06-05-2016, 23:24
Fandango1 Wrote:Back when I religiously listen to Dream Theater day and night, I felt like their music tends to be heavily diverse from one another. The uniqueness of the song, the creativity in their composition, and in combination with the general vibe of the album really pushed them to the supergroup tier. However, as I listen to more and more songs after Dramatic Turn of Events, their sound tends to become stale. To be honest, if you just straight up randomly pick a song from the post DTOE era, I'll probably go numb for a while before making an analytical guess rather than being instinctive. Like when you listen to Octavarium, you can feel the grandness of the music. Its almost like walking through a gigantic castle ruin, desolate, endless, yet majestic. Compare that to The Astonishing, its hard to come up with something to sum up the feel rather than tedious.
On a side note, I never agreed with Portnoy's departure from the band, being such a vital role (last I heard he's touring with the twisted sisters). But now listening to DT, I gotta say his decision was way more sound than I thought. He made the call to initiate a hiatus for the sake of refreshing their creativity, let it expand beyond the realm of extreme musical showmanship. Thats what I think why I turned towards Steven Wilson for my go-to prog music. He tends to always stay fresh (though always with that dark tone of his), but the motif and creativity of the music is way more inspiring and accessible than the current DT. Hope they get back on track soon with their next album.
are you saying The Astonishing is tedious?
I listened to that one as my introduction to Dream Theater..I loved it from one solitary listen at Spotiy, enough to purchase it.
I then went and bought ive move albums...
"metropolis pt II
cenes from a memory".......love it, the best of their I own!"images and words".......love it
"falling into eternity".....I like that one
"awake".......like this one too.
"train of thought"......hate it, more metal than rock
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.