Dream Theater

Catcher10 wrote: I like BC&SL and pretty much all the DT covers.....but yes except ADTOE. Although the inner gatefold on vinyl is pretty cool......matter of fact, all their vinyl cover art is much better than the jewel case versions....IMO     Especially this one.......Fantastic!!!     Again, IMHO.......

jampa17 wrote: CKnoxW wrote: Ambient Hurricanes wrote: The Octavarium cover is just cool because it has a Newton's Cradle on it.  A Newton's Cradle can turn the most lame and pedestrian album cover (...or desk...or science class) into a wondrous and majestic extravaganza of nifty physics. I always liked the Octavarium artwork as a whole, It seemed very Hugh Syme-y all around. The Greatest Hit artwork was the same way for me. It's when BC&SL hit that I thought, "Hey, wait a minute..." His work on Snakes and Arrows was great too. S&A live? Not so much. Speaking of BC&SL, the image of the fish in the glass and the elephant painting was quite cool. The rest was kind of meh to me.

I just saw a video of an actual elephant painting a few months ago, and not just some random lines, but it was painting a perfectly identifiable... well, elephant. I don't know if the video could somehow have been faked, but it seemed pretty real to me. Yet, at the same time, it seems too incredible to be true.

The artwork for Rush's Caravan single is excellent. Much better than CA. That being said I much prefer paintings rather than computer generated stuff.

Ambient Hurricanes wrote: The Octavarium cover is just cool because it has a Newton's Cradle on it.  A Newton's Cradle can turn the most lame and pedestrian album cover (...or desk...or science class) into a wondrous and majestic extravaganza of nifty physics.

I always liked the Octavarium artwork as a whole, It seemed very Hugh Syme-y all around. The Greatest Hit artwork was the same way for me. It's when BC&SL hit that I thought, "Hey, wait a minute..." His work on Snakes and Arrows was great too. S&A live? Not so much.

CKnoxW wrote: But BC&SL... That looks like a digital design student's final project, not the work of an established graphic artist

Edited by Earendil - July 25 2013 at 08:19

But BC&SL... That looks like a digital design student's final project, not the work of an established graphic artist

Ambient Hurricanes wrote: Earendil wrote: Ambient Hurricanes wrote: ^Yeah, his DT covers have been quite a letdown, especially considering the good work he's done with Rush over the years.  Though I'm not too crazy about the CA cover. I love the Moving Pictures cover, especially the back.  Nothing says "Prog" like a triple entendre picture  Yes, that one was brilliant; I personally think that the abstract bleakness of Grace Under Pressure was his high point in Rush's discography; Counterparts, A Farewell to Kings, Roll the Bones, and Vapor Trails were also excellent.

I disagree a lot with these statements. Octavarium was quite cool, but I think that SC was great, I think the art was way better than the music. I mean, the whole concept of the ants was kind of cool. And the most recent work in ADToE has really cool stuff, like the old warrior in the desert and the cycleboy in the cliff and in the dock.

Maybe it's not quite for "proggies", but the art itself added something to the concept.

But of coruse, every inch of their work is quite analyzed but that's the essence of DT fans / haters.

Ambient Hurricanes wrote: ^Yeah, his DT covers have been quite a letdown, especially considering the good work he's done with Rush over the years.  Though I'm not too crazy about the CA cover.

Most of the art in CA is pretty "eh" as well. I wonder what his deal is! It's kind of like since he's become purely Photoshop based his quality has steadily declined.

^Yeah, his DT covers have been quite a letdown, especially considering the good work he's done with Rush over the years.  Though I'm not too crazy about the CA cover.

Dream Theater is getting far too heavy for my tastes recently and ever since Systematic Chaos, the albums have have had really fantastic material and really boring material.They've been embraced by the metal community and I feel like they've been catering more towards them recently instead of their prog fans. They're leaning more toward the technical side of things than the actual musical lately. Hell, I'd go as far as just calling them technical rock/metal now instead of progressive.

The above statement in no way means I'm not super excited for the new album release. On the contrary, I'm anxious to hear what it's going to be like with Mangini as a full fledged member.