OCTAVARIUM

This was an awesome CD. Probably one of there best. Octavarium is well worth the money.Once again Mike Portnoy blows my mind with his extremely well written fills and riffs. And Petrucci's guitar parts are awesome. The lyrics go extremely well with the music in every song.It is different in some songs but they still do a great job.

The 1st track THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL starts out strong. And through the song the guitar and drum part go hand in hand. Very good song very well balanced. Probably one of my favorite songs. Petrucci does some of the things that Zakk Wylde does.AWESOME SONG. 10/10

The 2nd song THE ANSWER LIES WITHIN is a well writen song a lot more toned down though. More of a relaxing song, but very balanced. starts out with piano and singing the starts to grow.Neat violin part. 8.75/10

The 3rd song THESE WALLS is another one of my favorite songs. Good chorus and a neat begining. The song has super awesome sythesizer parts. Good song more less balanced but well written. The song grows then fades and then grows and so on. Good lyrics.AWESOME SONG. 10/10

The 4th song I WALK BESIDE YOU is my least favorite song but it has good lyrics but weird guitar but its very well balanced, intresting drum part. 7/10

The 5th song PANIC ATTACK is probably one of Dream Theaters heavyer songs. The song has an awesome guitar part. Very well written and balanced. Probably my favorite song. Lyrics go very well with music. Once again Portnoy does it again, the drum part brings the life of this song. AWESOME SONG. 11/10

The 6th song NEVER ENOUGH this is a pretty cool song. Different but neat.Has cool fills as far as drums go. 9/10

The 7th song SACRIFICED SONS is back to good OLD Dream Theater. Neat solo by Petrucci. This song is really good. 10/10

The 8th and final song OCTAVARIUM is long and Petrucci does like a 3 min and 50 sec. intro and then goes into it. This a long but very well written song and a good flute part. There is 5 parts to this song. All of which are written well. Neat Song. 10/10

This CD is well worth the money a must have for your CD collection.