Dream Theater

[anonymousnick2001]

that album didn't have many good individuals songs (although a few are just amazing), and much of it does feel like filler material.

I think I pretty much agree with this. Although I'll take "Through Her Eyes" over "Beyond This Life" or "Fatal Tragedy." And "Home" could have had a few minutes trimmed.

 

[Chanakya]

Reviving this thread,
have any of you'll heard Black Clouds?

SFAM is a great album as a whole, but personally I prefer listening to songs than to albums, and that album didn't have many good individuals songs (although a few are just amazing), and much of it does feel like filler material.

Overture + Strange Deja Vu = Some of the most awesome 9 minutes

 

[The Ozzman]

the new one sucks

 

[Chanakya]

Is it anything like Systematic Chaos ? I guess I'll hear it for novelty's sake

 

[SweptbackFlame]

It's not amazing...but it's better than Systematic Chaos that's for sure.

 

[The Ozzman]

No it isn't

 

[Chanakya]

I actually liked Systematic Chaos, specifically I found it quite interesting with the wankery with the Continuum on The Dark Eternal Night and The Ministry Of Lost Souls is a nice song. I hate the way they fuck up a song by wankery that is totally out of place and the same can be applied to that song.

 

[SweptbackFlame]

No it isn't

To me it is.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

So are either of those albums even close to their '90s output, or is this basically just comparing a brown turd to an orange turd? I haven't listened to either yet.

 

[Lateralus14]

yawn

 

[Mr. Bungle]

The new album fucking rules, don't care what anyone says. A top 3 DT album, easily.

 

[IntoPhagist]

Yeah it's my 5th favorite...

Images, Six Degrees, Awake, SFAM and Black Clouds
then it goes
Train
Octa
Falling
Syst
WDADU

But I love them all.

 

[IntoPhagist]

the new one sucks

Explain...cuz I haven't really heard alot of better albums this year

 

[Lateralus14]

I pretty much like about half the songs from the first two albums and from Train of Thought, think the last 3 albums blow except for like 2 songs from the whole set, and haven't heard a couple of the early/middle stuff (haven't heard SFAM or Falling).

 

[Mr. Bungle]

Falling Into Infinity sucks, besides Trial of Tears, which is amazing.

 

[optionthree]

So are either of those albums even close to their '90s output, or is this basically just comparing a brown turd to an orange turd? I haven't listened to either yet.

The latter. The most embarrassing part is how 'metal' they're trying to be - the album is full of LaBrie and Portnoy trying their damndest to sound 'tough', much like Systematic Chaos. Avoid.

 

[Harry Hughes]

I thought the new album was even worse than Octavarium sadly.
That would make it their worst so far IMHO.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Falling Into Infinity sucks, besides Trial of Tears, which is amazing.

Trial of Tears is only partly good - it just goes on too fucking long. You Not Me, Hell's Kitchen, and Anna Lee are all better.

 

[The Ozzman]

So are either of those albums even close to their '90s output

No

 

[IntoPhagist]

So Much hate...everythign they've done is good.