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Bj-1
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 05:20 |
Octavarum is crap compared to TOT, IMO.
Octavarium: 3 or 3.5/5
TOT: 4.5/5
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Masque
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Joined: April 01 2006
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 06:15 |
When I first played octa I was ![Big smile](smileys/smiley4.gif) now I am ![Confused](smileys/smiley5.gif) when I first played train I was ![Confused](smileys/smiley5.gif) now I am
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HeirToRuin
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Joined: May 30 2005
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Points: 454
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 06:27 |
I own both and routinely listen to neither.
These albums, to me, represent the beginning of the end for Dream
Theater. Lack of originality, uninspired lyrics, ripoffs galore
all over the place...
Totally not progressive...not even Octavarium's title track.
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Prog-jester
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Joined: June 05 2005
Location: Love Beach
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 07:43 |
ToT - innovative,challenging,dark,angry,METAL!!!
8ium - weak,repetitive,void,usual,unprofessional,CRAP!!!
Easy choise!
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Tomodachi
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Joined: April 10 2006
Location: Italy
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 09:37 |
I voted TOT because I consider it better as a whole album, but Octavarium (the song) is the best track DT ever produced IMO.
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Maverick
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 13:20 |
Octavarium indeed.
More progressive than Train Of Thought.
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daz2112
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 13:23 |
Octavarium
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Time-Machinist
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Sloth
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 16:22 |
Octavarium is the best of the 2. ToT is more metal than Prog.
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Malve87
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Joined: December 19 2005
Location: Genova, Italy
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 16:33 |
Well...we're talking about Progressive, and so I chose Octavarium, cause I think that Train Of Thought isn't so much prog....it's more like a sheer Metal album...the only prog influence on it in my opinion are on tracks: Vacant and In the name of God....
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ANDREW
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Posted: April 26 2006 at 08:20 |
Train of Thought
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MikeEnRegalia
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Joined: April 22 2005
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Posted: April 26 2006 at 08:27 |
Malve87 wrote:
Well...we're talking about Progressive, and so I chose Octavarium, cause I think that Train Of Thought isn't so much prog....it's more like a sheer Metal album...the only prog influence on it in my opinion are on tracks: Vacant and In the name of God.... |
When I listen to a pure metal album in comparison - for example the latest Bruce Dickinson album or even Judas Priest, In Flames, whatever ... then I do hear an apparent difference. It's not a prog masterpiece, but certainly a progressive album.
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AtLossForWords
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Posted: April 26 2006 at 10:36 |
I'll have to go with Octavarium. There is some good matierial on Train of Thought, but nothing in particular stands out the way Octavarium and Sacraficed Sons do. Octavarium also has some great tracks in Never Enough, The Root of All Evil, and These Walls.
Of course In the Name of God and Stream of Conciousness are great tunes, but they just seem to be weak compared to other DT tracks of that same calibur.
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