Dream Theater-new album"A Dramatic Turn Of Events"
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Topic: Dream Theater-new album"A Dramatic Turn Of Events"
Posted By: adace1
Subject: Dream Theater-new album"A Dramatic Turn Of Events"
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 00:52
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the moment we've all been waiting for... http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=159141" rel="nofollow - http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=159141 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/adace/?chartstyle=lastfmblue"> 
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Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 01:59
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A Dramatic Turn Of Events" [cool title ] track listing: 01. On The Backs Of Angels 02. Build Me Up, Break Me Down 03. Lost Not Forgotten 04. This Is The Life 05. The Shaman's Trance 06. Outcry 07. Far From Heaven 08. Breaking All Illusions 09. Beneath The Surface ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 02:38
| So exciting! |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 03:09
| I'll probably buy the album, but at this point I have no interest or emotional investment in it. |
Posted By: DavetheSlave
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 03:29
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Can't help but be excited awaiting the new release however I wonder what impact the loss of Portnoy will have on the music. Will be interesting to see how it turns out. ------------- I'm a normal psychopath |
Posted By: arcane-beautiful
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 05:32
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So excited...its so great when one of your favourite bands releases a new album. And from the title...song are gonna be about Portnoy. In my head, from the song titles, I think the album may have a similar vein to Octavarium being more digestable and contempary, yet show progression from Black Clouds. Tomorrow more details will be announced, which may be the times and the cover (As a joke, my brother said that the album cover will be a bunch of pics of Portnoy mixed together to make a bigger picture of Portnoy haha)
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Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 09:48
| Awesome. It sounds more progressive and less like straight-forward metal, but I won't get my hopes up. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 11:08
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Sounds decent. I'll be buying it and listening to it on day one and not one day earlier... ------------- 
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Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 11:24
 Can't help but getting excited about it... but I will wait until the official release...  ------------- |
The T wrote:Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 11:30
What T-man said. Ditto ------------- |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 11:55
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I can't wait. So excited. And 9 tracks??? that's awesome. I want track lengths!!!
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 11:59
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^I would prefer if no track exceeds 9-10 minutes... I'm not really a lover of gigantic prog-metal or prog epics. It's difficult to find a time to listen to them for me. -------------
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 12:13
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i know what you mean, and with 9 tracks I feel we'll get a nice mix of lengths. As much as I love BC&SL, it's almost like you had to plan when you could listen to it, having 4 very long songs on it. The Shaman's Trance interests me, as well as the last 2 songs, based on their history. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 16:25
It will turn out to be one long composition made up of these 9 movements and each will be 14-25min long, the title is actually telling the future of this release.....On Sept 12th the song list change will be announced.
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Posted By: Starhammer
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 16:36
| The next one is gonna be called "The Curious Case of the Prog in the Night-time". |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 16:50
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I don't have any hopes for the album, but I am interested in a sans-Portnoy DT. Maybe both DT and Opeth will be going light on the metal. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 16:55
| Pretty bad title and song titles. |
Posted By: TheClosing
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 18:26
| An Overdramatized Turn of Events |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 18:31
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I want cover art, then I'll know for sure how excited I will be. Can't judge it based on song/album titles. (i know, you cant judge a book by its cover, but....)
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 18:40
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 18:46
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Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 19:00
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"An Overly Dramatic Title for a Not So Dramatic Turn of Events"
I'm somewhat interested in it. That's all I'll say for now. ------------- 
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 19:08
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This is all I can think of. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 19:12
 wait..........  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 19:55
 Really!------------- "Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen) |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 10 2011 at 21:23
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Honestly the album title does not do anything for me............Maybe they should have taken a long hiatus -------------
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Posted By: arcane-beautiful
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 03:00
| the artwork is pretty |
Posted By: JIF8882
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 03:00
------------- J Dawg |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 04:59
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 11:03
It's not real. It's fan made. PA just hasn't fixed it yet. 
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 16:56
Was glad to hear, not sure how anyone could've liked that thing...it was horrid! Oh and the song titles are horrid as well. I will be cautiously optimistic thanks to their new drummer, but my hopes are not very high for this album |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 17:08
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I love how everyone has such extreme opinions about all this crap. What terrible fake artwork! What hideous song titles! Then you have the DT fanboys which are what they always are. It's all so ridiculous. My only real hope is that DT got a cover artist that actually knows how to use Photoshop, not just some dude who really likes likes contrast and whose only book is Symbolism and You: A Modern Artist's Guide to Being Deep. This year is the perfect storm of progressive rock fan melodrama. New Yes album has certain unnamed forum members going around bawwing about Jon Anderson not being there in every other thread, everyone else is crying because Opeth grew out of being repetitive and instead will focus on being mediocre, and Steven Wilson is still getting sh*t for Fear of a Blank Planet. You upset, prog fans? ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 17:26
Me too. I don't believe they'll be able to deliver something much better than BC&SL, but I hope they deliver a pretty good album. -------------
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 17:26
------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 17:58
Meh. I won't judge the quality of the album based on titles or art, but I just don't like the titles.
