Dream Theater

^ Haken you say? Man, I'm behind there. I still haven't listened to Visions.
Gotta get on that.

Also, as we know JL gave it everything he got on AWAKE album in 1994 where he damaged his vocal chords severely and what's worse he got food poisoning, so he was puking a lot and that made matters so much worse. I will say still to this day, that the AWAKE album is his best vocal performance. The guy nailed it big time. He still sounds great today. Actually, on ADTOE is the best he has sounded in years! Vocally, systematic Chaos and Black Clouds were not his strongest moments behind a microphone. I don't like it when he tries super-hard to sing heavy. He sounds a little like Dave Mustaine and it drives me nuts. This is a big reason why I'm not a huge fan of his solo works, but I will say Elements Of Persuasion was a decent album. :)

^ yeah sorry I miss read. Too much excitement. I was in a rush.

I gotta say though it's too bad most here are not liking the track, but when On The Backs Of Angels was released a lot of people didnt like that one either and in my opinion it was not one of the better tracks on the album.

Anyway. Sorry for the mis-read.   

I didn't say that. 

Did sound boring to me too, pretty standard issue metal melody.  

Horizons wrote: That's what they always say. Lol. The song isn't really bad i suppose, James isn't trying things vocally that makes him sound like a cat being stepped on.

Catcher10 wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Can't hear it in UK   Don't worry too much about it...its nothing special. The drumming is boring, normal Mangini dbl speed pedals, and quick snare parts. Cymbal playing is not on the Portnoy level, which actually adds character.   Singing is blah, keys are blah and yes no sign of Myung. At about 5:00 in I am tired of hearing that drumming already...ughhh!   I hear nothing new....too much thrashy type metal, no sign of progmetal, symphonic metal. Actually this is different, seems Petrucci wants to sound like a hard edged Nickleback (did I say that!!?)   Solely based on this song.....I have zero excitement for Sept 24th. They are still great musicians but the creativity seems to have vanished and the DT sound is gone. I hope the other 65min are better.....   (I read this a few times b4 posting as I thought it was too harsh....but I am fine with it).

Catcher10 wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Can't hear it in UK   Don't worry too much about it...its nothing special. The drumming is boring, normal Mangini dbl speed pedals, and quick snare parts. Cymbal playing is not on the Portnoy level, which actually adds character.   Singing is blah, keys are blah and yes no sign of Myung. At about 5:00 in I am tired of hearing that drumming already...ughhh!   I hear nothing new....too much thrashy type metal, no sign of progmetal, symphonic metal. Actually this is different, seems Petrucci wants to sound like a hard edged Nickleback (did I say that!!?)   Solely based on this song.....I have zero excitement for Sept 24th. They are still great musicians but the creativity seems to have vanished and the DT sound is gone. I hope the other 65min are better.....   (I read this a few times b4 posting as I thought it was too harsh....but I am fine with it).

Oh sh*t. That bad to you huh? I have not listen to the track yet and I won't till I get my hands on the album of course. It's just the way I like to do things, but your critique sounds quite harsh and sadly I can totally understand it being entirely possible of being accurate. :(

A hard-edged NickleBack sounds awfully scary to me. Man, I hope DT ruin my great 2013 streak of killer music releases.
On another note, sorry the track has killed your buzz for the album release date. See....this is why I wait. Lol

zumacraig wrote: Really, what more can these guys do?  The only way they'd make any waves with this community or their fan base is if they had the balls to actually change their production techniques.  I'm talking super dynamic range, vintage instruments, no reverb, dry, warm in-studio sound.  Get Ethan Johns to produce.  If you want an example, check out the first few Kings of Leon albums. Really do something different!!

I just saw Kings of Leon referenced as doing something different.


I think the way for them to do something different is to take lessons from Coltrane, John Zorn, Trey Sprunace, and the really good avant-garde bands. :D

Can't hear it in UK

I can tell my approach to writing and evaluating music has changed a lot in the past year, because I was actually disappointed when the guitar solo started