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So what's the consensus on who is the better drummer?

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mikey manginas got some chops, no one would dispute that, but portnoy is one of the best modern metal drummers in the business let's be real here

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He's more technical... but who gives a fuck if the songs are shite

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Miss Portnoy's lyrical themes and darker songwriting capabilities.

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Portnoys lyrical themes in those later albums were the worst thing about the band besides the singing

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Yeah, but he wrote The Best Of Times. It's still better than the shit Petrucci is writing these days *cough* Along For The Ride/The Bigger Picture *cough*

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No idea why Myung isn't writing all of their lyrics.

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Petrucci wrote the lyrics to a nightmare to remember and in the presence of enemies so of course even portnoy looks good when compared

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Or the music either. I'm pretty sure he wrote Fatal Tragedy or maybe just the solo parts

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No idea why Myung isn't writing all of their lyrics. [2]

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I was going to say that In The Presence of Enemies is the worst epic they've written, but at least I can remember parts of that song. When I think of Illumination Theory literally nothing but a swell of cheesy orchestral excess comes to mind.

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Illumination Theory is by far worse

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Octavarium>ACOS>6DEG>A Mind Inside Itself>Enemies>Tuscany>Illumination

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A Change of Seasons > Octavarium > Six Degrees > The Count of Tuscanny > In the Name of God > In the Presence of Enemies > Illumination Theory

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In the name of god isn't really an epic, it's shorter than nightmare to remember, is that an epic too? If we're counting name of god it's probably 3rd best

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Forgot about A Nightmare to Remember.

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Yeah plus there's Trial of Tears, The Ministry of Lost Souls, etc. I think the minimum length is 18

minutes for what they consider an epic

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In The Name of God is good throughout, has a better solo and no fake Portnoy growls. Definitely say

it's better than Ministries, which has that completely out of place solo. Great songs nonetheless

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@ChoccyPhilly Ugh, I wouldn't like them becoming like PT. I want them to return to ''Awake'' era, when they had both musical substance and excellent, skillful solos.



Myung's lyrics are great but Kevin Moore's ones were outstanding. Space-Dye Vest is one of the greatest love songs ever and it's a DT song, that says something.

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It's not really a DT song, the whole thing was written by Moore. DT later said they never would've included it in the album if they knew he was gonna leave