dream theater

coolsnow7 said:
Honestly, the idea of metal being mainstream (Slayer reaching #2 on Finnish charts, anyone?) kinda scares me. I don't think I like the idea of 5 year olds running around making Alexi Laiho their role model, to say nothing of the themes of the music. Gimme a society where Britney Spears is the fucking mainstream, and metal is where it belongs, in the underground.
Alexi Laiho is not metal...:Smug:
 
I think a lot of the criticism of DT has some justification, but people are way too severe. They have definitely put out some good songs as well as whole albums, I just think they've been in decline for a while too. SFAM is pretty good tbh, Train of Thought is pretty bad.
 
Keith! said:
I think he sounds even worse live, especially when he tries to pull off the high parts in pull me under, :erk:land

I was actually pretty impressed with him live, he seemed to hit all the high stuff pretty well.
 
FYI , LaBrie had health problems for years with his throat hence the bad vocal performances but lately he has gotten way better as the recent live album Score showed but I wouldn't want to disturb you during your

unjustified and lame cum swapping DT bashing which I wouldn't expect from people above 12, 13 at best.

Now go back to your scheduled program : Labrie Voice is horrid (coming from Rush fans gimme a fuckin break !!!)... wankfest (so whan Jeff Loomis shreds it is cool, when it s Petrucci, it s lame : go fucking figure !!!) ... insipid blah blah yaddi yaddah etc etc ...

Oh I almost forgot :

DT > Enslaved
 
Death_To_False_Metal said:
FYI , LaBrie had health problems for years with his throat hence the bad vocal performances but lately he has gotten way better as the recent live album Score showed but I wouldn't want to disturb you during your

unjustified and lame cum swapping DT bashing which I wouldn't expect from people above 12, 13 at best.

Now go back to your scheduled program : Labrie Voice is horrid (coming from Rush fans gimme a fuckin break !!!)... wankfest (so whan Jeff Loomis shreds it is cool, when it s Petrucci, it s lame : go fucking figure !!!) ... insipid blah blah yaddi yaddah etc etc ...

Oh I almost forgot :

DT > Enslaved


Stfu idiot.

Loomis owns Pertucci in every aspect.

I like some DT and i have a DVD of theirs, and labrie is far from impressive live. sure he can hit the notes (sometimes) but man his tone is terrible, that is why people dont like him, his tone, sure he's technically good, but meh.
 
Eh, when it comes to overall speed, I'd say Petrucci is quite a bit faster. And anything other than that is purely who's style you like more. Personally, I agree, Loomis kicks Petrucci's ass (although I can still appreciate the feel Petrucci DOES put in his) and his solos are far from wankery.

Which is why Loomis is a pretty bad example. There are better ones, but none on this forum, because no one here listens to anything with particularly fast guitar playing anyway. Loomis is one of the few exceptions.