Pharaoh
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I'm bored to tears with it, and I don't even wait to listen to it anymore to try to convince myself that I may enjoy just a little bit of it. Bye. 
Dream Theater - Octavarium
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Jeremy Krull
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SymphonyOfDreams said:
That is BY FAR one of the most ignorant closed minded things I have ever seen. You can't compare Spock's to a style they don't partake in, but of course you will.
hahahaha
Rose Immortal
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dargormudshark
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buchkoba00
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ShokaiShimizu said:
What in the blue hell are you talking about?
Silent Song said:
Of course I do, but getting hung up on either definition is retarded.
Jeremy Krull
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Metropolis Part 2
DT and POS Fanboy!
Yngvai X
Dark Emperor
I've decided something:
Kreator's Enemy of God >>>>>>>> Octavarium
that is all...
PS Kreator pwns
Kreator's Enemy of God >>>>>>>> Octavarium
that is all...
PS Kreator pwns
dargormudshark
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Kenneth R.
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Metropolis Part 2
DT and POS Fanboy!
Well if you like Thrash Metal, then I guess Enemy of God>>>>Octavarium, but if you like Coldplay and U2, I guess Octavarium is better 
Ayreon Guardian X
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Falling Into Infinity? I actually liked it more than I thought I would...it's pretty cool...last time I tried to listen to it, I fell asleep in the process and missed a BIG chuck of it...so, this was actually more like the first time for most of FII...yeah, I actually liked it...not as much as most of the rest of the catalog, but I definitely liked it...Rose Immortal said:
Also, I like Octavarium...the whole thing...some parts are better than others, but as a whole, I like it...a more mellow album after the crunch that is Train of Thought...
Jeremy Krull
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Silent Song said:
Dude, Hunt used to be one of my favorite bands, and although The Mission was definitely an experiment in a new direction, stuff kinda went sour after Fear/The Mission. I heard those two clips but it wasn't really clear to me as to what the deal was. I'm very interested to check it out, maybe renew my interest in the 'Hunters, but as usual Andre has made sure it's incredibly hard to get the record in the US lol.
Rose Immortal
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LOL, thanks for the intel on FiI!
And Metropolis--funny you should mention Coldplay. I have been going back and forth for weeks trying to decide which album I was looking more forward to: Coldplay or DT, since both were coming out on the very same day. It was a HUGE treat just anticipating it...
But oh my gosh, was I totally shocked by Octavarium! I'd seen all the flaming around here so maybe I lowered my expectations a lot...but I am thinking they've finally figured out how to get Rudess to fit well into the band, and how to make their compositions really flow together in a way that to my mind they have not in a long time. Plus...I was genuinely moved, several times, by the music. The only nitpick I have at the moment is with the mixing--but I really think the album itself is shockingly good. To me, this is like a welcome-back for Dream Theater: that is, welcome back to the levels they were hitting during the Awake days. I don't know that Octavarium can ever knock Awake off its pedastal, but it's sure got competition now!
Good God, what a complete (and amazingly happy) surprise!
And Metropolis--funny you should mention Coldplay. I have been going back and forth for weeks trying to decide which album I was looking more forward to: Coldplay or DT, since both were coming out on the very same day. It was a HUGE treat just anticipating it...
But oh my gosh, was I totally shocked by Octavarium! I'd seen all the flaming around here so maybe I lowered my expectations a lot...but I am thinking they've finally figured out how to get Rudess to fit well into the band, and how to make their compositions really flow together in a way that to my mind they have not in a long time. Plus...I was genuinely moved, several times, by the music. The only nitpick I have at the moment is with the mixing--but I really think the album itself is shockingly good. To me, this is like a welcome-back for Dream Theater: that is, welcome back to the levels they were hitting during the Awake days. I don't know that Octavarium can ever knock Awake off its pedastal, but it's sure got competition now!
Good God, what a complete (and amazingly happy) surprise!
Ayreon Guardian X
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See? All of these people bitching about this and that wrong with the CD, and it's still a good CD...I mean, it ranks above ToT, FII, WDaDU and up there with 6DoIT to me...and I REALLY like 6 Degrees...One thing, though...Octavarium (the title track) is no A Change of Seasons, that's for sure...not even CLOSE to as good...still a cool, even awesome song, but WELL below the awesomeness of ACoS...Rose Immortal said:LOL, thanks for the intel on FiI!
And Metropolis--funny you should mention Coldplay. I have been going back and forth for weeks trying to decide which album I was looking more forward to: Coldplay or DT, since both were coming out on the very same day. It was a HUGE treat just anticipating it...
But oh my gosh, was I totally shocked by Octavarium! I'd seen all the flaming around here so maybe I lowered my expectations a lot...but I am thinking they've finally figured out how to get Rudess to fit well into the band, and how to make their compositions really flow together in a way that to my mind they have not in a long time. Plus...I was genuinely moved, several times, by the music. The only nitpick I have at the moment is with the mixing--but I really think the album itself is shockingly good. To me, this is like a welcome-back for Dream Theater: that is, welcome back to the levels they were hitting during the Awake days. I don't know that Octavarium can ever knock Awake off its pedastal, but it's sure got competition now!
Good God, what a complete (and amazingly happy) surprise!
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I give Octavarium 8/10 after hearing it about 10 times now. I, on first listen would have given it a 6 but it is defiately a good cd. I am a huge fan of all the noodling and wanking in DT that most people seem to dislike so seeing there was alot less that is why my score would have been a 6 on first listen but yes 8 is the ranking i give it.
buchkoba00
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ShokaiShimizu said:hey the album's out, you can leave now.
I've posted here long before other forums were closed... eat me.
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Jeremy Krull
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dargormudshark
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Rose Immortal said:LOL, thanks for the intel on FiI!
And Metropolis--funny you should mention Coldplay. I have been going back and forth for weeks trying to decide which album I was looking more forward to: Coldplay or DT, since both were coming out on the very same day. It was a HUGE treat just anticipating it...
But oh my gosh, was I totally shocked by Octavarium! I'd seen all the flaming around here so maybe I lowered my expectations a lot...but I am thinking they've finally figured out how to get Rudess to fit well into the band, and how to make their compositions really flow together in a way that to my mind they have not in a long time. Plus...I was genuinely moved, several times, by the music. The only nitpick I have at the moment is with the mixing--but I really think the album itself is shockingly good. To me, this is like a welcome-back for Dream Theater: that is, welcome back to the levels they were hitting during the Awake days. I don't know that Octavarium can ever knock Awake off its pedastal, but it's sure got competition now!
Good God, what a complete (and amazingly happy) surprise!
I felt just the opposite, I thought this album as a prog band, this album had the worst song structures. There are exceptions like with the Bridge and Chorus for Never Enough, but that's it
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