Symphony X

Symphony X is an American hard rock, heavy metal, progressive metal, power metal, thrash metal, symphonic metal, and neoclassical metal band formed in Middletown, New Jersey, United States in 1994, by Michael Romeo, (lead guitar and backing vocals), Michael Pinnella, (keyboards and backing vocals), Jason Rullo, (drums), Thomas Miller, (bass guitar), and Rod Tyler, (lead vocals). It didn't take long for Rod Tyler to be replaced by Russell Allen, in 1995, who still sings for the band to this day. Thomas Miller left the band in 1998, and was replaced by Michael LePond in 1999. And finally Thomas Walling, who briefly replaced Rullo after his break from the band for Twilight in Olympus, left the band in 1998, and was replaced by a returning Jason Rullo. Symphony X is often compared to fellow progressive metal band Dream Theater in online metal communities, and fans of each often argue about which one of them is superior. Their material from the early 2000s and before had intense influence from Western classical music, similar to European-styled power metal acts such as Rhapsody of Fire or Stratovarius, with some works quoted including "Mars, The Bringer of War" from Holst's The Planets and the second movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8. Some of their notable influences include Rush, Kansas, Yes, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, UK, Al Dimeola, former Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth, Randy Rhodes, Yngwie Malmsteen, Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Wagner, Gustav Holst, and Igor Stravinsky. 
Since their inception, Symphony X has released a total of 9 studio albums, Symphony X, (1994), The Damnation Game, (1995), The Divine Wings of Tragedy, (1996), Twilight in Olympus, (1998), V: The New Mythology Suite, (2000), The Odyssey, (2002), Paradise Lost, (2007), Iconoclast, (2011), and Underworld, (2015), one compilation album, Prelude to the Millennium, (1999), and one live album, Live on the Edge of Forever, (2001). They've only ever released three of their songs as singles during their entire career, The End of Innocence, from Iconoclast, and Nevermore and Without You, from Underworld. At present, all their albums except The Damnation Game, Paradise Lost, and Underworld contain a song that passes the 10-minute mark, with the titular epics of The Divine Wings of Tragedy and the Odyssey passing the 20-minute mark.
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