Dream Theater - Love or hate?

For me, Dream Theater is the definition of "Progressive Metal".

I love them. I don't like Train of Thought or Six Degrees that much but I find Images & Words and Metropolis pt 2 excellent, not to mention Awake. Yes, they, or their Images & Words album, defines the prog metal genre. 

Love the littlle critters

i love labrie, one of my fave vocalists, their original vocalist, charlie dominici is actually horrendous, he is so high pitched that only bats can appreciate him!

labrie has so much emotion in his voice, its also very original as most traditional metal bands have gruff vocals, probably from the metallica influence, tho sabbath, the originals did not need gruff vocals. Metal is very different now though.

I like them, but they tend to get a little boring.

Scenes from a memorie is ok, and some songs from the various other albums are quite decent aswel. I can't manage to listen an album in full without dozin' off to sleep however. I have the DVD live at Budokan, I only listened the first hour (took me three days to get so far) bores me to tears.

Love them. They're my favourite band EVER!!!

I only have one DT album (awake) but it is very awesome. I like it alot.

Valarius wrote:

Do I sense some sarcasm? You twat.

Why do we have to have devisive "Love or Hate" polls?

They only tend to stir up arguments, especially when people like me say stuff like;

Dream Theater are probably the most overrated band I've ever heard, and Images and Words is nothing short of below average, unoriginal music played by technically highly competent people.

There is not much on "Images and words" beyond standard rock song and FM ballad format, with a few stolen Metallica riffs and unnecessary fast playing thrown in. The only thing that's technically amazing about it is the players' techniques - not the music itself, which is the important thing.

I can't hate it - it's not bad enough.

But I do hate the way people go on about them as if they've achieved something new. They haven't. Their style is evident in music from 20 years ago.

 

Now you can't say that about the old school progbands like Genesis, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, Hawkwind, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, ELP, Rush...

 

danbo wrote: Musically.... for the heavy stuff, they are very good. The voice? Loses me every time. Something about James LaBrie's voice just ruins the experience. I have yet to make it through an entire DT album without punching the eject button and slappin' on some McGill, Manring, Stevens.

simply true!