Album Rating: 3.5

The Alien and Sleeping Giant are easily my two faves here. I'm starting to like the title track as well now that i'm keying into it.

Album Rating: 3.0

Fine, I'll give this the first spin in ages

Album Rating: 3.5

Parasomnia has given me a newfound love for this record

Album Rating: 3.0

I did spin this again and it was a boring as I remember tbh

Album Rating: 3.5

fair, i thought it was damn boring for the last 4 years too

Never listened to this, kind of forgot it existed

Album Rating: 5.0

This a fantastic album especially to musicians. I don’t see any flaws on this album.

Album Rating: 4.0

A great album, indeed.

Album Rating: 3.5

LaBrie is for sure the flaw on this record. Invisible Monster is a great track if it was a different vocalist with more energetic lines or just an instrumental track...

Their artworks are bad and this is no exception.

Album Rating: 3.5

Because DT and their hired artist have given into AI slop

Album Rating: 3.5

Parasomnia hurt my enjoyment of this one. Seeing these songs live actually made me realize they are kinda weak whereas usually seeing them live makes me like them more. Title Track for me is my least fav of their epics. The Alien, Sleeping Giant, and Transcending Time are good though. Awaken the Master as a song kind of a miss even if the 8 string riffs are fucking sick. Still think Distance Over Time kicks the shit outta this and Parasomnia but people gonna jizz for Portnoy.

I see Petrucci is producer for a lot of these DT records... maybe a stupid question but does that mean he did the technical production or is it more like a financial production as one sees in movies? If it's the former he's pretty good!

Album Rating: 4.0

"Parasomnia hurt my enjoyment of this one. Seeing these songs live actually made me realize they are kinda weak whereas usually seeing them live makes me like them more. Title Track for me is my least fav of their epics. The Alien, Sleeping Giant, and Transcending Time are good though. Awaken the Master as a song kind of a miss even if the 8 string riffs are fucking sick. Still think Distance Over Time kicks the shit outta this and Parasomnia but people gonna jizz for Portnoy."



View is one of my favorite Mangini DT albums alongside Dramatic Turn, but I do agree about the t/t. Easily my least favorite epic by them, and in many ways, a lazy retread of Illumination Theory and Count of Tuscany (especially the slow middle section)

Album Rating: 3.0

@gfunk technical production. afaik portnoy and petrucci self produced everything starting at scenes(?) until portnoy left the band, petrucci did it himself from that point forward.



portnoy has openly said in interviews that the seemingly main pre-requisite for rejoining the band was that petrucci would continue to handle all the production himself.

interesting, I never knew that about Mike either. I think it's very impressive that they are such skilled musicians but that they also have the necessary insight for the prod side of things. Dudes are absolute masters of the craft, whether people like em or not taste wise.