Dream Theater: The Astonishing

[shramiac]

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many ballads! ARGH!!!!!

[Venomboy]

Ugh. That's what I feared.

Listened to some samples. It's like the Worst of Journey.

I can deal with the cheesy art and storyline...just give me some crazy ass prog metal. The last album was a huge disappointment too. Can't stand it when they get into their slow jam mode.

[atomic charvel guy]

Dream Theatre- music to guarantee you'll never get a blowjob ever again

[toejam]

The last album was a huge disappointment too. Can't stand it when they get into their slow jam mode.

I actually liked that self-titled one better than the first one they put out with Mangini.
I was looking forward to this new one, as I had heard it was supposed to be a little heavier, but I guess not.

[Shawn Lutz]

Images and Words kicks ass!

[buzzsaww]

Pull my finger
Pull my finger
Pull my finger and we'll be best friends forever

[Sephiroth]

I just hate seeing them live. They're just mannequins standing there with the exception of the occasional cringe-worthy key-tar

[Tetsuo]

I just hate seeing them live. They're just mannequins standing there with the exception of the occasional cringe-worthy key-tar

In fairness Rudess is pretty active overall. Your average band the audience isn't listening that hard. I.e. ACDC could miss a whole section and the audience would be too happy/inebriated to notice as long as they still can sing back in black. Dream Theater has this obligation to be crazy tight and is way more along the lines of a classical audience than a typical rock audience. Tight precise and complicated. I prefer my live music to be more energetic in general but I completely understand why DT is not all over the place.