New DT......Systematic Chaos,,,June 7th

[Kenneth R.]

GC is a good song. (i can't believe my implication wasn't obvious )

radio edits don't count as songs.

 

[SilentRealm]

agreed with tubbs, whats the point of an official DT thread if new threads still keep getting made.. *grumble grumble*

and about roadrunner.. having 1 good band (i would say 2 but nightwish arent doing anything atm) doesnt make them 'picking up' - they still have alot of shit on their label they need to be accounted for.. but as for opeth, mikael has said time and time again that all the songs for the album were done before being picked up by the label, so the label has nothing to do with what songs were on the album, and thus cannot be blamed for GC - which isnt a bad song, just not one of their best..the film clip pretty well sucked ass though..

 

[J-Dubya 777]

Because you're a loser, along with Kenneth the new album will rock, so STFU!

No, YOU stfu, LEMMING!
(Lemmings are not unique to PoS, it seems)

Don't buy this one. Wait for 6 months to a year when roadrunner re-releases it in a delux edition digipak. I'm not laughing, i'm serious.

i'm laughing. you can't buy anything roadrunnerjack release, cause shortly later they'll re-relea...

You have NO idea how much this pisses me off. I hate the whole remastering/rereleasing fad that seems to be going on EVERYWHERE, not just @ RoadRunner. I honestly don't feel bad about purchasing a cd, and DOWNLOADING the remaster/extra tunes on MP3 or SHN format. If these labels were smart, they'd take the extra material, and release EPs in between normal releases. Shit, stuff that came out less than 2-3 years ago is already being "remastered". It's a fucking joke, and a ripoff of the fans that are propping up these not-so-popular genres of music.

I need to start my own company......

J-Dubya

 

[Eternal Dragon]

Someone posted the news on the aussie forum i post on and they also posted a nifty pic at which someone pointed out that james' beard made him look like an asian..... so I guess I shall put the pics in the DT thread .

 

[Kenneth R.]

JDub... i completely agree. it's senseless, and the masses are stupid enough to buy into it

 

[DoomsdayZach]

J-dub, it's less time than that. Ghost Reveries came out in 2005, the remaster/re-release came out in 2006. You can't even make a joke about that shit. It's too sad.

 

[Kenneth R.]

what really irks me is when labels pull this shit called "digitally remastered & restored"

restored? to what? the original? so what's the difference? it's all a marketing ploy to sell old albums as new, with overcompressed, horrid production.

 

[snakeey11]

and about roadrunner.. having 1 good band (i would say 2 but nightwish arent doing anything atm)

Well, they are recording their new album.

As for the DT announcement, I'm excited, just like I usually am for their new stuff. Now if only we had a release date for Paradise Lost.

ROADRUNNER RECORDS is proud to announce the signing of progressive
metal pioneers Dream Theater. A new studio album, Systematic Chaos
is due in June. Dream Theater will hit the road in support of the
album for a world tour, including major festival appearances in
Europe.

Since their first studio release in 1989, this US based five-piece
has notched up record and DVD sales in excess of six million and
headlined to audiences of 20,000. Having undertaken seven world
tours across 42 different countries, Dream Theater has established
a live reputation that has swept them to arena-status around the
globe. They have appeared alongside acts such as Deep Purple,
Iron Maiden and Yes.

Recognized by peers and public alike for their advanced musical
expertise, the band (Mike Portnoy, drums; John Petrucci, guitar;
John Myung, bass; James LaBrie, vocals; Jordan Rudess, keyboards)
has long held the ability to combine complex arrangements with
unadulterated songwriting skills, the material often underpinned
by riffs as heavy as anything in the Metallica repertoire.

"This album's got all of the elements we've become known for,"
reveals Portnoy. "The focus on musicianship, the skull-crushing
riffs, the big progressive epics and the heart-wrenching melodies.
We've got one of the strongest and most devoted fan bases in the
world, and they should certainly be happy with the new material.
By working closely with the label we hope to turn a great many
new heads too."

"Dream Theater and Roadrunner Records have led parallel careers on
the cutting edge of metal for many years," say A&R men, Derek Oliver
& Dante Bonutto, "We're thrilled to be working with a genuine
market-leader, and when you add everything the guys bring to the
table to the independent spirit and work ethic of the label, the
results can only be exciting in the extreme!"

