''Prelude to the Millennium: Essentials of Symphony'' is a compilation album by

progressive metal Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral ...

band

Symphony X Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey. Founded in 1994, the band consists of guitarist Michael Romeo, keyboardist Michael Pinnella, drummer Jason Rullo, lead vocalist Russell Allen and bassist Micha ...

, released in 1999. It features selections from their first four studio albums, although no original versions from their debut album ''

'' are included. Instead, the album starts with a fully re-recorded version of "Masquerade" that features

Russell Allen Russell Allen (born July 19, 1971) is an American singer best known as the vocalist of the progressive metal band Symphony X. He has also worked with the supergroups Star One, Allen-Lande, Level 10, and as one of fourteen vocalists in the pr ...

on vocals.

Track listing

#"Masquerade '98" – 6:02 - original version from ''

'' #"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 Tragedy ''The Divine Wings of Tragedy'' is the third studio album by progressive metal band Symphony X, released in November 1996 through Zero Corporation (Japan) and March 1997 through Inside Out Music (Europe).Taylor, Robert"The Divine Wings of Tragedy ...

'' #"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" – 6:12 - from '' Twilight in Olympus'' #"Through the Looking Glass (Part I, II, III)" – 13:04 - from ''Twilight in Olympus''

Personnel

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

Michael Romeo Michael James Romeo (born March 6, 1968) is an American guitarist and a founding member of the progressive metal group Symphony X. He is one of two members to appear on every Symphony X release (the other being Michael Pinnella). Romeo was ra ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

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Michael Pinnella Michael Pinnella (born August 29, 1969) is an American keyboard player, most notably for the band Symphony X. Michael is one of two Symphony X members to appear on all nine of the band's albums (the other being Michael Romeo). He has released ...

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* Thomas Miller - bass *

Jason Rullo Jason Rullo (born July 17, 1972) is an American drummer, who is one of the founding members of progressive metal band Symphony X. In 2003, he was featured in a readers' poll for ''Modern Drummer'' magazine, where he achieved two awards: secon ...

- drums (tracks 1-9) *Tom Walling - drums (tracks 10, 11) {{DEFAULTSORT:Prelude To The Millennium Symphony X albums Albums produced by Steve Evetts 1998 compilation albums Inside Out Music compilation albums