OCTAVARIUM

A lot has been already said about dt's new album and this review is a little Bit of reaction to all this buzz about it! First, i have to confess that i was already quite tired by dream theater Since "scenes from a memory" album...to be honest i liked that album but it Has started being annoying(too and i mean that, too heavy metal inside Their music,too many rhythmic changes etc.. As a friend of mine said and he Wasn't far away from truth dream theater had and have become an endless Tutti!) And this continued and to the next albums, peaking with "train of thought" I would had bypassed all these...ok they like heavy metal let them play heavy Metal...but i can not bare the production of all these albums! When you hear heavy metal a crystal clear production is needed so you Won't be tired easily and i mean that too! Mike portnoy and john petrucci are great musicians but mediocre Producers-just compare the flat and unimaginative production of train of Thought with the greatness and clearness of images and words or awake... Kevin shirley was there and i really wonder why they took over for the Production

Octavarium is a good but but not essential album-i lke only three songs Despite the diversity and i mean:of course octavarium which is a very good And a very clever progressve rock song...they should be really be plaing Progressive rock than metal,anyway the second song is i walk beside you at Last i can hear a strong refrain and finally never enough-it's heavy metal But with very interesting guitar theme. At last we have a better production and myung can be really heard! That's all for octavarium and i hope they will hire kevin shirley again for The production of their next album. Excuse me for the long review...