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XfingTheSullen
June 9th 2015


5581 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Just re-listened. This album is strangely enjoyable all the way through, but it does have its serious flaws. The horrendous lyrics and LaBrie's vocals are obvious, but it also dawned on me how ridiculous the music is sometimes.



For example A Nightmare To Remember - while the ominous, symphonic parts are very welcome, they sound as though pre-schoolers were trying to be creepy. Or 60-year-olds trying to be "hip and square", in other words only scratching the surface and coming across as a poor imitation. They should have listened to more black metal before they wrote those parts, lel

sam1oq
June 12th 2015


106 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

^^ Lol agreed. But that's just DT cheesyness for you. I mean, what do you expect when vocalist is named LaBrie?

sonictheplumber
June 13th 2015


17600 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

seven beers agooo

Parallels
June 29th 2015


10216 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

if we remove all your fingers

XfingTheSullen
June 29th 2015


5581 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Haha yeah. And that cute growl-like thing they do when they're trying to be aggressive. Is it LaBrie who does it, or Portnoy?

Parallels
June 30th 2015


10216 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

pretty sure its portnoy



thats his thing

beefshoes
June 30th 2015


8448 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I thought that Portnoy's vocals and the blast beats ruled hard when this first came out, but now it's so cheesy and cringe-worthy. The clean section in that song is exceptionally good though.

Parallels
June 30th 2015


10216 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

>talk about LaBRIE

>making cheese jokes out of Dream Theater

XfingTheSullen
July 1st 2015


5581 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

At least he doesn't use pig squeals, the "brieeeeeeeee" jokes would be suffocating

ChoccyPhilly
July 1st 2015


13693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Lol that bit is super cringeworthy as it is. It's like they're going "look guys, we can be metal too!"

CalculatingInfinity
July 1st 2015


9941 Comments


Pretty much, fucking embarrising.

BigPleb
July 1st 2015


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

It's that time again guys, get yo hands in the air!



HOPELESSLYYT DRIIIFTIIIING

ChoccyPhilly
July 1st 2015


13693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

have they dropped a new single or something?

BigPleb
July 1st 2015


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Na but they went in the studio at the beginning of March.

CalculatingInfinity
July 2nd 2015


9941 Comments


My expections of that album are six feet deep, meh.

ChoccyPhilly
July 2nd 2015


13693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

lol same but I'm just curious to see if they can really get worse

Mongi123
September 4th 2015


22472 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

First track is pretty sweet

Ocean of Noise
September 4th 2015


11368 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

their last really great album. gee I wonder why?????

AtomicWaste
Moderator
November 3rd 2015


2918 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Talk of the new album prompted me to revisit "The Count of Tuscany" - the last DT song that really spoke to me. Still dig it.

Parallels
November 3rd 2015


10216 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

dat tuscany ending



if only the lyrics weren't so cringy



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