Here I am!!

West End Ken wrote: Welcome,fellow prog fan

Thanks!!!

nice to see more DT fans... yeah somehow old prog fans are really sceptic about new music...and that really is weird cuz the whole prog is kinda like finding something new...i cant explain myself due to poor knowledge of english  you should like the way prog music progresses as much as you like any epic song that progresses...whatever,you probably already think that im an idiot gotta get some extra english lessons...and if talking about sex degrees... the only album i dislike more than this is when  dream and day unite...disc2(six degrees song...)is cool with some exceptions but thfirst disc is foooo thats my opinion...dont even know if you care

HI THERE!! I'm also a DT fan! Woohooo!!

I'm  new to prog, thanks also to DT. They are simply great in all senses, not just a band that only for being highly skilled stay at the top, they are also excellent composers and lyricisists(does that word exist??)Besides, as a band, DT works quite well since they all collaborate in the songs, musically.

My first DT albums were ACOS and Falling into infinity. Maybe that is the reason Falling... isn't a problem with me, most fans despise it, yet I think it is crucial, the one and only piece of mind from keyboardist Derek Sherinian! Although he also plays in ACOS, he did not help in writing so that does not count.

My favorites are IAW and Metropolis 2, being the last one truly a masterpiece. This album was my first real experience of a concept album( I knew PF's Dark Side though I wasn't in too deep). I was overblown. With my first two albums I thought: "Okay, this bands's great, their drummer and guitarrist rocks, but the vocal is just OK." After Metropolis (and most of all IAW) I thought again, now LaBrie is my favorite member of DT and one of the BEST singers I've ever heard. His voice is prodigious, it hasn't deteriorated, even in the concerts he performs greatly!

About Octavarium, I enjoyed the album. Many fans overlook it, still don't know why, perhaps for Octavarium, the song? I don't know.Yes I think it's kind of a tribute!!(light my fire-The Doors!!) I also prefer Octa over Seasons, it has more tempo changes and the concept is true, or what I understood. What do you understand about the whole Octavarium lyrics? Have you noticed that The Root Of All Evil is indeed the secuel to Octavarium?(says VI: Ready and VII: Remove) Maybe its is also a STar Wars TRibute?! Just kiddin. I dunno about this , still confused.

I think many people is against DT because of their sudden appearance and their extraordinary success. Prog fans are conservative and skeptical about nowadays prog, mainly. A veteran prog who lived through the first prog wave from the seventies might be angry at them because of them being great and actual. What they really should analyze is that prog is all about experimentation and of keeping your mind open, so instead of aiming their guns at new prog they should welcome it with their arms wide open. Just a thought.

Geez, I think I wrote too much...I was excited, sorry

Try to listen with more (much more) attention POS....I'm sure you will fall in love with them!!They're play so complex music (I mean complex in all sense: lyrically, musically, emotionally) that it's hard to enter in their world...but if you'll find the way....you'll never leave them out of your player!!!I recommend (to start trying) Remedy lane, or Entropia....then the others!!Try again...and let me know!!!