Dream Theater-As I Am MP3 radio edit

[Caeros]

http://home.comcast.net/~dtawake/dreamtheaterasiam.mp3

Download and listen. I'll give my opinion in a bit.

 

[ProgMetalFan]

yikes

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Whoa. The production is atrocious.

Maybe it's first listen jitters, but that wasn't very good at all. It's like "You Not Me" all over again.

Maybe the extended version is better?

 

[Caeros]

It sounds like they're trying too hard. James is a good vocalist and they're not letting it show. The best part of the song is the up-front bass, which has rarely been seen in DT. Why does DT feel the need to try and pretend they're pantera?

 

[anonymousnick2001]

I've gotten used to the song after a few listens, but I hope the rest of the album isn't like that.

I miss the 'adventure' feeling. A DT album is supposed to feel like an adventure, a sprawling musical landscape of moods and everything. SDOIT definitely had that down pat.

 

[Demonspell]

The worst part is Labrie's vocals...he used to be able to be convincing when singing aggressively on Awake, now he sounds so forced, and on this track a bit too much like James Hetfield...

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Hopefully the rest of Train Of Thought will be more akin to DT's style. Or at least good...

 

[Caeros]

I heard the album version and it's a slight improvement, though still not quite up to standard.

 

[anonymousnick2001]

*wipes tears*

So much for my faith in DT...another band falls...