Porcupine Tree vs Dream Theater

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   Porcupine Tree by about a million miles.

Dream Theater are good musicians but the quality of their songwriting is painfully awful, the vocals are cringeworthy and songs needlessly long for the sake of it. 

Porcupine Tree make extensive, psychadelic songs that slot in perfectly to an album; Dream Theater's best songs tend to be their shorter riffier ones but even many of them are overdone e.g. Constant Motion. 

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Citizen Erased Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 25 2009 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 192	Posted: December 05 2009 at 08:57
	Porcupine Tree by about a million miles. Dream Theater are good musicians but the quality of their songwriting is painfully awful, the vocals are cringeworthy and songs needlessly long for the sake of it. Porcupine Tree make extensive, psychadelic songs that slot in perfectly to an album; Dream Theater's best songs tend to be their shorter riffier ones but even many of them are overdone e.g. Constant Motion.
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J-Man Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: August 07 2008 Location: Philadelphia,PA Status: Offline Points: 7826	Posted: December 05 2009 at 08:54
	I think Porcupine Tree is incredibly overrated. I enjoy many of their albums (Lightbulb Sun, Deadwing, In Absentia, The Sky Moves Sideways, etc.), but I don't think any of them are worth more than a 3 star rating. Most of their music seems uninspired and leaves me cold. Dream Theater on the other hand is one of the most consistent bands in the prog world, and are some of the most talented musicians out there. Porcupine Tree just can't compete with that. -Jeff Edited by J-Man - December 05 2009 at 08:55
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Petrovsk Mizinski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 24 2007 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 25210	Posted: December 05 2009 at 08:52
	I can't really listen to PT anymore to be honest. Something about their sound just doesn't really affect me much anymore. Dream Theater, on the other hand, have produced 2 of the what I consider to be some of the most remarkable works of prog metal of all time, Awake and Images and Words. I like other DT albums but I can live without them, but I cannot imagine not having Awake and Images and Words in my collection, those 2 albums are very very special to me.

jampa17 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: July 04 2009 Location: Guatemala Status: Offline Points: 6802	Posted: December 05 2009 at 08:34
	Dream Theater cannot be compared with PT... they are not bad, but an Alternative band with couple of proggy riffs cannot stand over Dream Theater... In the quality of music, Technic and capacity, DT overrun PT easily... now, if some people like more Steven Wilson voice more than James Labrie, that's other story. I have been saying all this time that this bands are not similar in any way... and of course, DT is the Icon and the reference of Prog Metal... PT is just a heavy prog band, and even their heavy side is quite soft actually... agree with Joel... Kevin Moore era was the top of Dream Theater, but I like their metal extreme side they have reach over the years...
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progkidjoel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: March 02 2009 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 19643	Posted: December 05 2009 at 00:12
	Porcupine Tree. PT is so much more diverse than DT stylistically. The one thing I can't stand about Dream Theater is that I can't stand about 95% of their songwriting, which jumps up to 99% after Kevin Moore left. Porcupine Tree are brilliant as technical musicians, and I love nearly everything they've written and released. That is obviously just personal taste though; I'm not straight up saying PT is better, I'm saying they're what I'm looking for in a prog band.


Kashmir75 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 25 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1029	Posted: December 04 2009 at 22:43
	Two of the more popular prog bands these days, and two of my current favourite bands. But which takes the top slot? They take prog in such wildly different directions. DT is very influenced by Rush and by heavy metal bands like Maiden, Sabbath, etc; whilst PT are more spiritually akin to King Crimson or Pink Floyd or Tool. What do you think?
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