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Metalmarsh89
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 07:47 |
Imagine looking at Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon cover. Now imagine it is a 3-D entity. Now give the whole thing a 90 degree turn. That's what the new Dream Theater album cover reminds me of.
Edited by Metalmarsh89 - July 14 2013 at 09:55
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darkshade
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 14:57 |
Guys, this is the logo This is the Majesty symbol
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Horizons
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 15:01 |
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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zeqexes
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 18:18 |
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darkshade
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Posted: July 14 2013 at 09:27 |
Thank you.
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Ali m
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Posted: July 14 2013 at 11:23 |
This band is great I just started listening to them and
Their songs are good for me their a complete band
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Dellinger
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Posted: July 15 2013 at 19:03 |
Ali m wrote:
This band is great I just started listening to them and
Their songs are good for me their a complete band |
Oh, if you're liking them, then you're up to a ride. Good luck discovering them. If you want any help about where to go next, just ask, some of us would be happy to give you our opinions.
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Catcher10
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Posted: July 15 2013 at 23:18 |
darkshade wrote:
Guys, this is the logo
This is the Majesty symbol
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From a marketing perspective both are logos....The bottom one is a symbol, the top one is a title mark, word mark or word graphic...for example: NIKE is the company name and a wordmark graphic. The "swoosh" is the company logo, usually both used together. With regard to Dream Theater, the symbol is related to the "company" Dream Theater....both refer to the same thing, from a marketing perspective, I am sure its what they prefer.
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CKnoxW
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Posted: July 22 2013 at 20:17 |
Dream Theater is getting far too heavy for my tastes recently and ever since Systematic Chaos, the albums have have had really fantastic material and really boring material.They've been embraced by the metal community and I feel like they've been catering more towards them recently instead of their prog fans. They're leaning more toward the technical side of things than the actual musical lately. Hell, I'd go as far as just calling them technical rock/metal now instead of progressive.
The above statement in no way means I'm not super excited for the new album release. On the contrary, I'm anxious to hear what it's going to be like with Mangini as a full fledged member.
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CKnoxW
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Posted: July 22 2013 at 20:21 |
Earendil wrote:
Yeah considering their prestige, you'd think they'd have a good artist do their stuff. It seems like they don't give a sh*t what gets put on there on a lot of their albums |
The funniest part is that Hugh Syme has done all of their art since Octavarium. I love Hugh Syme, but apart from Octavarium, the other covers have been a little... not so good haha
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: July 22 2013 at 21:57 |
^Yeah, his DT covers have been quite a letdown, especially considering the good work he's done with Rush over the years. Though I'm not too crazy about the CA cover.
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Earendil
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Posted: July 22 2013 at 22:27 |
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
^Yeah, his DT covers have been quite a letdown, especially considering the good work he's done with Rush over the years. Though I'm not too crazy about the CA cover.
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I love the Moving Pictures cover, especially the back. Nothing says "Prog" like a triple entendre picture
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CKnoxW
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Posted: July 22 2013 at 22:32 |
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
^Yeah, his DT covers have been quite a letdown, especially considering the good work he's done with Rush over the years. Though I'm not too crazy about the CA cover.
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Most of the art in CA is pretty "eh" as well. I wonder what his deal is! It's kind of like since he's become purely Photoshop based his quality has steadily declined.
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: July 22 2013 at 22:41 |
Earendil wrote:
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
^Yeah, his DT covers have been quite a letdown, especially considering the good work he's done with Rush over the years. Though I'm not too crazy about the CA cover.
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I love the Moving Pictures cover, especially the back. Nothing says "Prog" like a triple entendre picture
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Yes, that one was brilliant; I personally think that the abstract bleakness of Grace Under Pressure was his high point in Rush's discography; Counterparts, A Farewell to Kings, Roll the Bones, and Vapor Trails were also excellent.
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jampa17
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Posted: July 24 2013 at 19:14 |
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
Earendil wrote:
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
^Yeah, his DT covers have been quite a letdown, especially considering the good work he's done with Rush over the years. Though I'm not too crazy about the CA cover.