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 18:01
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 23:10
well you're only fueling the fire when the melodrama is affecting you enough to type a big post about it. I for one think everything that's happening or soon to happen is awesome, whether it'll be great or not ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Mushroom Sword
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 23:20
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The album already has 2 ratings here on PA, both are 5 stars... wut? Also, the main bio for DT hasn't been updated since Train of Though came out. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 23:26
I noticed that, I think that has been the only bio the band has had on PA, so since 2004 I guess. I think it's time for an update? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: June 12 2011 at 00:01
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I don't like the album cover. It looks like a mainstream rock album.
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: June 12 2011 at 02:05
The real cover has not been released. Did someone add the fan one again? PA is giving me database errors so I can't check. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 12 2011 at 02:26
^ Big time data base errors........I'm just gonna leave for the rest of the night. -------------
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Posted By: deltawrx
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 22:27
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"Note-This album has not yet been released. Ratings posted prior to official release will be removed." 4.11 | 9 ratings | 0 reviews | 78% 5 stars OK. |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 22:36
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Album doesn't release until September and it already has 9 ratings? 7 of those are 5 stars???  sheesh |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 12:49
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Promo copies aren't even out yet. I believe they're still mastering the album
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 12:50
They need to "remaster" the album title.....
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Posted By: Nathaniel607
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 14:14
Good job having an opinion on an album that's not out. But so far, I'm just meh on this. If it's awesome, awesome, if it's sh*t, well, whatever. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nathaniel607" rel="nofollow - My Last FM Profile 
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 14:17
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I'm sure you have opinions of albums you've never heard too.
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 22 2011 at 17:45
Just extrapolating from Watershed, really. Might be surprised. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: July 25 2011 at 20:01
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A Dramatic Turn of Events is available as a $105 special edition boxset... http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/dreamtheaterdeluxe/?utm_source=Exact%2BTarget&utm_medium=EX%2B%28D2C%2BDT%29&utm_campaign=EX%2B%28D2C%2BDT%29" rel="nofollow - http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/dreamtheaterdeluxe/?utm_source=Exact%2BTarget&utm_medium=EX%2B(D2C%2BDT)&utm_campaign=EX%2B(D2C%2BDT) I definitely won't be picking it up because the special features are a lithograph of the bad album artwork, a dvd of already-released drummer auditions, and an instrumental version of the album. The turntable mat seems to be the only worthwhile feature. I'll definitely be sticking to the standard edition. |
Posted By: npoczynek
Date Posted: July 25 2011 at 23:24
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Hmm, so that really is the album cover. I'm tempted, but I think I'll wait and just buy the vinyl.
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Posted By: TheClosing
Date Posted: July 26 2011 at 01:35
The instrumental album seems to be the only worthwhile feature. 
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Posted By: Rune2000
Date Posted: July 26 2011 at 03:55
The "fake" album cover was a whole lot better. Oh well, let's hope that the music will make it worth a while! 
 As for the album, I own most of their back catalog on CD but haven't purchaced a single DT album since Octavarium (and I only got that one because it was being autographed by the band). I prefer to stream their music off Spotify instead. ------------- 
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Posted By: Starhammer
Date Posted: July 26 2011 at 05:49
| Amen to that. |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: July 26 2011 at 07:55
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Yep, it'll be the regular edition for me.
I got the special edition of BCSL when it came out and two years later I still don't think I've listened to the instrumental disc yet
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 26 2011 at 10:00
I looked at this yesterday too.......very bad marketing ploy, including the "Willie Wonka" golden ticket search. $105 for material that makes no sense to have, an instrumental version?? Why?? Lithograph....are u really thinking I'm gonna hang that on my wall so my wife can yell at me everytime she sees that 3rd grade CGI in a frame...on her wall??
Might be worth $50.....
I would probably take the vinyl version with the turntable mat.......That's it. -------------
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Posted By: adace1
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 13:32
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Here's a sample of "Breaking All Illusions": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4_5svB7Jpk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4_5svB7Jpk
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 13:43
Damn infidels. -------------
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Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: August 13 2011 at 10:26
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Here's a teaser of the new album (don't know if it has been posted before) : |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: August 13 2011 at 10:41
| I bet this will be their best since Six Degrees. Breaking All Illusions sounds great. |
Posted By: jav1919
Date Posted: August 13 2011 at 13:52
| ^let's hope that, the breaks in Breaking all illusions (around 40) were great, classic DT. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: August 13 2011 at 14:46
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I have a feeling this album is going to be up there with SDoIT, maybe Scenes. Either way, better than the last 3 or 4 albums (I think BC&SL is great).
