OCTAVARIUM

Ill refer to Octavarium, analyzing only their self title track because its the "landmark" , the "Vito Corleone" probably of all dream theater instrumentals in a long, LONG time. Note that Overture from Six degrees, and dance of eternity and overture from scenes from a memory are exuberating pieces of music as well. Another reason, is that there are many reviews for the other songs of this album, and although many of them rich and powerful (panic attack is one great track i dont know why many of you dindt like it), they pale in comparison and only rise the curtain for the last track. Simply state this, the self named track on this album is more than enough to consider this new album epic and legendary along side with Scenes from a Memory and Images and Words. The Pink-Floydian influence , specially on this track is notorius. The elaborate musical composition and use of diverse versatile instruments and melodies stretches its complexity yet delicacy all trough the 24 minutes this track elongates. The vocals, yes, the vocals are astonishing, they actually scream out feelings and emotions transmitting them to the listener in a real and powerful way. The screams at the end of the song, are as said before, a climatic moment rarely achieved in this perfection in music overall. Add to that the musical genious at their best of the rest of the band memebers we all know and love, and finally a very well organizaed and pertinent orchestra (the reed flute stands out), and you have nothing less than a MASTERPIECE product of all the exploration and diversifying previous albums of DT, all unifying into one 20+ minute track. Take a close look and time to appreciate from the 15th to the 17th minute of the song and youll see what bringing emotions out of you musically really means. There are namely 3 or 4 bands in the histroy of music than can achieve this level of composition, performance, feeling and coheresion. Dream Theater, youre definetely one of them. Long live giants, long live