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OCTAVARIUM

Dream Theater

 

Progressive Metal

3.69 | 2231 ratings

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ewpaiste
2 stars In my opinion this is not a masterpiece as they stole other bands ideas??? Seriously...(I could say more, but I'll get too deep into it.) Not to mention everything "NEW" was taken from past albums which shows a lack of ideas and creativity...

And now for the review:

"The Root of all Evil": Okay, they took a song from another album and squished some other crap in between. 2/5 "The Answer Lies Within": A cheesy non-prog ballad. 2/5 "These Walls": A song meant to be commercialized that isn't that good. "I walk beside you": They tried to sound like U2!!!!!! 1/5 "Panic Attack": Now this is the part of the album where they don't really care about the song, but rather blow you away with their skill...Nice try....3/5 "Never Enough": I've had enough!!! 2/5 "Sacrificed Sons": Umm....Okay....They tried sound like 6 degrees. 3/5 "Octavarium": Okay, WOW, the beginning is just like Pink Floyd's "Shine on you crazy diamond", enough said!!! If your going to make an epic song for your own band make your own material!!!! Not to mention they just try to sound like other bands the whole way through, not only on this song, but the whole album. They just twist it up with their "DT" sound and put their logo on it.

The only good thing about this album is their technical skill on their instrument the rest is rubbish.

| 2/5 |

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