Dream Theater

I didn't say that. 

^ 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.   

^ 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. :)

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).

Edited by Snow Dog - August 07 2013 at 05:46

jampa17 wrote:   Wonder why I don't read this kind of things when Porcupine Tree do the same boring thing all the time,

jampa17 wrote: rogerthat wrote: jampa17 wrote:   Wonder why I don't read this kind of things when Porcupine Tree do the same boring thing all the time,  Because they haven't actually done anything since 2009.  That's a long time, you know.   Well you see, BC&SL is from the same year and you still read some b*llsh+t about that album even today. So, that's not an excuse really.

Maybe because it's not the DT homepage or fanclub?  I cannot talk about all DT fans but if you react so strongly to some dissent, it's not likely you are going to enjoy PA conversations in general.  Most people have only said they didn't like the track, not that DT's pathetic or terrible or blah blah.  If you call stating a dislike as bashing, fine, whatever works for you.

But this is a Dream Theater "Appreciation" thread, or at least it is in the "Appreciation" section of the forums so the negative Nellies need to take their negativity to a Prog News post or something.  I have to agree with Jampa on how amazingly negative many of the posters are on PA regarding DT.  I suspect that much of it has to do with the fact that they are actually successful from a prog standpoint, and heaven forbid we allow that to happen.  Prog artists are required to be obscure starving artists in order to have any prog credibility.

rushfan4 wrote: But this is a Dream Theater "Appreciation" thread, or at least it is in the "Appreciation" section of the forums so the negative Nellies need to take their negativity to a Prog News post or something.  I have to agree with Jampa on how amazingly negative many of the posters are on PA regarding DT.  I suspect that much of it has to do with the fact that they are actually successful from a prog standpoint, and heaven forbid we allow that to happen.  Prog artists are required to be obscure starving artists in order to have any prog credibility.

I really do not read where there is "DT bashing" going on? We are talking about one song and passing critic on ONE song, not the band, not the previous albums.