Dream Theater - an album too far?

[April Etheral]

I've noticed a lot of negativity towards DT on this forum since i joined a few months back and i just though i'd ask if its because of the more recent albums that people dislike them or if they just despise all their music

Personally i think Octavarium was an album too far, maybe an acceptable album for a shitty band like Blink 182 to record but not for a band i used to hold a lot of respect for
I detest most of the songs especially all of the horrible nu metal hooks which have become more and more commonplace in their music since SDOIT

So what do you think?

 

[opeth_353]

Definitely.. TOT was a step in the wrong direction.. their newer albums are average at best.. Scenes and F.I.A are just bootyfull!

 

[Zivilyn]

An album too far... That's a good way to describe it. I personally think Octavarium is alright, from what I heard, and their newer material sounded fantastic at Gigantour. But something tells me that Dream Theater kind of had their time already. Images and Words, Awake, Scenes From a Memory... That's authentic Dream Theater. Lately it's just been hard to adjust to them. So I don't vote, because I'm still not sure what to make of it.

 

[MasterOLightning]

People shouldn't bash Dream Theater until they've heard Awake. Great album. I'm not too fond of the last two, but I did enjoy Six Degrees a lot.

 

[Stilgar]

I like most of their stuff up until Scenes From a Memory (which I really like a lot). The albums after that, just don't seem to hold my interest for very long. They're not bad, but not as interesting to me.

 

[April Etheral]

i love awake, I&W and Scenes

i liked TOT better than SDOIT
I guess i just got off on the heaviness of TOT

 

[all_sins_undone]

Definitely.. TOT was a step in the wrong direction.. their newer albums are average at best.. Scenes and F.I.A are just bootyfull!

I dont like Octavarium at all. TOT owns.

 

[prowlergrig]

where's the '3 albums too far' option?

i like some of sdoit, like the glass prison, but most of the album is pretty weak...

 

[April Etheral]

lol i guess you're right
but i could actually listen to TOT and SDOIT i can't stand even 30 seconds of any track off Octavarium

 

[Tubbs]

I voted too far because John Petrucci sounds way too limited and there are not enough solos! I love all their other albums, though. (Except Falling Into Infinity at the risk of getting beat up)

 

[CAIRATH]

I've never liked DT. I used to have a bunch of their albums sitting on my HD but none of them ever caught my interest and I just couldn't escape the feeling that most of their stuff sounds either lifeless, cheesy or both. Their singer is also terrible.

 

[MasterOLightning]

I think that most of the people who still like DT are people who heard them before they got really involved with metal. I can see people who are really used to death and black metal not liking them at all.

 

[The Baying Of The Leper]

An album too far?? Maybe. Personally, I like 6º. I think there are a couple of good tracks on Octavarium but nothing great, a lot of it seems kinda 'stale' to me. if I wanna listen to Dream Theater I tend to turn to their other albums. If they release another album I can't imagine it being anything spectacular either - Then they'd definitely be going too far.

But then again, sometimes bands can surprise you (just not often)

 

[opeth_353]

I think there are a couple of good tracks on Octavarium but nothing great, a lot of it seems kinda 'stale' to me.

Pretty much how i feel, except i think the whole album is stale .. TOT and Octavarium are t3h suXX0rz.

 

[Manbient]

Octavarium was awful. Should never have been made.

 

[The Baying Of The Leper]

TOT and Octavarium are t3h suXX0rz.

I've yet to hear Train Of Thought, what would you describe it as?

 

[shark22]

If your gonna knock Dream Theater, then Ghost Reveries doesn't come far behind.

 

[bloodlust rampant]

i don't think octavarium was great but to me it wasn't an album too far. i still enjoy the cheesy stuff so i guess it doesn't really bother me all that much.

 

[Disgustipated]

I own every album except for Octavarium, apparently. I never knew that. I used to be a big fan.. have always hated LaBrie's voice though.. but yeah, I haven't heard anything from Octavarium, and I liked Train of Thought.

 

[amaranth]

I think that D.T make terrible noise, I won't even call it music. Friends have given me an album or so to try and make me like it, but I can't stand it...