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METROPOLIS PART 2 - SCENES FROM A MEMORY

Dream Theater

 

Progressive Metal

4.31 | 3241 ratings

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Nhelv
5 stars Despite Dream Theater being a band I'm not big into (I find them to be pretentious most of the time), there's to be specific four albums I do enjoy (Images & Words, Awake, Metropolis Pt. II and Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence). Metropolis Pt. II is for me, and many other people the best Dream Theater album.

It comes mostly from the fact that this album is incredibly well built. For being a 77 minute album, it keeps the listener hooked from beginning to end. Whether it is due to the fact that ballads and hard-hitters are very well balanced between each other, or the fact that every song feels important and adds to both, the story and music in the album.

The instrumentalists are top-notch, as you would expect normally from a Dream Theater record. James has sounded better in the past (Awake to mention an example), but unlike nowadays, he's tolerable and has his shining moments.

This album is apparently very polemic as well and I don't understand why. In sites like RateYourMusic, it gets heavily criticized for having outstanding musicianship which is honestly ridiculous. For me this is an essential record. It's also very good as a starting point for Dream Theater, everything they've ever done is here. Highly recommended.

Nhelv | 5/5 |

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