SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that this album may even be better than 'Scenes From A Memory'. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE SFAM, but with Six Degrees the song writing seems to have matured. With this album DT has been able to perfectly combine their virtuostic play with an artistic and emotional element that surpasses that of all their previous work.

The first disc contains 5 pieces, all extremely well orchestrated and each with its own identity and feel. The disc begins with 'The Glass Prison', a 14min metal 'monster' that's in your face from beginning to end and is the most persistantly intense piece DT has ever written. The abrupt end to this tune is imediately followed by a fade-in keyboard intro to 'Blind Faith', containing what I might consider to be the most well written instrumental section on the whole CD.

The second disc contains the title track 'Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence'. This is a 42min song with 8 parts and is a progressive MASTERPIECE. With clever riffs, beautiful melodies, powerful lyrics, and capturing guitar and keyboard solos, Six Degrees is an emotional labyrinth encompasssing musical styles from the classic symphonic prog rock sound of Yes to the elevated prog metal that only DT can deliver.

Though SDOIT is lyricly not a concept album the music has a very conceptual feel. There is no recycling of ideas or repeated riffs, but the songs flow in such a way that you tend to be pulled into the next track without ever feeling the need to skip. I highly recomend this album; lyricly strong and musically brilliant. An essential part of any prog library.