Serpent Is Rising [Import]

Styx | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Msi
• ASIN: B00000K41M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,086,749 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very underrated!, August 1, 2000

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Fredrik Nilsson (Umeå, Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Serpent Is Rising (Audio CD)

This is Styx third album and probably their most forgotten one. If you find a review of this album it will probably be a bad one, but I think this is the best Styx from the Wooden Nickels years. Witch Wolf is pure hard rock, and The Grove of Eglatine is Dennis DeYoung at his best (James Young sings on most of the tracks). Young man is probably the best song on the album and As bad as this is very moody. Side two is a little weaker but the title track is worth mentioning because it's the heaviest Styx song ever. This is not pop, many of the songs I would even call Heavy Metal. Maybe that is why most Styx fans don't like it. I have friends who like Black Sabbath and Deep Purple who used to tease me for liking Styx until they heard this album. Maybe it's not classic Styx, but it's classic hard rock!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Early Styx at their best, May 18, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Serpent Is Rising (Audio CD)

I am a collecter of undiscovered rare music gems, and this ranks up there as a good one. This album was obviously very heavily influenced by JY and John Curulewski. Both guys bring a dark presence to the music which seemed to be an early Styx trademark, and worked well but was underappreciated. Serpent Is Rising has a lot of different things on it; rocking songs by JY (Witch Wolf and Young Man), a slow accoustic song by Curulewski (As Bad As This), a hilarious campy tune (Plexiglass Toilet), a pirate song (Jonas Psalter), a JY/DeYoung singing duet (22 years), and somewhat of a mini concept (The Serpent is Rising/Krakatoa/Halleluhjah Chorus). Serpent is Rising is a very dark song with dual lead guitar harmonies and sung by John Curulewski followed by the sinister recital of Krakatoa. At first listen the song Serpent is Rising really blew me away as I was surprised at how evil sounding it was.
Too bad this album was discontinued in the U.S., but it's worth the price. In my opinion The Serpent is Rising has strong enough material to stand the test of time (unlike Kilroy Was Here). The sound is raw, unpolished, and has a lot of fire behind it. The vocal harmonies are top notch in true Styx fashion. I suppose the church song Hallelujah Chorus is on the album to ensure that fans don't take the dark album too seriously.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album, the best Styx album ever., June 12, 2008

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Ofanin - See all my reviews

This review is from: Serpent Is Rising (Audio CD)

This is my first review in all my amazon buyer history but I decided to write about this album because I think first things should be, if not the best well, may be as good as possible. First, I agree with some reviewers, this is by far the best Styx album ever, not a single track is bad and are also arranged in perfect position... one thing that amazes me is that even for Styx and some fans of the band this is not their best album and also catalogize it as bad, not here in amazon but in other places, some people even do not know about this album... that is very sad, mostly for them because they miss a hell of an amazing piece of art, progressive rock at it's best, even entering into heavy metal sounds (the serpent is rising). I started to purchase Lp records again and this was one of the first Lp's that I got... amazing. So, to cut the bla, bla, bla, if you want a piece of real rock history get this album and hope you have the enough sesibility and brains to understand it... if you do, enjoy it, if you don't, don't act like an ignorant brute giving bad coments about something that you don't understand... no offense.