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Points: 33 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 11:54
I love DT , they are great musicians. Respect !
But I wonder ...too much albums , the same ideas ...no progress , ..."Octavarium" is cold and mindless album . Nothing new ...I'm disapointed at all...
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Points: 68 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 19:01
I find this all rather funny. Just shows what attention people pay to music. If EOP is Ov then where is Jordan? I guess it really is testament to how well Mike Mangini and Marco Sfogli impersonate Portnoy and Petrucci.
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Points: 2234 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 19:27
IMO as a metal album train of thought is incredible. one of the greatest albums ive ever heard. It breaks the rules of heavy metal by having keyboards (used to the effect of making the texture of each tune heavier). I rate TOT 10/10.
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Points: 4483 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2006 at 12:33
Fantastic Album!!!!
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Points: 967 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2006 at 12:40
Originally posted by Useful_Idiot Useful_Idiot wrote:

Why I downloaded it I may never know, but Octavarium is actually not that bad.  Unlike most DT, it's not completely bloated due to too much soloing, so even though I don't really find most of it that inspiring or interesting, it's at least listenable.


Couldn't have put it better myself.
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Points: 12600 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2006 at 12:52
WAY better than TOT- yes



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Points: 16343 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2006 at 12:55

Originally posted by frenchie frenchie wrote:

IMO as a metal album train of thought is incredible. one of the greatest albums ive ever heard. It breaks the rules of heavy metal by having keyboards (used to the effect of making the texture of each tune heavier). I rate TOT 10/10.

There are many metal bands with keyboards...

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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2006 at 13:28
Octavarium was dissapointing, the weakist DT album that I've got.
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The title track is the best title track DT ahve done! It just about beats Change of season!
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Points: 546 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2006 at 18:45
every power metal band has keyboards...

listen to Hella
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Points: 31157 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2006 at 22:31

Disappointing album, but still very good. I find TOT MUCH better though..

Octavarium: 3.5/5

Train of Thought: 4.5/5
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Points: 1177 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2006 at 16:21
I find it to be a great record, one of the best in my collection.  I play it as often as I do any of my Rush CD's.
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