Shred Room LI: Senpai Claus is Coming to Town

rushfan4 wrote: I assume that you fully intend to include Metallica in that new subgenre.

Of course not.
This new subgenre will EXCLUDE 99% of the bands of any genre (Steven Wilson and his side-project Opeth, Rush because they're Canadian), for some illogical reasons.

so there is no Thrice fans here

Luna wrote: They're not Berlin school enough.

That means they should be in post-rock.

Polo wrote: rushfan4 wrote: Here is a DT instrumental that you might like Steve. I used to love that track.

I still do.  It is probably the only DT track that I would bother recommending to Steve.  Although, oddly enough I think that he might like Dominici's O3 A Trilogy - Part One.  It is mostly a singer-songwriter with acoustic guitar type album.

the sound of water is not quite like the sound of fire.

I like some DT

They were the next prog band I was into after Rush. And while it wasn't as much an addiction and I definitely am not a fan of James LaBrie... I will always respect them and at least appreciate that they are able to craft great songs on rare occasions.

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Smurph wrote: They were the next prog band I was into after Rush. And while it wasn't as much an addiction and I definitely am not a fan of James LaBrie... I will always respect them and at least appreciate that they are able to craft great songs on rare occasions. Metro pt 2 is also a great album. (Though extremely cheesy on the ballads) And Dream Theater always had insanely w**k useless lyrics to me.

Quite frankly I think that they are strongest on their ballads and that LaBrie sounds his best on them.   Although he is a decent screamer it does get old listening to him scream after awhile.