragedy except Sea of Lies. Technically, yeah, it's more impressive than Maiden. The riffs aren't super-amazing from what I've heard, and there's a lot of repetition between songs, although Romeo's excellent fills make any riff somewhat interesting. I see that they're a great band, but I would still rate Maiden higher, I'm just a sucker for some harmonies. As for examples, The Red and the Black from the newest album is (in my opinion) extremely well written. It knows what to repeat, and it packs a lot of variations on good ideas. The Thin Line Between Love and Hate, from Brave New World is a decent song, with some fantastic guitar melodies at the end. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, which is the title track on its album is extremely progressive, with about 4 minutes of some great (not Romeo level in terms of technicality, of course) soloing and some really cool harmonies.

[@TripleFermentation]

When I used to like Maiden, Seventh Son and Brave were my favourite albums of theirs, with Thin Line being my favourite track on the latter. If you like the guitar lead harmonies, the Champion of Ithaca part of The Odyssey (this video) is a great homage to that ;)

[@lopolik]

In my opinion this is better than what Maiden did. Nevertheless, Seventh son of a seventh son and Rime of the ancient Mariner are pretty close. :)

[@RektorMcQuack]

I agree \m/

[@TheDiegomula]

16:44 and 17:42 sounds like songs from METAL SLUG 3

[@TheDiegomula]

TheDiegomula also 19:38 sounds like Aden theme (LINEAGE 2)

[@arielrojas7179]

8:24 to 9:01 reminds me Innuendo

[@sgtBONGwater]

Intro is super smash bro's.

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

Makes me wanna read Homer's Odyssey.

[@MrScottleak]

agreed maiden are the BOMB but its a pretty good song

[@americanswan]

LOL. Do you think KZbin outputs 320kbps?

[@thanosfisherman]

lol at least you can be sure that the output is the maximum allowed.

[@americanswan]

I have an LG V20. I can record pure 24bit audio AND UPLOAD it to KZbin. But why? KZbin stinks.

[@americanswan]

How about a link in the description to the original 320kbps file on mega?

[@RektorMcQuack]

I was actually thinking about Seventh Son :P hehe

[@waniselabbar746]

This made me read Homer's Odyssey 🤣

[@kingoverth]

Intro makes me feel like im playing legend of zelda...

[@PriestOfFilm]

Mythological heroism made into audible form.

[@wBacz]

the level of the sound is damaged. Dont listen to this. RektorMcQuack has spoiled the original level volume.

[@amjan]

Lol, Maiden? The power metal band who's been playing the galoop and the same generic chord progressions on every song for the last 30 years?

[@RektorMcQuack]

Wowowowow, you just made an incredibly ignorant statement. You clearly don't know ANYTHING about Iron Maiden, and I do NOT wish to argue with you.

[@RektorMcQuack]

I think Iron Maiden (the band) has some better songs, but this one is SOOO CLOSE!

[@victorpf9290]

what are you saying!!!!!!

[@MrFreakybeer]

Tryumphant Champions of Ithaca!!