METROPOLIS PART 2 - SCENES FROM A MEMORY

I've been listening to progressive music for just over a year, and have slowly become more critical over it. I used to enjoy the heavy riffs a lot more, and the melodic lines a lot less. Now the opposite is true. The more "prog" it is, the better. So isn't there some sort of perfect combination of heavy riffing and prog? Yes, there is. The answer is Metropolis Pt. II, Scenes From A Memory.

From the very first "tick, tock" you hear on this album, to the final static, this album has me hooked. The band switches flawlessly between heavy, shredding riffs and beautiful, melodic songs. This album has everything, from incredible instrumental talent (The Dance of Eternity) to songs that classic prog lovers will like (Strange Deja Vu) to beautiful ballads (The Spirit Carries On)

Unlike some of the newer Dream Theater albums, the musicians here do not overplay their instruments. They do not play fast simply to show that they can. Every song has been carefully thought out, and the story is excellent.

If you like any kind of progressive music and do not have this album in your library, you are missing out! Take a listen, and become absorbed in "Scenes From A Memory"