PARASOMNIA

One word: Fine. It's fine, it sounds exactly like Mangini era DT with Portnoy on drums, not a huge surprise but still a little disappointing especially considering his extensive tenures into other prog projects. The epic while decent can't hold a candle to the majority of their others. Dream Theater has clearly settled into a specific sound and has no desire to innovate and who can blame them? They're all quite rich and have more than made their artistic statements in the past, it's a fine addition to their huge backlog and not terrible by any means. If you're looking for a stellar late career album that actually pushes a band's sound forward I would highly recommend checking out Opeth's latest album.