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A great, solid, heavy, naive and fast record. From start to end, the record exposes the need of the members of Dream Theater to play faster and heavier. They has a great back- up pack with Levin and Rudess (that eventually became part of DT). The first part of the record is pure fast prog with a stylish middle tempo in every song, however the great part reches the end with the "duos", first Levin and Portnoy plays and excellent piece "chris & kevin excellent adventure", followed by the mellow but impressive "state of grace" played by Petrucci and Rudess. For the experienced listener, the last song is a looooong jam featuring the technical capabilities of the players at it's best. A very important record for the porg-metal community, and a very impressive album for the music scene.