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Joined: November 19 2005
Location: New Jersey
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Points: 10964
Posted: September 04 2011 at 20:51
CCVP wrote:
darkshade wrote:
No matter if the album leaked or not, I have all intentions of purchasing it.
I
still say there are perks to checking out a leak, as much as I am
mostly against doing it myself these days. However, It allows you to see
if you will enjoy an album. It's when people ONLY download illegally
and never purchase, then something is wrong.
That's what happens in 90% of the cases, braw.
Look,
I'm also all to allowing people to freely share information, but I do
believe there is a site regulation prohibiting people from even talking
about leaks.
When BC&SL was leaked, there was a thread about it. No one is advocating downloading, nor is anyone admitting to doing it. There are videos on youtube (how much better that is is another story.)
Catcher10 wrote:
Downloading illegally is against the law hence it is illegal....all of you that do that should be ashamed.
Joined: March 21 2008
Location: Tigerstaden
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Points: 34055
Posted: September 04 2011 at 19:38
Lost one Forgotten has the most insane intro i have ever heard, like a super Mario gone mad mode, evil super Mario mode in that music, mohahahahahah. awesome ,
Joined: September 15 2007
Location: Vitória, Brasil
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Points: 7971
Posted: September 04 2011 at 19:35
darkshade wrote:
No matter if the album leaked or not, I have all intentions of purchasing it.
I still say there are perks to checking out a leak, as much as I am mostly against doing it myself these days. However, It allows you to see if you will enjoy an album. It's when people ONLY download illegally and never purchase, then something is wrong.
That's what happens in 90% of the cases, braw.
Look, I'm also all to allowing people to freely share information, but I do believe there is a site regulation prohibiting people from even talking about leaks.
Joined: November 19 2005
Location: New Jersey
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Points: 10964
Posted: September 04 2011 at 19:26
No matter if the album leaked or not, I have all intentions of purchasing it.
I still say there are perks to checking out a leak, as much as I am mostly against doing it myself these days. However, It allows you to see if you will enjoy an album. It's when people ONLY download illegally and never purchase, then something is wrong.
Joined: September 15 2007
Location: Vitória, Brasil
Status: Offline
Points: 7971
Posted: September 04 2011 at 19:26
stonebeard wrote:
CCVP wrote:
I like how people show they have obviously downloaded the leak and how there are >70 ratings of the album. a week before it is out.
Such is life in PA.
Such is life in all of musicdom. PA just need to board the 2003 train and realize antagonizing people who download is dumb. Maybe PA doesn''t agree with it, but it is the way of the future and we should probably stock sticking out heads in the sand about it.
You should have a little more respect for old people, you know they can't internet.
Joined: May 27 2005
Location: NE Indiana
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Points: 28057
Posted: September 04 2011 at 19:20
CCVP wrote:
I like how people show they have obviously downloaded the leak and how there are >70 ratings of the album. a week before it is out.
Such is life in PA.
Such is life in all of musicdom. PA just need to board the 2003 train and realize antagonizing people who download is dumb. Maybe PA doesn''t agree with it, but it is the way of the future and we should probably stock sticking out heads in the sand about it.
Joined: November 19 2005
Location: New Jersey
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Posted: September 04 2011 at 17:19
They riffs are just as heavy on this one (I would say the riffs are some of their most brutal), but the overall vibe is a lighter and more intricate. I couldn't believe some of the patterns and time meters they used. But mostly, it's their most melodic album in quite a while.
After a couple of listens, it's their best since Six Degrees. For the first time since then they use metal sparingly and for effect not just because they can.
Mangini does a good job at sounding like Portnoy did, but fresh enough that we know it's not him.
What the deuce?
I like how everyone is stuck on the metal being less prominent now that Portnoy left. This album like everything else they've done, has tons of metal as well as the "ballad" and softer tracks. More specifically there's still the über heavy n' ultra clunky nu/corish metal riffs with those obnoxious Zakk Wylde pinch harmonics of the more recent records.
Petrucci programmed the drums and made Mangini play what he wrote so he could sound like Portnoy, which is lame. MM could have brought something new to the band, but instead he comes off as a completely forgettable replacement guy.
Much hype from the dramatic turn of events for a not so dramatic result. It will be interesting to see folks' evened out perception about ADToV once the next record drops, and who knows, maybe by then Petrucci will let Mangini off his leash.
Joined: October 10 2010
Location: Lancaster, UK
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Points: 1321
Posted: September 04 2011 at 16:05
After a couple of listens, it's their best since Six Degrees. For the first time since then they use metal sparingly and for effect not just because they can.
There's some real emotion in a couple of the songs too, something that been pretty sparse in the last few albums. Mangini does a good job at sounding like Portnoy did, but fresh enough that we know it's not him.
The only gripe I have is Rudess' horrible synth choices. I'm starting to get used to them though.
Joined: May 20 2009
Location: Georgia
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Posted: September 04 2011 at 13:39
The main difference I would have heard in this album if it had already been released is that it's UPBEAT! DT hasn't had many upbeat songs that get people moving lately unless they're meant for headbanging. This album has that energetic feel to it, or at least it will when it has been released because obviously none of us have listened to it yet.
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Or at least that's where I listened to it. 
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