METROPOLIS PART 2 - SCENES FROM A MEMORY

It annoys me how Dream Theatre get such huge recognition, yes they are musical, yes they have practiced alot on their instruments.... yes everyone thinks they're really amazing musicians......... they're ok is what I think, really.

They have a tendancy to play very fast and feelingless solos over the top of very bog standard rhythms and riffs. The drumming is very predictable, most of the time, it sounds like mike portnoy has practiced a shite load, you can tell he thinks he is the man... but really he puts in quite simple and cliched ideas compared to alot of innovative and creative drummers.

The keyboard playing is FAST..........wow..... it doesn't show much progression and is very uninflucencial.it sounds like he's playing a similar keyboard solo most of the time and he doesn't contribute particularly funky or interesting parts to rhythm sections.

The guitar just sounds like evolutionised 80's style shred with a slight prog element. A sort of generic american way of playing, very fast with not much feeling or creative input.

Alot of the basslines are boring and rooted, to me this a sign of a weaker prog band, I usually like each instrument to be playing different melodies which work together to bring more of a full band sound. The albums lyrics and ideas are fairly decent, but again it feels a bit like an idea thats been used in the past but one which has been updated for an american "prog" band.

These guys might have put alot of effort into their albums, but i just can't appreciate them as much as alot of people do, I can't comprehend the fact that people think this is a MASTERPIECE????

TWO AND A HALF STARS BECAUSE THE DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE RATINGS ON EITHER SIDE DON'T QUITE CUT IT.