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: August 13 2011 at 15:40
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On the Backs of Angels is very average song, really not too much going on there. I've listened to it many times over the past week.
I will be SHOCKED if it comes anywhere close to Scenes or even SDoIT. -------------
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: August 14 2011 at 11:21
Have you heard the teasers? Based on those, I would say On The Backs Of Angels is probably the least best song on the album. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: jav1919
Date Posted: August 14 2011 at 13:06
| the problem with teasers is that they only last for about a minute... I don't think it will be as good as Six degrees but I think it will be better than the last albums at least. |
Posted By: adace1
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 12:35
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sample for Beneath the Surface: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6yYt6OxgIw" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6yYt6OxgIw
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 12:42
I don't trust any of those "samples" unless they're from DT's channel or Roadrunner's channel. I don't recognize it from any of the DT side projects, but I find it amusing that people think "Breaking All Illusions" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAxdslSXMGk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAxdslSXMGk ) is a new song.... it's off Mullmuzzler 2. Sound familiar? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMtje4QipMI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMtje4QipMI ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 13:30
Andyman - that Beneath the Surface teaser is legit. Go on DTF http://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?board=2.0" rel="nofollow - http://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?board=2.0 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 13:31
Interesting. Thanks  TBH I'm not digging that snippet.... it reminds me of 8VM with more pop hooks added. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 14:19
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I don't know, it sounds different that the usual softer DT song, which is a good thing. The whole album seems like it's going to be different than the usual DT fare.
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 15:44
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The band, Petrucci in particular, is really hyping this album as being
very proggy, with a mix of metal, and even some jazzy moments as he said
in an interview http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/dream-theaters-a-dramatic-turn-of-events-full-album-preview-488940/2#%219" rel="nofollow - http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/dream-theaters-a-dramatic-turn-of-events-full-album-preview-488940/2#!9 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 15:53
| We know for sure it's going to more interesting then 90% of the music that is made today. That's what's important... And it can't be as bad as Black Clouds... |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 15:58
I thought Black Clouds was an improvement over 8vm and Systematic Chaos overall musically. The only thing that kind of drags it down is Mike Portnoy who didn't seem as inspired as everyone else (ironically), or at least wasn't doing anything special. It's also the only album where you literally can't hear John Myung except in one part of The Count of Tuscany before the atmospheric guitar solo and guitar swells. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 21:16
Doing a million side-projects at once PLUS having your main band at the same time does not helps creativity-wise. And I don't believe I actually dislike anything by DT, the only album which still leaves me disappointed is FII. One thing I do detest is the hyping, it most probably leads to disappointments (PS: see Porcupine Tree's latest for more information on this subjetc  ).-------------
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Posted By: jav1919
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 23:01
| that snippet was OK... |
Posted By: TheClosing
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 06:56
More like the whole situation with MP leaving was overdramatized and now people have some stubborn preconception in their head of how it's going to sound so much different than before. " http://www.prog-sphere.com/2011/07/11/resurfacing-an-interview-with-james-labrie/" rel="nofollow - Here is the truth of the matter: The main composers of this band have always been John and… Petrucci… Yes, let’s make sure of it – John Petrucci and Jordan have been the main contributors with riffs and stuff." http://www.prog-sphere.com/2011/07/11/resurfacing-an-interview-with-james-labrie/" rel="nofollow - http://www.prog-sphere.com/2011/07/11/resurfacing-an-interview-with-james-labrie/" rel="nofollow - "We are a progressive band, but our core, our basic sound is metal and rock." |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 11:30
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I didn't say it was going to be a completely different sound or anything, just that they did things differently to make the album (different song structures, writing without a drummer, etc.) and from the teasers Ive heard, there's is some new stuff. I agree with OTBOA, but Petrucci himself said that On The Backs Of Angels was more like a "DT song", but the other ones sound refreshing - aka - not the usual DT fare.
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Posted By: adace1
Date Posted: August 25 2011 at 17:45
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sample for Lost Not Forgotten: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X91uj3rHjV4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X91uj3rHjV4
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Posted By: Believil
Date Posted: November 08 2011 at 04:08
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I'm listening Adrenaline Mob, I think that MP are enjoying with the music and has left the physical and mental preparation before the gigs that requires DT. |