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To revive this thread, I shall post the uplifting news that James LaBrie's new album Static Impulse is not only a great listen, it's also proof that restraint is good. Hopefully Petrucci and Rudess will hear it, realize how good music sounds without bizarre patches and hugely distorted solos all over it, and make a good DT album.
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LashLightning posted:Thanks for all the Prog Metal bands you guys have been posting: After listening to Tool and Ayreon, I've been looking for more bands like them. The creator of Ayreon has like a billion side projects, of which Guilt Machine and Star One are particularly excellent. Check them out if you like Ayreon I guess.
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Nov 28, 2010 01:22
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God damnit A Change Of Seasons just came on in some Spotify playlist and I just remembered the same band made The Astonishing, and that was a real thing that occurred.
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Mar 1, 2017 10:45
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OSI is good but the third album is by far the best IMO. If you delete all the midtempo cheesefest ballads, dream theater were acceptable up until Octavarium. The last two albums are worse than the demos portnoy myung and petrucci made in college in every single way, including the bass and drum production somehow They have a literal beast in John Myung and they made him play root notes for two hours on the astonishing, petrucci and rudess should be in the hauge for that. The new jelly jam album had some nice grooves on it tho. Also has anyone heard Neil Morse's simulation of a dream or whatever it's called? I heard it's solid but it's not on Spotify and I don't know if I want to take the risk
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Mar 2, 2017 16:55
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It's really poppy and straightforward relative to Grace For Drowning or Hand Cannot Erase, but I really dig it. He probably needs to stop doing the falsetto though...
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Aug 21, 2017 03:54
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Iucounu posted:SW doesn't have the voice for this kind of music. That falsetto is terrible. Like how did he produce and edit this for hours and not once spot how wacked it sounds 
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Aug 22, 2017 05:02
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I haven't spun it yet but the new Threshold album is on Spotify - anyone heard it yet?
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Sep 8, 2017 06:43
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The new Leprous album would still be incredible if it was exclusively just the drum tracks. Like I am no drumhead and even I can tell it's incredible. It's just a really really beautiful album and I congratulate them on executing their shift in tone/approach so well.
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Oct 6, 2017 07:58
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Maybe the topic passed but Steven Wilson is responsible for Heartattack In A Layby which might be some of the best lyrics put to tape and I will fight anyone who disagrees, but very gently so as to keep with the vibe of the track
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Dec 12, 2017 17:05
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Paladinus posted:You want a hot take? I love Systematic Chaos and even Black Clouds & Silver Linings. This is a midtemp take, the hot take is “i only like the post-portnoy albums especially their 2 hour future space medieval CRPG album”
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Jan 12, 2018 16:24
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The new Gazpacho album Soyuz is out, and it's good.
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May 21, 2018 04:26
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Yeah it sucks PT isn't happening since The Incident was decent and Fear Of A Blank Planet was incredible, easily the best SW album in my opinion (although a lot of PT is up there)
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Aug 7, 2018 14:38
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The new Pineapple Thief album is out and is an improvement on Your Wilderness, which was already pretty decent
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Aug 31, 2018 09:35
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Colonel J posted:When I was younger and getting into prog metal, I revered Dream Theater. Queensryche were always mentioned along them, but 15 years later I still dont get why. They're so awful. Tangential but the other day I remembered that Dream Theater released mid-2000 video game quality pictures of the characters in The Astonishing and had a good laugh
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Sep 11, 2018 11:17
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Saw The Pineapple Thief on Wednesday night in Berlin, they were great although the setlist was I think overly heavy on the last two albums. Although I think they skipped us last time so maybe that's why. White Mist is a loving amazing song though and I'm glad it's on there.
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Sep 21, 2018 13:36
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Came out a while ago so it may've been discussed here, but Haken dropped 'Puzzle Box' off their new album and it's really good, I like it a lot more than 'The Good Doctor' which I thought was a bit poo poo
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Oct 4, 2018 13:23
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Paladinus posted:Ayreon is doing Electric Castle live next year. The cast is already shaping up great. The first four seconds of this made me laugh super hard. It's like Arjen was temporarily controlled by Tommy Wiseau
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I saw Riverside last night and holy poo poo guys, could be the best show I've ever seen. They were full of energy, sounded phenomenal, and the new songs work really nicely live. They didn't play anything from Shrine of New Generation Slaves which was sad, but overall a nice varied set with plenty from the back catalogue as well. 100% definitely see them if you get the chance. They also played River Down Below and dedicated it to Piotr, and it was really beautiful. I was super glad to see they decided to honour him by playing as well as they possibly loving can.
