LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT 2

When four of the best musicians of their respective instruments jam together..this is the end result!! when i heard LTE 1, i thought nothing could better this for instrumental sections. but here it is!! earlier Dream Theater was my favorite band, but now its Liquid Tension Experiment..simply for the reason that James LaBrie isnt there and they have found a bassist whose bass can be HEARD. Tony levin is well known in the prog world and i cannot stress enough his contribution to prog rock.

Now about the album. let me assure you..all the songs are nothing short of impressive, but two songs really stand out (for me, at least) - Biaxident and When The Water Breaks.simply the best instrumentals i have heard - leaving Rush's of course.Biaxident is an amazing song with amazing guitars and impressive keyboards by Jordan Rudess who is supposed to be among the best in the world currently.ditto for When the Water Breaks.Paradigm Shift is more on the metal side, and so is Acid Rain..in Hourglass you can see Rudess at his prime..the other songs are good, but not as good as the above. and it is because of these short songs that the album tends to get a bit boring...but a totally instrumental album WILL get a bit boring after some time - cant help it..thats the reason for the 4 stars..

Sigh!!! if only this was the current line-up for Dream Theater with a better vocalist than LaBrie, then they can revolutionize music totally in my opinion..however, this album is totally worth it!!