OCTAVARIUM

alright... octavarium... well i used to buy every album of this band pretty much as soon as it came out. this time for some reasons i just get it now. i was very exited to listen this one cause ive been so disappointed by their last realese that it could be just good (i mean how could they do worst?) ok lets go for the bad side, first of all portnoy should stop with is lyrics redemption im an alchoolic cause well he is 30 something now and sometimes is good to grow up a bit... the u2 like song is as well a bit boring and remind me a lot of falling into infinity,and the sound in general is much less "brut" than usual.... jordan is incredible but still miss this magic touch moore got (moore was the mastermind (lyrics and melodies)) petrucci took off the word melody in is soloing but he still remain the same as i fell in love with this guy still know how to construct a lead part, as well as jordan(well im sure jr taugh jp a few things like chromatism doesnt fit everywhere) myung does the job nicely and come out of the mix as clever as usual he is a reference (him and geedy and chris) james is singing again but it seems that i cant reach anymore all this amazing stuff he did on awake especially on lie anyway im very happy cause ofthe eponyme song octavarium the genesis sound like took me immediatly the rush/yes bass line kick myself right in the ass every thing else is just blablabla... anyway spirit carries on bye 6/10