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Oct 31, 2018 16:53
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I'm going to be optimstic on this one just because Labrie sounds OK and the drums were recorded above water for once. I mean it can't be WORSE than the last two albums.
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Nov 5, 2018 10:51
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Yeah The Incident was a huge disappointment after Fear. I don’t think he’s ever quite matched Fear with his solo albums yet, although Hand Cannot Erase was really good
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Dec 9, 2018 17:22
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Vulture Culture posted:Just discovered Soup and these guys kick rear end, highly recommended for people who dig Bruce Soord-type crossover stuff Speaking of, where the hell is the new Wisdom Of Crowds
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Jan 31, 2019 15:55
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Sir Lemming posted:This is from the new Flying Colors that came out last week and it is Toto AF I liked the first album but the second was a dud for me so I am fine with this. It really is just a tighter debut.
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Oct 24, 2019 08:53
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Bench Pressing to the Dance Of Eternity is how I ended up with one extremely swole arm and one arm microscopically thin
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Oct 28, 2019 07:00
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Turambar posted:Well, this certainly is something: Hot drat I need to try and align a business trip with this and go - don't sleep on Bruce Soord (of The Pineapple Thief), I saw him last year and he was pretty great. Voyager's new album is also pretty good (their Leprous / Haken / Caligula's Horse influences got a bit too strong but still solid) and Enslaved put on a good show too.
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Nov 21, 2019 02:34
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Paladinus posted:Pure Reason Revolution are reuniting for a new album. Hope I'm not the only one excited about it. Would love to see them live someday. Holy gently caress! poo poo! Yes! I saw Bullet Height (Jon Courtney's other project he started after PRR) in Germany and the album itself is pretty inoffensive but doesn't even come close to scratching the PRR itch
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Jan 23, 2020 08:05
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GORDON posted:I'm actually more looking forward to seeing the look on my kid's face, than meeting Devin. You should tell Devin this, he'll love it
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Feb 12, 2020 03:55
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0BD5KGuZ1M Green Carnation have a new song after 16? years of no new music. It's decent.
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Incoherence posted:New Caligula's Horse single. I'm kinda hoping their North American tour doesn't get coronavirus'd too... Song whips, these dudes can do no wrong
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I can't believe I get to post this in 2020, but Pure Reason Revolution's album just dropped and it's really, really good.
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Rollersnake posted:I honestly hadn't realized the sheer breadth of Rieflin's work until this past week. I knew he was in Ministry, but didn't realize he was Ministry's drummer when they were at their absolute peak, that he was in Swans, etc. Ah it's definitely a random coincidence, I think the newsdump for the album is like a year old at this point. Haken's upcoming album is called Virus so we're 2 for 2 on wacky title timings
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Apr 3, 2020 18:44
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My favourite FW album is FWX and I feel bad about it but they're at their best when they're writing short, focused songs! Ahhh I'm sorry!!
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Thoughts on the new Haken? I feel like between vector and virus there's one album of solid content
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MasqueradeOverture posted:Octavarium's an interesting album (2005). A lot of stuff either melded with modern UK alternative (Muse, Radiohead, U2) and old school 70's prog. Probably the last time they experimented to such a degree while staying memorable. I thought Distance Over Time was alright although I cannot remember a single moment of any track from it so maybe it's not, heh. The Astonishing is genuinely horrendous and even the album title makes me feel a deep fatigue
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Jul 31, 2020 02:00
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Dream Theater's biggest mistake was letting Petrucci (and Portnoy for a while) anywhere near the production and mastering desks. edit: God I just remembered when the self-titled was coming out and Petrucci did some interview where he's like oh my guitar tone is like chocolate cake, so thick and layered and then it turned out tinny and awful
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Jul 31, 2020 17:42
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Pain Of Salvation dropped another single - PANTHER, and it's got these cool electronic tinges to it but the vocal lines are really weird, kind of a weird spoken poem rap
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Aug 13, 2020 17:34
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New Dream Theater single has two things going for it - Myung’s bass is real juicy in the mix, and the drumming is tight as gently caress, definitely Mangini’s best showing so far. Rest of it is DT-by-numbers and pretty forgettable. Labrie is lower in the mix and singing in a lower register which is nice I guess.
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New release today: Mike Mangini - Play alongside an AI that’s been fed the last four DT albums
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Frazzbo posted:Here's PT talking about the new album: Im hype as a kite for the album but god Steven just seems like a chore to deal with lol
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The new Pure Reason Revelution dropped and wastes no time, definitely a heavier rock vibe than the comeback album. Feels like a treat this band even still exists, let alone sound so good
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After the somewhat middling first single I am now fucken hype as hell for this album
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