Twilight in Olympus

by Symphony X

Twilight in Olympus cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 March 1998
  • Label: Zero
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 52:44
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Michael Pinnella, Eric Rachel, Tom Walling, Thomas Miller, Steve Evetts, Michael Romeo, Russell Allen

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Standing as the final album to feature original drummer Thomas Walling, the New Jersey quintet's fourth release is a dazzling display of neoclassical guitar shredding and symphonic grandeur. The highly complex, odd-metered rhythms and soaring vocals further solidified their status as premier virtuosos within the American progressive metal scene.

Genres

Descriptors: mythology, melodic, fantasy, complex, uncommon-time-signatures, technical

Tracklist

  1. Smoke and Mirrors (6:08)
  2. Church of the Machine (8:57)
  3. Sonata (1:25)
  4. In the Dragon's Den (3:58)
  5. Through the Looking Glass - Part I, II & III (13:06)
  6. The Relic (5:03)
  7. Orion - The Hunter (6:56)
  8. Lady of the Snow (7:07)

Credits

  • Symphony X - primary artist, music by, lyrics by
  • Dan Muro - artwork [cover art by]
  • Thomas Miller - bass, backing vocals, lyrics by, music by
  • Tom Walling - drums
  • Michael Pinnella - keyboards, backing vocals, other [knives and chain-saw jugglining], music by
  • Russell Allen - vocals, lyrics by
  • Ludwig van Beethoven - music by [based on a theme from sonata #8 in c minor by]

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