New Dream Theater!!!

... and i don't know what to think... sure, it's heavy and dark, but... sometimes they seem to loose plot IMO...Like "This Dying Soul", first 5-6 minutes is excellent, then... Same with "Endless Sacrifice"...after solos it's bit too much... Thank God for "As I Am"- already one of their best songs ever. And the instrumental is great!!! And so is "In The name Of God". And solos in "Honour Thy Father".

All in all, I expected a little bit more. They went heavy, but lost melody sometimes. And IMO LaBrie was in better form on "Scenes From A Memory" and "Six Degrees...". Don't really like when he sings through vocoder. And he does it a lot here...

Still better than anything else released this year!!!!!!! Long live DT!!

I'm listening for the first time right now, and must say I do like it. Heavy songs, which are based on some bloody good rifs. However, I must say I'm not really enjoying the vocals too much. They don't really sound to clear. A bit too much to the back ground. But overall, I love this album.

I think that Train Of Thought is another amazing masterpiece. I always wanted Dream Theater to play really hard. And they do it on this album. James Labrie sounds great to me.

My fav DT album is still Images And Words

I've listened to it another 100 times and now I think it's absolutely brilliant!!! It needs some time, though, to be fully enjoyed... Still "Scenes From A Memory" is better, but then- can you record anything better...?

Funny thing, though... the album sounds better on my discman rather than on my hi-fi.... Whereas it was always other way round.... Strange....

Dream Theater are certainly the best band in existence at the moment, and I doubt anyone will exceed them in the near future.

As for the new album, I think I need a few more listens to really it in properly. Of course, on my first listen I immediately loved As I Am, Stream Of Consciousness and In The Name Of God. The rest will take a bit of time to really appreciate. SoC is a superb instrumental, but I don't think I can put it up there with Hell's Kitchen and Erotomania just yet.

The album is indeed very heavy, but I like it. I just wish Petrucci would have done a bit more melodic guitar soloing, like he did on Scenes and Six Degrees. We all know you can play fast John, so do something a little more creative next time!

I agree that you probably can't get anything better than Scenes From A Memory, from any band. That album is a masterpiece... far better than anything Queen ever did, for sure.

All you peeps into prog rock... get into this discussion!

http://www.queenzone.com/queen/forum/topic_view.asp?Q_FORUM_ID=1&Q_FORUM_NAME=Queen&Q_FORUM_TOPIC_ID=283660&TOPIC_SUBJECT=Seattle+Radio%27s+Top+99+Guitarists&page=1

I came back to this old thread...
From the perspective of almost half a year- wow, it's s such a great record!!!! I really love it now- i think it's better than anythging else except "Scenes..."! And hearing all those songs live- they bloody work!!!!
I was waiting for a record like taht for a loooong time- half a year and it's still in my CD player! More music like that, please!!!!!!!

Yeah man... I'm with you there. :)

<> I'm just listening to it right now... Everyone saying it's a technical playing has to be deaf...

Well, it *is* technical... but it's so much more than technical. It's perfection.