FALLING INTO INFINITY

Dream Theater

Progressive Metal

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Tristan Mulders
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Dream Theater - Falling to Infinity

This one surprised me quite a bit, only knowing Awake around the time that I bought this one. Awake was characterised by its atmospheric type of metal. Kevin Moore's keyboards filled the songs with a warm wall of sounds accompanying the layers of guitar playing.

Falling into Infinity however is characterised by its fairly straightforward sound. This is noticeable right from the very first note of album opener New Millennium. Although all the typical Dream Theater elements are there (that is playing too many melodies and chords at the same time on different instruments ;-), this album still lacks the sphere that their previous album did have.

There are also mellower, 'ballad'-like, songs included on this album. Where those on the Awake album had typical prog tendencies, such as complexity (yes that's possible, even in ballads), the ballads on this album, Take away my Pain and Anna Lee sound a bit too un-DT to my ears. However, one of these ballads does do it for me: Peruvian Skies. This song starts of really mellow but has a great build-up and finally turns into a mellow hard rock tune.

The main reason for me to buy this album was the inclusion of two epic tracks in the track listing. The first one, Lines in the Sand, is the more technical one of these and closing track Trial of Tears is the one track on this Dream Theater album that comes closest to the old-Dream Theater sound. 'Lines' might even predict the sound of their future albums.

It is not DT's best album up to date, but it is a good average album, with a few standout works, but surely no rubbish songs!

Tristan Mulders | 3/5 | 2004-9-7

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