OCTAVARIUM

this CD earns all 5 stars i gave it... it is absolutly awsome! i liked it a lot already but after i read Adam's review i realized how much time and extra effort they put into it. In my opinion this is tied with Scenes From a Memory for in creativity, effort, deepness, and just awsomeness! The end of Octavarium gave me the worst case of goosebumps i have ever had from music, that says a lot to me if it physically effects me. I like the way DT focuses on good, truthfull, and real concepts. like the 4 *mabye more i havent heard every DT song yet* songs on Alchehalism, instead of promoting drinking like most bands out there do, they tell how it destroys your life. they are one of the few secular bands out there with extremely good morals and i appreciate that a lot. some people are thinking "forget the lyrics, if it isn't heavy enough i dont want it" *not saying i dont like heavy music.* one of my favorite songs on Octavarium is "The Answer Lies Within" because of the lyrics and the fact that they try new styles, which I think they pulled off very effectivly. all of the songs have extremely well written lyrics and music which work very well together. An example of this is "Panic Attack", the music and lyrics have a very chaotic feel to them, because an actual panic attack is very chaotic. So in my opinion, this is among one of, if not the, best albums ever released, only compared to by Scenes From a Memory.

The swinging balls on the front cover are *i forgot the name but it almost reapeats going back and forth forever* My idea of how this is symbolic is because the balls "go full circle". another idea is that the balls are trapped inside the never-ending pattern and the birds in the background are free to fly wherever they please.