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Sargasso

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Posted: February 25 2011 at 14:33

Dave Lombardo? They wouldn't.

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Posted: February 25 2011 at 14:12

lazland wrote:

To be fair to them, they have definitely introduced a lot of younger fans to the prog genre as a whole, and that can only be praised.

That's me

And the direction, as people above me have stated, is entirely dependent on the new drummer. If Dave Lombardo is the new drummer (which for god's sake I hope he's not) DT will morph into a prog-related thrash metal band. If Virgil Donati is the new drummer, DT will morph into a jazz based metal band. If Marco Minnemann is the new drummer (which I suspect he is), the band will morph into a more a more thrash based prog metal band.

Sargasso

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Posted: February 25 2011 at 12:56

Somehow I don't think it's likely that DT will pick up a new drummer who is more metal oriented than Mike Portnoy.

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Posted: February 25 2011 at 12:50

My only fear with them going forward is to make records like LaBrie's last solo effort Static Impulse, which was not good IMO. Too much screamo type metal for my taste, it just seems that is what James likes right now.....and if they end up with a serious metal drummer, we could see more of that.

Versus them recording stuff like SDOIT or songs like Octavarium.....I just wonder if they will ever try to create material like Scenes From A Memory, not the concept but the material.

That to me is Dream Theater. Even like Train of Thought, one of my favorite albums would be great.

lazland

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Posted: February 25 2011 at 11:44

To be fair to them, they have definitely introduced a lot of younger fans to the prog genre as a whole, and that can only be praised.

I've started to listen to them a little bit more recently, and I am definitely enjoying a lot more than when I stopped a few years ago.

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Posted: February 25 2011 at 11:18

They are what they are. Like them or leave them. At this point in their careers I doubt they'll change to please a little bunch of prog fans. They have a big fan base whom they work for. Portnoy's departure might ignite a little change in sound, but I doubt it'll be too radical.

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Posted: February 25 2011 at 11:14

Now Dream Theater are my favourite band, but I never felt that they really fitted in with the rest of my prog collection. it was only yesterday when I realised why this was.

From the start, they have been both Metal and prog, symbolised almost, by the appearance of Mike Portnoy. A long haired, troglodytic, metalhead, but so dedicated to prog, he has a King Crimson tattoo. I think that up until now, Dream Theater have been incredibly dedicated to prog and to metal, whereas most bands have 'splashings of this', and a 'bit of that'. I also believe that if one of these was removed, and the band could focus solely on one of the two, they would astound.

With the departure of Mr Portnoy, I wondered where they would go from here. It's almost certain that they won't abandon one of the two completely, but if they maybe just toned down the metal side of it, they may find themselves rather better received on this here website.

Thoughts?