DREAM THEATER

This album is some kind of a trial for the new formation with Mike Mangini at the drums. The first when all the team has been working on the writhing of this album. Well, as a lot of people on this site, I'm a fan of Dream Theater mostly for what they've done at the beginning of their career.

It is hard not to compare every new album of a band with their previous works. I believe this album is what DT sold us on the last posts on their website and youtube. It's sure epic, it has a lot of good melodies but the writhing is nothing more than what they gave us the last albums.

Now, if you're looking for some groundbreaking ideas of composition this is not an album you should buy.

The true force of this album is to give fan what they usually like : heavy riffs, keyboard and guitar solos, great drums breaks, change of time signatures.

Said like this, you would ask me : so what is wrong with this album ?

It's wrong because back in the beginning of DT their force was to surprise us with every new compositions, even the ones I like the least are still a punch in the face while saying : hey we are not selling the same thing every 2 years.

Taken as it is, this is a great album for the fan. Even the title says this. Dream Theater sells Dream Theater. Good, but disappointing for a prog fan like me who asks for surprises.

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