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METROPOLIS PART 2 - SCENES FROM A MEMORYDream TheaterProgressive Metal4.32 | 3336 ratings |
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A bit late came this review, but I recently found this awesome site.
I've been a prog music fan about 10 years, being mostly Pink Floyd, Yes, and of course
Rush and Genesis fan. I've also liked metal a lot, especially Metallica (till Black Album),
Megadeth (till cryptic writings), Iron Maiden. Also a classic rock fan, mostly Led Zeppelin
and Deep Purple.
That's when I found Dream Theater.
This record seems for me a perfect blend of Dream Theater's early style (I&W, Awake) with
the classic conceptual ideas from Pink Floyd and Rush (Yes and Genesis are more
Octavarium oriented, another big album!).What this make this album a masterpiece is the fact that not only the story goes on in a very intersting kind of way (past-future-sounds in middle of songs), also the music does a great job in creating in key parts of the story tense, sad, dark and even happy (a little bit only) moments. And of course DT keep their famous instrumental virtous sections well spaced around the album. Samples of this idea are the melodic oriented Overture 1928 and on the other side, the impressive, very Zappa kind of influence, Dance of Eternity. Conclusion: a masterpiece, it's in my top albums with The Wall, Dark side of the moon, close to the edge.
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