WHEN DREAM AND DAY UNITE

Getting Charlie Dominici out of band was Dream Theater's biggest mistake. He had much better vocals than LaBrie. Music here is excellent, not soulless as on other Dream Theater albums. Accoustic intro in song The Killing Hand is awesome, as well as instrumental Ytse Jam. Perfect example of essential progressive metal, and probably the most melodic and poetic record from this band. kevin Moore also wrote excellent songs here, and his keyboards are atmospheric and tastefull. It is such a pitty that Dream Theater have chosen to follow more Metallica-like style of metal later in their career. This album is simply powerfull, and not boring at all, to me.