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I love the Moving Pictures cover, especially the back. Nothing says "Prog" like a triple entendre picture
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Yes, that one was brilliant; I personally think that the abstract bleakness of Grace Under Pressure was his high point in Rush's discography; Counterparts, A Farewell to Kings, Roll the Bones, and Vapor Trails were also excellent.
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I disagree a lot with these statements. Octavarium was quite cool, but I think that SC was great, I think the art was way better than the music. I mean, the whole concept of the ants was kind of cool. And the most recent work in ADToE has really cool stuff, like the old warrior in the desert and the cycleboy in the cliff and in the dock. Maybe it's not quite for "proggies", but the art itself added something to the concept. But of coruse, every inch of their work is quite analyzed but that's the essence of DT fans / haters.
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: July 24 2013 at 19:32 |
jampa17 wrote:
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
Earendil wrote:
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
^Yeah, his DT covers have been quite a letdown, especially considering the good work he's done with Rush over the years. Though I'm not too crazy about the CA cover.
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I love the Moving Pictures cover, especially the back. Nothing says "Prog" like a triple entendre picture
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Yes, that one was brilliant; I personally think that the abstract bleakness of Grace Under Pressure was his high point in Rush's discography; Counterparts, A Farewell to Kings, Roll the Bones, and Vapor Trails were also excellent.
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I disagree a lot with these statements. Octavarium was quite cool, but I think that SC was great, I think the art was way better than the music. I mean, the whole concept of the ants was kind of cool. And the most recent work in ADToE has really cool stuff, like the old warrior in the desert and the cycleboy in the cliff and in the dock.
Maybe it's not quite for "proggies", but the art itself added something to the concept.
But of coruse, every inch of their work is quite analyzed but that's the essence of DT fans / haters.
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Yeah, I would agree, I like the SC cover actually. But ADTOE had a very lame design in my opinion, with the overly bright cover and the clip art unicyclist...bleh. Not a bad idea really, but was executed poorly.
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CKnoxW
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Posted: July 25 2013 at 00:12 |
But BC&SL... That looks like a digital design student's final project, not the work of an established graphic artist
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zeqexes
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Posted: July 25 2013 at 03:42 |
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
jampa17 wrote:
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
Earendil wrote:
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
^Yeah, his DT covers have been quite a letdown, especially considering the good work he's done with Rush over the years. Though I'm not too crazy about the CA cover.
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I love the Moving Pictures cover, especially the back. Nothing says "Prog" like a triple entendre picture
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Yes, that one was brilliant; I personally think that the abstract bleakness of Grace Under Pressure was his high point in Rush's discography; Counterparts, A Farewell to Kings, Roll the Bones, and Vapor Trails were also excellent.
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I disagree a lot with these statements. Octavarium was quite cool, but I think that SC was great, I think the art was way better than the music. I mean, the whole concept of the ants was kind of cool. And the most recent work in ADToE has really cool stuff, like the old warrior in the desert and the cycleboy in the cliff and in the dock.
Maybe it's not quite for "proggies", but the art itself added something to the concept.
But of coruse, every inch of their work is quite analyzed but that's the essence of DT fans / haters.
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Yeah, I would agree, I like the SC cover actually. But ADTOE had a very lame design in my opinion, with the overly bright cover and the clip art unicyclist...bleh. Not a bad idea really, but was executed poorly.
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Agreed.
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Earendil
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Posted: July 25 2013 at 08:16 |
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
Yeah, I would agree, I like the SC cover actually. But ADTOE had a very lame design in my opinion, with the overly bright cover and the clip art unicyclist...bleh. Not a bad idea really, but was executed poorly.
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I'd argue bad idea and poorly executed
CKnoxW wrote:
But BC&SL... That looks like a digital design student's final project, not the work of an established graphic artist |
This about sums it up
jampa17 wrote:
Octavarium was quite cool |
I do like the Octavarium cover, but I think the rest from the 2000's range from decent to bad.
Edited by Earendil - July 25 2013 at 08:19
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: July 25 2013 at 10:16 |
The Octavarium cover is just cool because it has a Newton's Cradle on it. A Newton's Cradle can turn the most lame and pedestrian album cover (...or desk...or science class) into a wondrous and majestic extravaganza of nifty physics.
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