Prelude to the Millennium
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Prelude to the Millennium: Essentials of Symphony is a compilation album by progressive metal
band Symphony X
, released in 1999. It features selections from their first four studio albums, although no original versions from their debut album Symphony X
are included. Instead, the album starts with a fully re-recorded version of "Masquerade" that features Russell Allen
on vocals.
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band Symphony X
Symphony X
Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.Founded in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo, their albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy and V: The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community...
, released in 1999. It features selections from their first four studio albums, although no original versions from their debut album Symphony X
Symphony X (album)
Symphony X is the first album by progressive metal band Symphony X, released in 1994 through Zero Corporation and reissued in 1996 through InsideOut Music .-Track listing:-Personnel:*Rod Tyler – vocals, engineering, mixing, production...
are included. Instead, the album starts with a fully re-recorded version of "Masquerade" that features Russell Allen
Russell Allen
Russell Allen is the singer of the American progressive metal band Symphony X.-Biography:Before working with a rock band, he was a jouster at a Medieval Times Dinner Theater. He was introduced to the band Symphony X by former singer Rod Tyler...
on vocals.
Track listing
- "Masquerade '98" – 6:01 - original version from Symphony XSymphony X (album)Symphony X is the first album by progressive metal band Symphony X, released in 1994 through Zero Corporation and reissued in 1996 through InsideOut Music .-Track listing:-Personnel:*Rod Tyler – vocals, engineering, mixing, production...
- "A Winter's Dream" - Prelude (Part I) – 3:03 - from The Damnation Game
- "The Damnation Game" – 4:32 - from The Damnation Game
- "Dressed to Kill" – 4:44 - from The Damnation Game
- "Of Sins and Shadows" – 4:56 - from The Divine Wings of TragedyThe Divine Wings of TragedyThe Divine Wings of Tragedy is the third studio album by progressive metal band Symphony X, released in 1997.-Track listing:-Allusions:...
- "Sea of Lies" – 4:18 - from The Divine Wings of Tragedy
- "Out of the Ashes" – 3:39 - from The Divine Wings of Tragedy
- "The Divine Wings of Tragedy" – 20:41 - from The Divine Wings of Tragedy
- "Candlelight Fantasia" – 6:42 - from The Divine Wings of Tragedy
- "Smoke and Mirrors" – 4:58 - from Twilight in OlympusTwilight in OlympusTwilight in Olympus is the fourth studio album by progressive metal band Symphony X, which was released in 1998. It features eight tracks, two of which have become classics: "Smoke and Mirrors" and "Through the Looking Glass", the latter an epic based on Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to...
- "Through the Looking Glass" (Part I, II, III) – 13:04 - from Twilight in Olympus
Personnel
- Russell AllenRussell AllenRussell Allen is the singer of the American progressive metal band Symphony X.-Biography:Before working with a rock band, he was a jouster at a Medieval Times Dinner Theater. He was introduced to the band Symphony X by former singer Rod Tyler...
- vocals - Michael RomeoMichael RomeoSince 2005, Romeo has taken advantage of a new custom model, Caparison Dellinger II - Michael Romeo Custom, which he used to record the Symphony X album Paradise Lost...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Michael PinnellaMichael PinnellaMichael Pinnella is a keyboard player, most notably for the band Symphony X. He has also released a solo album, a mixture of classical and progressive-styled music titled Enter By the Twelfth Gate on the InsideOut Music label in 2004...
- keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Thomas Miller - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Jason RulloJason RulloJason Rullo is the drummer for the progressive metal band Symphony X. He has been featured in the Modern Drummer readers' polls. He also performed on the 2003 self-titled album by Redemption, a super group including members of Prymary and Fates Warning...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(tracks 1-9) - Tom Walling - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(tracks 10, 11)