new DT album

[Guest mesepher]

what does everyone think of the new Dream Theater album?

 

I'm still a bit uncertain about it... it does have its moments though (good and bad). This is without a doubt the heaviest album they've put out. Almost the entire album is fast and in your face, fast playing that sometimes leads nowhere. This album definitely labels Petrucci as a one trick pony.

 

still trying to catch on to it

[Guest Doyo]

I've got it now and listened to it a few times. So far overall I would say it is a good

album, especially compared to most other stuff that gets released. My complaint is

that it seems that Petrucci and Portnoy have taken over the band more than ever.

They write all the lyrics expect for a 3 minute song. A lot of their lyric writing seems

to follow the same pattern with a lot of word rhyming going on. Portnoy, who has

admitted he is a control freak, even said on a recent webchat that a new rule was

put in place for writing lyrics. Yes, a band that suppose to be experimental has an

actual rule on the way lyrics have to be written for their songs! Portnoy said that

Myung had not brought any lyrics to the table since this rule was put in place. Myung

is just as good at writing lyrics as anyone else in the band, as can be seen from the

song "Learning to Live."

 

Petrucci's guitar is more up front in the mix and more grungy sounding than ever. Labree's

vocals sound more in the back than before. Who were the album's producers? Petrucci and

Portnoy if you couldn't have guessed. Don't get me wrong, the Petrucci and Portnoy Show

provides for some great music, but I think it would be even better if the other guys got to

contribute more.