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In the past I had heard Dream Theater a few times but I concluded that they sounded impressive but it was not my taste. Due to the floods of DT reviews these days I decided to give them a new change. So I went to a friend and asked him to show me this DVD. Again I was impressed, these musicians are so talented, at the level of a technical squad like Mahavishnu Orchestra, Yes of ELP. But the music of DT evokes scenes of a circus: a man puts his head in the mouth of a lion, ladies are jumping through burning rings and high above acrobats are walking on a rope without a net under them. It's thrilling, ecxiting and breathtaking but when I've seen these tricks a few times it starts to become boring and I want to say 'goodbey'' to the circus! This is a metaphor for the music of DT: breathtaking scale-acrobatics, magnificent interplay, splendid keyboard-sounds and lots of great shifting moods but after a while I need a break, then I come to the conclusion that I respect their music, their fans and their hugh influence on progressive music but I prefer prog with more emotion, more variety in instruments and more warm tension between mellow and bombastic parts. A matter of taste!