Prior to teaming up with Roadrunner, Dream Theater was signed to a
seven-album deal with Warner Music Group worldwide. The deal
commenced with the critically acclaimed and commercially successful
Images And Words (1992), a Gold-certified US release, and concluded,
in equal style, with Octavarium (2005), a Top 40 Billboard outing.
In August of last year the band issued Score, a live album/DVD
(recorded at Radio City Music Hall in New York), which went straight
to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard DVD charts, knocking Pink Floyd
from the top!

By the following month, the five were holed up at Avatar Studios in
New York, working on the new album with veteran engineer/ mixer Paul
Northfield (Rush, Queensryche, Porcupine Tree). As usual, Portnoy
and Petrucci chose to co-produce the project, which features seven
compositions (one a 25-minute epic), and word on the grapevine is
that the Dream Theater/Roadrunner alliance looks all set to kick
off with a classic.

Systematic Chaos, Dream Theater's ninth studio release, arrives at
a time when the band is casting a longer-than-ever shadow across the
rock and metal landscape. Their influence is being acknowledged by
an increasing number of contemporary, cutting-edge acts such as
Stone Sour, Trivium, Shadows Fall, Opeth as their fan base continues
to grow.

 

[RequiemX]

Actually, Within Temptation just signed to Roadrunner for their new album and are going to tour the US!

Their single kind of scares me, but I'm sure the actual album will kick ass like usual.

 

[Kenneth R.]

scares you?

 

[RequiemX]

scares you?

In that it sounds more like Evanescense than Within Temptation.

 

[Kenneth R.]

honestly there's not too much difference between "The Silent Force" and "The Open Door" so I don't really see how that's a negative thing, since SF was a great album. If on the other hand, you said it sounded more like Nightwish than Within Temptation, I would be very worried they sold out.

 

[DoomsdayZach]

i don't really see the appeal of within temptation personally. There were a few really great songs on Mother Earth (Mother Earth, Caged, Neverending Story, ice queen... even though i'm fucking sick of tha tsong now haha). i thought silent force was just ok, and really overall lost interest in the band. not bad, not my thing.

 

[The Stormbringer]

For once, I'm with Kenneth as far as the album's title is concerned. Sounds too much like a clichéd title by any random "19/16 Prog" band to me, and I surely hope Dream Theater prove all those people who think they are just that nowadays wrong.

 

[SilentRealm]

i always thought WT sounded alot like evanescence.. just better.. but yeah not my thing, and just another pop-metal band to me..

 

[Horus]

I don't know how Chick Soprano Opera Metal bands came up, but I'll just take the time to mention that there's only 2 bands of that genre that are of actual interest to me, and that's Epica and Nightwish. Everything else just seems like a bunch of crappy musicians from Europe looking for hot chicks and saying "Hey, you're hot, so you can probably sing."

grand conjuration... and that other word... do not go in the same sentence.

Is it a C word?

 

[Kenneth R.]

I don't know how Chick Soprani Opera Metal bands came up, but I'll just take the time to mention that there's only 2 bands of that genre that are of actual interest to me, and that's Epica and Nightwish.

Is it a C word?

grand conjuration != nu metal

 

[Horus]

Oh, THOSE 2 words.

 

[DoomsdayZach]

i thought he ment cunt cracker.

Or cock commodoty

or creature confoundmen

or candlejack ca...

 

[Matt]

agreed with tubbs, whats the point of an official DT thread if new threads still keep getting made.. *grumble grumble*

and about roadrunner.. having 1 good band (i would say 2 but nightwish arent doing anything atm) doesnt make them 'picking up' - they still have alot of shit on their label they need to be accounted for.. but as for opeth, mikael has said time and time again that all the songs for the album were done before being picked up by the label, so the label has nothing to do with what songs were on the album, and thus cannot be blamed for GC - which isnt a bad song, just not one of their best..the film clip pretty well sucked ass though..

Ouch. RR has Death, Megadeth, Sepultera, Suffocation, etc. Nightwish sucks anyway.