OCTAVARIUM

Amaizing!!!!!! I think this is the best DT album since "Metropolis Pt. 2", and that is WAAY better than "Train of Thought". SFAM keeps being the number one but now "Awake" and this one are competing the second place. Finally DT seems to have abandoned the "Look how fast I can play" philosophy present in the previous record and focused on composition.

I won't make a complete review since there are many of them already. Complete, and with lots of interesting points of view. I'll just add a couple of opinions.

In the first place, I do not think that "These Walls" is a commercial or a poor song. I think of it as a great example on how you can do a terribly good song without going way too technical.

On the other hand, I'd like to say a few words on the masterpiece called "Octavarium"... yes, it starts sounding like "Shine On Crazy Diamond"... but I think it is intentional. If you hear the song it has a blend of many different styles. There's a part when it names many classic songs. To make an example of this: if you listen to the main theme (played first by the flute and then by flute+horns) it sounds in a Nino Rotta style!! Which means that DT is fusing in a single song styles that are not even rock! Making such a coherent mix of styles is the defying part.

Finally, I recommend this record to you all If you haven't listened to it... It Rules!