Repentance is good. I don't really like the rest much. The Dark Eternal Night is pretty kickin' though.

Repentance is probably my least favorite on the album, but its still pretty ok. In the Presence of Enemies is by far my favorite.

It'sawin, I've downloaded it (SHOCK), but I aim to buy it once I've bought Ziltoid (which should be anytime soon). By no mean's the best album ever, or their best album ever, but still lots of fun. I'm glad being on Roadrunner hasn't had a hugely significant blow on their music.

PROPHETS OF WAR, MORE LIKE MUSE OF MUSE AMIRITE?

Eh, Roadrunner has some cool bands amungst all the crap like Megadeth and Opeth and whatnot. Yeah, Prophets of War and Never Enough are very Muse-esque. Nothing wrong with that though ;p

Are you suggesting that Opeth is bad?

If you don't like James LaBrie, just listen to When Dream and Day Unite.

"Nah, only their first demo was good but then they sold out"

Quite the opposite, the singer on that album fucking sucks compared to James LaBrie, you'll be glad they replaced him

edit: The Electric Toad, he's saying Opeth is one of the good bands on Roadrunner, that sentence could easily be misinterpreted

Repentance is good. I don't really like the rest much. The Dark Eternal Night is pretty kickin' though.

Repentance is probably my least favorite on the album, but its still pretty ok. In the Presence of Enemies is by far my favorite.

It'sawin, I've downloaded it (SHOCK), but I aim to buy it once I've bought Ziltoid (which should be anytime soon). By no mean's the best album ever, or their best album ever, but still lots of fun. I'm glad being on Roadrunner hasn't had a hugely significant blow on their music.

PROPHETS OF WAR, MORE LIKE MUSE OF MUSE AMIRITE?

Eh, Roadrunner has some cool bands amungst all the crap like Megadeth and Opeth and whatnot. Yeah, Prophets of War and Never Enough are very Muse-esque. Nothing wrong with that though ;p

Are you suggesting that Opeth is bad?

No, I said that they had soome great bands among their crap, and listed Megadeth and Opeth as examples of the good bands.

Repentance is good. I don't really like the rest much. The Dark Eternal Night is pretty kickin' though.

Repentance is probably my least favorite on the album, but its still pretty ok. In the Presence of Enemies is by far my favorite.

It'sawin, I've downloaded it (SHOCK), but I aim to buy it once I've bought Ziltoid (which should be anytime soon). By no mean's the best album ever, or their best album ever, but still lots of fun. I'm glad being on Roadrunner hasn't had a hugely significant blow on their music.

PROPHETS OF WAR, MORE LIKE MUSE OF MUSE AMIRITE?

Eh, Roadrunner has some cool bands amungst all the crap like Megadeth and Opeth and whatnot. Yeah, Prophets of War and Never Enough are very Muse-esque. Nothing wrong with that though ;p

Are you suggesting that Opeth is bad?

No, I said that they had soome great bands among their crap, and listed Megadeth and Opeth as examples of the good bands.

Got it

Oh yeah--I'm loving SC. I'm kinda on good music overload right now--I go through some tough daily decisions like, "Do I listen to Ziltoid and then SC...or SC then Ziltoid...? Ah Fuck it...I've got two stereos. I'll play 'em both at the same time

Oh yeah--I'm loving SC. I'm kinda on good music overload right now--I go through some tough daily decisions like, "Do I listen to Ziltoid and then SC...or SC then Ziltoid...? Ah Fuck it...I've got two stereos. I'll play 'em both at the same time

My brain would probably explode from awesome overload

My brother is a HUGE DT fan and loves this album. I really need to get it.

I hate LaBrie's vocals too until I heard The Human Equation...I had a whole new appreciation for him after that and now I like his voice.

My mother thinks the chorus of The Dark Eternal Night is almost identical to Genesis' Land of Confusion

I was a hardcore Dream Theater fan. I actually have all of their discography literally memorized (excluding the first album, which i always thought was kinda weak, and Awake, which i never really digged much), and i can play most of their songs and also songs from the member's sideprojects.

And it amazes me of how lame they are lately

I mean, ok, it's good music and all, but holy christ. Couldn't they copy other bands a bit less?! I mean, TOT at the time wasn't my cup of tea (as i was at the top of my prog-freakyness, and it was way more metal than anything they had ever done), but still, it had characteristic.

On their last albums they have only improved in one thing: copying other bands, namely Yes (which they've always done and it's the base of their style since Images and Words, so i can cope with that), Metallica and Muse
I mean, Octavarium is a pretty great song, but hell, it's also a copy-paste of "And You and I" on lots of parts. And again, i'm not a Yes fan, and could even be considered a Dream Theater fan, so i'm being unbiased here... About Syst. Chaos, it is an "okay" album. Rudess saved the mess that Petrucci and Portnoy are doing due to their mid-age crisis

and hell, quit copying metallica. Keep on the Muse though, the little details around Prophets of War is actually freshening to my DT-ears

Yeah, I see a good amount of Yes and Muse, but not so much Metallica. Can you give me a few examples of that influence?

just every heavy-metal vocal part since TOT on the verses that end with a hetfield-esque "yea-eah" intonation, the two times they made a version of a riff in Blackened (can't recall on which songs now, but i'm pretty sure i saw that reference twice ) and the whole beginning of constant motion

Rudess saved the mess that Petrucci and Portnoy are doing due to their mid-age crisis

Don't tell me that Petrucci wanks more than on TOT, that's physically impossible

So I've had it for over a week, but still haven't listened to it. I think I'm subconsciously avoiding my inevitable disappointment.

So I've had it for over a week, but still haven't listened to it. I think I'm subconsciously avoiding my inevitable disappointment.

i hope you haven't bought it
well, actually i'd be interested in watching the studio documentary, but that's just cause i love studio documentaries...

and @ BrunoN, i have to say they never let us down at least in THAT

Hehe, I know I'm gonna love it. Copy my ass, Dream Theater do it their own way.