Dream Theater Enter Studio to Record 12th album

progbethyname wrote: Ambient Hurricanes wrote: ^I think it would be cool to hear some jazzy stuff on the album; not "let me dazzle you with my soloing wizardry" jazz but stuff that incorporates some of the harmonic intricacy and groove you find in jazz and transplants it into a progressive metal context.  With an orchestra. Yeah. Bring back the saxophone like in ANOTHER DAY, but more edgy. :)

Catcher10 wrote: Its all on-line posting fluff by Petrucci.......the proof is in the pudding (not cake, though I luv cake..), when the album comes out of the oven....The judging will then begin. I like that they chose a self-titled album But it needs to be brilliant!

You gonna buy it on vinyl? I bet ya are. It is a bigger cake then a cd. :)

Its all on-line posting fluff by Petrucci.......the proof is in the pudding (not cake, though I luv cake..), when the album comes out of the oven....The judging will then begin.

I'd love a DT album that was drastically different from previous albums.

I have mixed feelings about this news. while I like DT they have been treading water for a few albums. I think they need a new, outside producer to cut down on their needless noodling and work on songcraft. Since John Petrucci is producing again, I think we can expect more of the same DT. It's unfortunate as I think they have the talent to make a brilliant prog album, not just prog metal.

Here's what we know so far:

- The album will be self-titled
- Mike Mangini was heavily involved in the writing process
- The album has at least one instrumental
- There is a "Opening" track
- The album will have an epic (or a very epic sounding song)
- There is a symphony orchestra on the album, possibly on every track
- The guitars must sound like chocolate cake

It is official. DREAM THEATER are set to release their new album SEPTEMBER 23rd, 2013!

Now, my question is what can we expect? Dream Theater have made it abundantly clear that, as a band, they are shifting into new direction with drummer Mike Mangini, so much so the new album will be self titled DREAM THEATER to represent all things that are truly dream theater. The band now feels the time is right to have a self titled album due to the nature of what the new album will represent. Clearly this is a special time in DT history, so of course my question to all you fellow proggers and fans, what can we expect and possibly hope for?

Here is the official link. Sorry that you most likely will have to copy/paste it, since I do not have a PC at this time.    

http://www.progrockmag.com/news/dream-theater-announce-new-album-details/

Well, sticking to the topic, I will be interested to hear what they come up with and if Mangini's input makes any difference.  Honestly, I'd be surprised if anything changed at all.

My opinion (please don't make me repeat this in a reply) is that the last album was generic DT.  This, of course, doesn't mean "bad", just boring.  There was very little in that album that grabbed me, and I find it hard to pay attention to it all the way through.  Of course, I'm not really much of a prog metal fan so my opinion may not be relevant in that regard.  However, DT have managed to interest me enough over the years to pick up nearly all their albums, and a few I still enjoy listening to from time to time.  The last album was not one of them (for me it's 6 Degrees and Octavarium.........actually, Black Clouds would have been one too if not for the horrid lyrics that make it really hard for me to take it seriously at all).

I will agree with whoever said that LaBrie performed well on ADToE........he has annoyed me in the past, and one of the strongest points of this album is that he sings quite well on it.

Anyway, I will certainly be interested to see where they go with this new one.

dtguitarfan wrote: The Truth wrote: Snow Dog wrote: The Truth wrote: Anthony H. wrote: dtguitarfan wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Because it wasn't very good obviously.... Why do you insist on using such language?  Why can't you just say something like "it didn't meet my preferences" or simply "I didn't like it"?     It's this kind of thing that explains my inactivity on the forums as of late. That's why I took a 3 month long break as well. I look forward to the new record, I was pleasantly surprised by ADToE. Do you mean my obviously controversial comment or DTGfans reply? DTGfans reply. You gave an opinion. He gave some kind of... musical political correctness...? No, I showed how you present an opinion as opinion rather than presenting it as fact.

He was asserting his opinion. If you make your opinion sound too much like an opinion it won't sound very strong. By stating his opinion the way he did, his thoughts on the album are very clear.

Stop taking everything so personally about Dream Theater. They are a band. They aren't worth it. I would never be this protective of a band I like and I love some bands.

Dellinger wrote: I was rather a bit disapointed with the last album. It did have all the elements that have made previous DT albums brilliant (plus some of those elements that could make them not so brilliant), but in the end I guess that's it's very flaw. It's just more of the same. For 3 or 4 albums that might be good, but after 11 albums, perhaps it's a bit too much. Plus, most important, even though most of it's songs may be very good, they just aren't as good as their best songs from previous albums. I might say the songs sound uninspired. I really hope Mangini really gets into the writing process (and that he proves himself up to the task), I guess a bit of new perspective could do the band a lot of good. Also, I wish they would make the album shorter, and stick to the very best they can come up with, without trying to fill the 80 min that a CD can hold. I have found that even though I really love DT and have an enormous amound of music that I enjoy, there's no one single album that I would call a masterpiece, and that's because on every album there's an important amount of songs that I don't care for. However, I have also noticed that for most of their albums I could easily chose over 40 min of music at least that I love, and if those albums only had those songs they would all be masterpieces for me (and the only album that has a whole CD that I love is a double album, and I don't really care for the other CD).