Dream Theater (Official Thread)

[LG]

^^I've never understood 'the stick' DT gets from all sides, by that I mean old folks from my generation and younger people who consider them overindulgent.

The New album should be out next week, been ages since I listened to any DT records...have to dig out a couple and play them to get in the mood for the new one.

 

[crowhue]

I hear the new album is good. There's an interview with JP in this month's Guitar World about it being representative of where the band is now musically.

 

[Sweaty]

I am looking forward to hearing this

 

[Riff Raff]

The new album is better than a lot of the recent output they did with Portnoy. I am glad they parted ways with him actually and gave Mangini a chance because his drumming is fantastic on this album. I don't care what butthurt Portnoy fanboys will say either, this guy brings a lot of energy to the drum kit and has made Dream Theater sound more rejuvenated. The albums prior to A Dramatic were good but starting to be a bit uninspired.

 

[KingHeadache]

Sorry, but I´ve heard it all before.

 

[LG]

^^I'll give the new DT album a fair hearing KH, after all it's not like there are many prog bands left making new music. And yeah I am a fan of DT, excesses and all.

 

[Riff Raff]

Sorry, but I´ve heard it all before.

Well do you expect Dream Theater to stray away from progressive side of things because that won't likely happen.

 

[METALPRIEST]

Picked it up yesterday...Gonna give it a full spin today I reckon

 

[Riff Raff]

New album feels like they went a bit heavier and Mangini's drumming on this was superb. The album just gets better and better. Dream Theater have outdone themselves and their past two efforts for sure.

 

[Big Ears]

^^I've never understood 'the stick' DT gets from all sides, by that I mean old folks from my generation and younger people who consider them overindulgent.

The New album should be out next week, been ages since I listened to any DT records...have to dig out a couple and play them to get in the mood for the new one.

It is because some people cannot cope with a band that is both technical and popular.

Mike Portnoy has a great new blues-rock band called The Winery Dogs, who sound like Black Country Communion and Snakecharmer. Billy Sheehan is on bass and Richie Kotzen does everything else. Kotzen's voice is a revelation (to me, at least), sounding like a cross between Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale. My only concern is that Portnoy rarely stays with anything.