Sure, it's not images & words, awake, change of seasons, falling into infinity, scenes from a memory, or 6doit, and quite frankly, I'm glad. I love DT for the fact that they put out something new with every album. They never duplicate their stuff. New metal? No Way! This music has much more depth and talent than new metal will ever have. I'll bet if Symphony X did a very heavy album based more on metal than prog, it would rock. When bands are as talented as DT and SyX, they can play any style and it rocks. Petrucci's shred is awesome. True, this is the most he's done on one album, but it really fits with the aggressive songs. The solo on "In the Name of God" is one of the best he's done in my opinion. If hope that SyX doesn't purely stick to the same old stuff. Odyssey was a perfect example. Romeo wanted to do something heavier, yet their style is still evident. TOT is not shit!